Beginning July 1, 2022, USCIS will issue a new travel authorization document to Humanitarian Parole: Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries: Form Authorization for Travel by a Noncitizen to the United States. USCIS will no longer issue advance parole documents as evidence of prior consent to a TPS beneficiary’s travel outside of the United States.
If you are a TPS beneficiary with an existing, unexpired advance parole document, you may continue to use it for travel outside the United States through the period of validity printed on it.
If you are a TPS beneficiary applying for a new travel authorization document, you should continue to use Form
Application for Travel Document. If you have a pending Form you do not need to file a new application.
We will continue issuing advance parole documents to noncitizens with pending applications for TPS (Form I-821).
Parole allows an individual who may be inadmissible or otherwise ineligible for admission into the United States to be in the United States for a temporary period for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
Eligibility
You may apply for humanitarian parole if you have a compelling emergency and there is an urgent humanitarian reason or significant public benefit to allowing you to temporarily enter the United States. Anyone can file an application for humanitarian parole. If you do not have an urgent humanitarian reason for your visit, you must follow the normal visa issuing procedures.
You cannot use parole to avoid normal visa-issuing procedures or to bypass immigration procedures.
If you are currently in removal proceedings or have been previously removed from the United States, a submission can be made for you.
How to File
To apply for parole, you must:
- Read the instructions for Application for Travel Document and the Affidavit of Support;
- Complete and sign Application for Travel Document and the Affidavit of Support;
- Provide all required evidence and supporting documentation.
After Filing
Once we receive your Application for Travel Document and the Affidavit of Support you will receive a:
- Receipt notice confirming that we received your forms;
- Biometric services notice, if applicable
- Notice to appear for an interview, if required; and
- Notice of decision.