After being approved for GC,I gave up my valid RTD and requested for Reentry permit.Now,I got my Permit in hands.It's good for 2 years. I w'll be travelling on it to Paris in February.No CLASS title in there (on RTD,we got CLass,Asylee).It says,Type/category:TR (on RTD we got TP).Above photo,it says Permit to Re-Enter,Form I-327.There is nowhere it says Permanent Resident.No body can read your status in there.Stupid people may think it's a US passport.It's a special document.But same document(Green) as RTD.Now,I'm trying to realize how important is being PR.I used to travel on RTD as an asylee,now time to travel on Reentry Permit as a consequence of my PR status and then I will be travelling on US Passport forever the rest of my lifetime.Good bless all of us and Good bless America.May the rest of us get approved very soon .
Reentry Permit received.
- Thread starter cadel
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GrassRoot said:
Reentry Permit is also used as Passport.You can use it to apply for a visa and travelling abroad .Here,it plays role as NP.It also allows you to reenter US and here,it plays role as US passport.
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
wantmygcnow
Volunteer Moderator
cadel said:
Honestly only thing Rentry Permit does is give you 1 more year. In the past years it wasn't even worth applying for one because it took at least 9 months to get it.
I travel a lot to Germany which doesn't require a VISA on the RTD. And I think applying for a visa every 6 months is too much hassle...I rather wait for the RTD I think.
I think when you travel, the people outside the country do not care or ask what is rentry permit or refugee travel document. For them the green color looking document looks weird..so they dont jump up and say Oh wow you have a Rentry permit and not RTD...that means you are alike a U.S Citizen.
No matter what...RTD or rentry permit..as long as its green color...that ugly thing will always be looked down upon
wantmygcnow said:
In 2002(French consulate was accepting RTD at that time),a french IO asked me if obtaning an asylum status in US was easy.That question came up after he stamped my RTD(and of course after reading a title REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT above my photo) at Roissy airport(Paris).He wouldn't ask that stupid question if I had a NP or Reentry Permit.Even outside US,asylees are still being treated like people with no much importance.In some cases and if you're not lucky and meet a stupid officer,you might be suject to more checking and stupid questions(Overseas or when entring US).
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
A friend of mine just entered Germany without Visa on Reentry Permit.
I gave me a call and said he took a risk of travelling without visa and when he got there,the officer stamped his document and let him out.Travelling on US documents may make us get lucky.Permit is green as RTD(I mean same document).This certainly made the german officer get confused.Folks,this is an exception and I'm not going to advice anyone to take this kind of risk.
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
I gave me a call and said he took a risk of travelling without visa and when he got there,the officer stamped his document and let him out.Travelling on US documents may make us get lucky.Permit is green as RTD(I mean same document).This certainly made the german officer get confused.Folks,this is an exception and I'm not going to advice anyone to take this kind of risk.
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
floyd said:
Reentry also said ''This is not a US Passport''.Uscis wants to specify to anyone that uscis travel documents can't be considered as US Passport.US travel documents are issued to qualified aliens while US passports are issued to US citizens.Also keep in mind that Travel documents(Permits,RTD...) are not Passports.Passport is a travel document issued by nations to theirs citizens.
I got trouble last year on my way to London,England and cologne,Germany.Lady from American Airlines at JFK airport gave me hard time when she saw my RTD saying ''This is not a US passport''.She said sir,where is your US passport?Cause this document is saying that it's not a US passport and it allows you only to reenter US.I said Mom,I'm not a US citizen.I'm a poor asylee and this document has been issued to me for Travel purpose since I can't travel on my home country Passport,So that's why you can see a Britain visa on it.....this document is the result of an agreement between UN and US on refugees...Folks,she was a stupid airliner agent and said I know Sir,refugees Travel document comes on blue and why this is Green?I asked her to call her supervisor and the matter was fixed.After a week in London, I experienced the same problem on my way to cologne,Germany at Gartwick airport(London).lady from Easy jet said,Sir US citizens can travel on how many kind of passport,cause this one you're carrying looks different.I said,mon in US we have so many kind of passports and this depends on the purpose of your trip.She let me go.
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
kaoticfury
Registered Users (C)
Some IO are just so stupid, they dont know what they are doing
i remember there was one time i got my new canadian visa on my RTD, one officer let me go without stamping my RTD...and i have to remind him...he was like..." oh...right...go get a new stample then.."
i remember there was one time i got my new canadian visa on my RTD, one officer let me go without stamping my RTD...and i have to remind him...he was like..." oh...right...go get a new stample then.."
wantmygcnow
Volunteer Moderator
samird said:
RP is issued to ANY GC holder. Doesn't matter if you want a NP or not...no if's buts!!
lee_haircut5
Registered Users (C)
cadel,
What does RP look like? Is it also a 24-page document like RTD? Or is it only a piece of paper?
lee_haircut5
What does RP look like? Is it also a 24-page document like RTD? Or is it only a piece of paper?
lee_haircut5
lee_haircut5 said:
It's a book like a Passport with pages of visas.RTD and Reentry Permit are same document(Green,same number of pages....)Difference:RTD is good for 1 year while RP is good for 2 years.On RTD you see:REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT,RP you see Prmit to Reenter.RTD you see CLASS,Asylee/Refugee and RP you see nothing
RD Aug 22,2001
Appreoved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
GrassRoot said:
TR comes in Reentry Permit as category.It stands for TRANSFERT OF RESIDENCE.
TP comes in RTD as category.So far,I don't know what it stands for.Someone told me TEMPORARY PROTECTION.But I can not confirm this because I'm not sure yet.
RD Aug 22,2001
Approved Sep 15,2005
GC received Sep 20,2005
cadel said:
Mr. cadel:
I noticed from I-131 instructions:" a refugee tracel document is issued to --------or to a permanent resident who abtained such status as a rusult of being a refugee or asylee in the US." From form I -131, part 2, there is box C supports this.
By applying Reenter Permit, as my understanding, we should check box A? Am I right?
Thank you.