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U.S. REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT NEW FEE EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2020! 🌿✈🌎🛂



Welcome back everyone to the U.S. Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571) Asylee Travel Guide. We are still in a worldwide pandemic as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. It is important to wear a mask, wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and in the absence of such, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. 

Effective, Friday, October 02, 2020 USCIS, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will institute a new fee for the U.S. Refugee Travel Document, Form I-571 and biometrics (fingerprinting). This is also a reminder to file your new application on the new effective date with the new Form I-131 for a Refugee Travel Document, Form I-571, otherwise USCIS will reject your application and it will be returned to you.*


- FORM I-131 - Refugee Travel Document, Form I-571 | Old Fee: $135.00 | New Fee: $145.00 | Change by $10.00 | 7% Increase 

- Biometrics Services (Non-DACA Only)| Old Fee: 85.00 | New Fee: $30.00 | Change by -$55.00 | -$65.00 Decrease 

TOTAL NEW FEE: Application for the U.S. Refugee Travel Document, (Form I-571)filed on FORM I-131, APPLICATION FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENT is now $145.00 & BIOMERTIC FEE IS $30 = $175.00 USD. 

MAJOR IMPORTANT CHANGE TO NOTE: 

The bundling of interim benefits when Form I-765 and Form I-131 are filed concurrently with a pending FORM I-485 will be discontinued effective Friday, October 02, 2020. The Department of Homeland Security, DHS will now require effective the above mentioned date separate fees for FORM I-765 and FORM 1-131 when filed concurrently with the FORM I-485 or when a FORM I-485 is pending. 

The Recommendation Corner: If you have a pending Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and you are an asylee, apply for a new U.S. Refugee Travel Document, Form I-571 before the new separate filing fees become the new law effective, Friday, October 02, 2020, you are welcome to apply for such a benefit if you are eligible.  

Thank you very much for reading and be safe during this global coronavirus pandemic! 😷



Tennyson Watson-Joyner is a foreign born U.S. Permanent Resident, Works in Home Health Care Services, read for a Bachelors of Science Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management with a major in Travel, Tourism and Entertainment Management. I have successfully navigated the U.S. immigration system. 

The information contained in "The United States Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571)Asylee Travel Guide" is provided for informational purposes only. Opinions expressed are the authors alone and compiled information, for International Travel with a U.S. Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571) , use links attached for visa free destinations as listed by the consulate of each country that offers the same to asylees and permanent residence whose was granted the same as a result of asylum. If you have a criminal record, Speak to an attorney-at-law prior to your departure.

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