Traveling to Europe on business - Re-entry permit

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Hello all,
My employer's sending me to their headquarters in Germany for 2 weeks to train, and my GC is asylum based. Do I need a re-entry permit of I'm only out of the country for 2 weeks? if so, how do I go about applying for a re-entry permit? What documents MUST I HAVE when boarding that plane to avoid any potential drama when leaving and coming back, to those who've traveled ever since getting their GC.

Thanks in advance for all your responses.
 
What do you normally use to travel? Your passport? You can use that. You do NOT need a re-entry permit (RP). If you travel on a refugee travel document (RTD), all the better, since you won't require a visa with that. You only need your GC and one of these: passport, RTD or RP, and you're ready to go. With the RP, you'll need a visa, and depending on your passport you might need one as well.
 
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I can't use my passport since it's issued by the country from which I applied for asylum in the first place, unless I'm wrong. I was under the impression one needed a re-entry permit if he/she stayed out of the country for more than a year.
 
Well, use of one's passport as an LPR via asylum is an issue that has been debated for a long time, and depends on how you feel about it. In most cases, it poses no problem, unless you go to your COP. So, if you are comfortable using your passport (and many immigration officers will ask you to do so), go for it.

Your other options are the RP or the RTD. The RP, technically, is for LPRs who want to stay out of the country for between 1 and 2 years. However, you can get one too, and it will most probably be valid for 2 years. It looks like a passport, and can be used as such for international travel. Most countries recognise it. However, you need a visa with that when you go to Germany. You, as an asylee, can also get an RTD, which is valid only for 1 year always. It looks exactly like an RP, so you can travel internationally with that. And, you don't need visas for many countries in Europe that require visas on the RP. So that's the compromise- double validity but visa requirements, or shorter validity but fewer visa requirements. Either way, you need form I-131 to to apply for both. Do it soon, because processing takes longer than for a US passport.
 
Has anyone in this forum with a RTD only(no GC) travelled through France lately without a transit visa? I checked their various consulates websites,Boston,Chicago and Los Angeles says with a valid US iussued RTD,no transit visa required, but those of Washington and Houston say transit visa required.I aslo eamioled houston and was confirmed that.Any input,experince,I want to travel to Asia and my best/cheapest connection will be through France.
 
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