Hi guys. I'm about to file i-485 and i-131 (for RTD) concurrently since a year had past from the date asylum was granted. I searched the web, but couldn't find an answer to my questions. So if anyone knows please share your experience. Notes: Hopefully in about six months (when I will get my GC and my RTD) I'm planning to travel to Germany (I've read that with RTD no visa is required to go there); my NP is expired (but I can't and I will not use it anyway even if it was still valid). So here are some questions:
1. Instructions say that there is no fee for i-131 (AP or RTD) filed together/concurrently with i-485. This is first time I'm planning to obtain RTD, so when filing together with i-485 should I indicate 1.b. in Part 2 of I-131 (I now hold US refugee or asylee status, and I am applying for a RTD). And I don't need to pay fee for RTD?
2. I've read in this forum (sorry I don't have the links) that many LPRs who became LPRs as a direct result of refugee or asylee status had their RTDs taken away at POEs by IOs. Some of them had RTDs with Permanent Resident status written in it (in this situations as I've understood that were mistakes of IOs); one guy shared that IO at POE took his RTD away, because he used his RTD with previous (Asylee) status written in it to travel even his status changed to LPR already (he already got his GC). He explained to IO that he had visas in that RTD with Asylee status and he can not use NP, but IO took his RTD away anyway, and reply of forum members was "IO was right in this last situation". So, my question is: if I will apply for my RTD together with i-485 (with no additional cost for i-131), the processing time for both RTD and GC is almost the same (about six months). Will my status in RTD be Asylee (since I indicate it in Part 2 of i-131 as Asylee)? If it will, then looks like I will have to update my status in RTD to LPR before travel, because I'll turn to LPR before travel. It's scary that your RTD can be taken away for your status and status in RTD don't match, especially when RTD is your only passport, and it's valid only for one year, and you can't get the other one while the current one is still valid. Then how to update status change from Asylee to LPR in RTD? Does it take long (I hope it's not six more months) and will I need to pay fee for it?
Sorry for detailed questions, I just couldn't find an answers. Thanks in advance, guys.
1. Instructions say that there is no fee for i-131 (AP or RTD) filed together/concurrently with i-485. This is first time I'm planning to obtain RTD, so when filing together with i-485 should I indicate 1.b. in Part 2 of I-131 (I now hold US refugee or asylee status, and I am applying for a RTD). And I don't need to pay fee for RTD?
2. I've read in this forum (sorry I don't have the links) that many LPRs who became LPRs as a direct result of refugee or asylee status had their RTDs taken away at POEs by IOs. Some of them had RTDs with Permanent Resident status written in it (in this situations as I've understood that were mistakes of IOs); one guy shared that IO at POE took his RTD away, because he used his RTD with previous (Asylee) status written in it to travel even his status changed to LPR already (he already got his GC). He explained to IO that he had visas in that RTD with Asylee status and he can not use NP, but IO took his RTD away anyway, and reply of forum members was "IO was right in this last situation". So, my question is: if I will apply for my RTD together with i-485 (with no additional cost for i-131), the processing time for both RTD and GC is almost the same (about six months). Will my status in RTD be Asylee (since I indicate it in Part 2 of i-131 as Asylee)? If it will, then looks like I will have to update my status in RTD to LPR before travel, because I'll turn to LPR before travel. It's scary that your RTD can be taken away for your status and status in RTD don't match, especially when RTD is your only passport, and it's valid only for one year, and you can't get the other one while the current one is still valid. Then how to update status change from Asylee to LPR in RTD? Does it take long (I hope it's not six more months) and will I need to pay fee for it?
Sorry for detailed questions, I just couldn't find an answers. Thanks in advance, guys.