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Reentry permit
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BCIS is in the process of redesigning Reentry Permits to streamline the production and shorten processing times:
"07/30/2003: BCIS to Issue Newly Designed Reentry Permit & Refugee Travel Document Before 09/30/2003
In June, this reporter reported from New Orleans that BCIS was planning to redesign the Reentry Permit in order to reduce the processing times which takes more than a year at this time. Today BCIS announced that during fiscal year 2003 the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) will begin issuing a new single passport-style travel document that, depending on the circumstances, will either contain the Form I-327, Permit to Reenter the United States, or Form I-571, Refugee Travel Document. Development of the redesigned travel document is intended to reduce production time, improve customer service and strengthen the booklet's security features. Enhanced technologies, similar to those used in the production of the United States Passport, will be employed in printing the BCIS travel document to prevent counterfeiting, tampering and other fraudulent schemes. What Will the New Travel Document Look Like? Other than a new light green cover, the redesigned travel document will look similar to a United States Passport. The title, ``Travel Document Issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services,'' will appear on the front cover. The type of travel document issued will appear on the inside page of the front cover, showing either Form I-327, Permit to Reenter the United States, or Form I-571, Refugee Travel Document. Biographical information and a photograph related to the approved applicant that appears on the current Forms I-327 or I-571 will also be shown in the new travel document. The remaining pages will look similar to the current Forms I-327 and I-571. Will Those Who Possess Unexpired Forms I-327 or I-571 Be Required To Apply for a New Travel Document When BCIS Starts Producing the Newly Designed Document? No. Authorized users may continue to travel on their previously issued Form I-327 or Form I-571 until its expiration date. If an applicant applies thereafter for a travel document, he or she will be issued the newly designed document. For the full text of the announcement, please click here.
It is expected that this measure will give some relief to the permanent residents who have been suffering from the delay of issuance of reentry permit which takes more than a year. They had to return to the country within six months or a year in order not to lose permanent resident status even if they had filed the Reentry Permit application."
(from http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html)
"07/30/2003: BCIS to Issue Newly Designed Reentry Permit & Refugee Travel Document Before 09/30/2003
In June, this reporter reported from New Orleans that BCIS was planning to redesign the Reentry Permit in order to reduce the processing times which takes more than a year at this time. Today BCIS announced that during fiscal year 2003 the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) will begin issuing a new single passport-style travel document that, depending on the circumstances, will either contain the Form I-327, Permit to Reenter the United States, or Form I-571, Refugee Travel Document. Development of the redesigned travel document is intended to reduce production time, improve customer service and strengthen the booklet's security features. Enhanced technologies, similar to those used in the production of the United States Passport, will be employed in printing the BCIS travel document to prevent counterfeiting, tampering and other fraudulent schemes. What Will the New Travel Document Look Like? Other than a new light green cover, the redesigned travel document will look similar to a United States Passport. The title, ``Travel Document Issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services,'' will appear on the front cover. The type of travel document issued will appear on the inside page of the front cover, showing either Form I-327, Permit to Reenter the United States, or Form I-571, Refugee Travel Document. Biographical information and a photograph related to the approved applicant that appears on the current Forms I-327 or I-571 will also be shown in the new travel document. The remaining pages will look similar to the current Forms I-327 and I-571. Will Those Who Possess Unexpired Forms I-327 or I-571 Be Required To Apply for a New Travel Document When BCIS Starts Producing the Newly Designed Document? No. Authorized users may continue to travel on their previously issued Form I-327 or Form I-571 until its expiration date. If an applicant applies thereafter for a travel document, he or she will be issued the newly designed document. For the full text of the announcement, please click here.
It is expected that this measure will give some relief to the permanent residents who have been suffering from the delay of issuance of reentry permit which takes more than a year. They had to return to the country within six months or a year in order not to lose permanent resident status even if they had filed the Reentry Permit application."
(from http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html)