My understanding, probably mistaken, is that the RTD is an option for traveling with for people who are assylees (after GC) and can't obtain a NP (I undertand that being an assylee we shouldn't obtain a new passport). So it appears to me is that it is the solution of the USCIS for people unable to get a new NP.
Now having my situation where I am not getting a new NP, I am just using the one I had before becoming a refugee.
I am still confussed.
The thing is that getting a RTD every year and waitting and paying for it is a little of a hassle. Before my GC I traveled a couple of times on my RTD and had no problem in main ports of entry to other countries ... only a few isolated porblems where I had to explain what the RTD was (the color doesn't help). One option is to use the NP to get into other countris and the RTD to return here if needed, but truly I am not sure if to get into the US the IO will ask for a RTD and the GC, or just the GC and NP.
Anyone with such experience?
Thanks
Oliver
Now having my situation where I am not getting a new NP, I am just using the one I had before becoming a refugee.
I am still confussed.
The thing is that getting a RTD every year and waitting and paying for it is a little of a hassle. Before my GC I traveled a couple of times on my RTD and had no problem in main ports of entry to other countries ... only a few isolated porblems where I had to explain what the RTD was (the color doesn't help). One option is to use the NP to get into other countris and the RTD to return here if needed, but truly I am not sure if to get into the US the IO will ask for a RTD and the GC, or just the GC and NP.
Anyone with such experience?
Thanks
Oliver
clotty said:Of course you can choose whatever option that fits best for your situation . You asked why one needs RTD after they get GC. It is because some people can not renew their NP or lost their NP. And some who already have a valid, unexpired NP (like Oliver) can use their GC with their NP to travel because why bother paying for RTD when they can use their NP+GC, you know. But ultimately it is always a personal choice.