--- title: "USCIS Form I-131 travel document, parole and arrival/departure record" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-131" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a30-us-i-131" area_id: "A30" kind: "form" ai_level: "red" version: 1 task_ids: ["A30-T1-R10"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # USCIS Form I-131 travel document, parole and arrival/departure record > Link to USCIS Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, edition 01/20/25. The applicant certifies under penalty of perjury.… Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-131 Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Link to USCIS Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, edition 01/20/25. The applicant certifies under penalty of perjury. A 7 October 2026 filing-location change is on the page. ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md) - Jurisdictions: United States - AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at uscis.gov and the 2 authorities it cites, for United States. ## When to use it Use when a person will apply for a travel document, a parole document, or an arrival/departure record on the current Form I-131. The page's 13 August 2026 alert is about departure with an Advance Parole Document. Do not use this form as a visitor-visa letter. ## Used for these tasks - [Build a visa-condition and bridging or interim-visa checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/build-a-visa-condition-and-bridging-or-interim-visa-checklist.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may list which filing-location and edition checks are still open, and it must not select a travel or parole category or draft the certification. **AI may:** - Remind the lawyer to read the 13 August 2026 alert and the decision it cites before anyone travels on an Advance Parole Document - Remind the lawyer that mailed forms postmarked after 9 November 2026 must use the filing address on the I-131 addresses page, which was not opened **AI must not:** - Must not choose the travel, parole or arrival/departure category - Must not draft the application answers or the certification under penalty of perjury - Must not advise whether a departure will make a person inadmissible. The lawyer reads the alert and the decision - Must not invent a filing address. The direct-filing-addresses page was not opened **The lawyer checks:** - The page title is Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records. The edition date block is 01/20/25 - On 7 October 2026 USCIS changed the filing location. Mailed forms use the direct-filing-addresses page for the reason for filing. There is a 30-day grace period for forms postmarked on or before 9 November 2026 and sent to a prior location - The 13 August 2026 alert says Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026), overruled Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly, 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012), with immediate effect for certain people holding Form I-512L - The alert says that from 13 August 2026 a departure with an Advance Parole Document is a departure for INA section 212(a)(9)(B)(i). Read the alert before travel. Do not restate a holding beyond the paragraph on the form page - The opened PDF contains applicant, interpreter and preparer certifications under penalty of perjury. Extracted lines are incomplete. Read the current PDF ## Authorities - [USCIS, I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, page opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uscis.gov/i-131) - [USCIS Form I-131 PDF, edition date 01/20/25 on the form page, opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131.pdf) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.uscis.gov/i-131) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by uscis.gov; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22. ## Full text and drafting notes The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-131 and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm. *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*