Quick Hits

• USCIS announced a new edition of Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, renamed “Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records.”
• USCIS released a preview version of the revised form.
• USCIS will not accept the 04/01/24 (i.e., April 1, 2024) edition of Form I-131 on mailed applications postmarked on or after October 11, 2024.

USCIS will publish a new edition of Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, on October 11, 2024, effective immediately at the time of publishing. The new Form I-131 will be called “Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records,” and it will have the date 06/17/24 (i.e., June 17, 2024) printed at the bottom of each page of the application and instructions.

USCIS will not accept applications made on the 04/01/24 edition of Form I-131 that are postmarked on or after October 11, 2024. (USCIS will, however, accept 04/01/24 editions of Form I-131 that were postmarked before October 11, 2024.)

USCIS has significantly changed Form I-131 and altered its [USCIS’s] internal intake process. The new 06/17/24 edition of the form, effective on or after October 11, 2024, requests additional substantive biographical information about the applicant and is almost three times as long as previous editions.

USCIS has released a preview version of the new form and instructions on its website.

Next Steps

Starting October 11, 2024, applicants must use the new edition of Form I-131; USCIS will reject applications made on the previous edition of the form that are postmarked on or after that date.

Accordingly, applicants will want to ensure they file the new edition of Form I-131 (06/17/24 edition), renamed “Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records,” on or after October 11, 2024.