White passport

[SaraL 0]

Seeking info about getting a "white passport."

Here is the situation. A US friend married a foreigner who now has his green card. He hails from an obscure country and his passport is nearly filled with visas and stamps due to his previous international travel. For reasons to long to explain, he cannot get a new passport or get pages added to it.

Until he can apply for US citizenship three years from now, he needs to do some international traveling but after about two more trips his passport will be filled with stamps and he will not be able to travel.

I have heard he can get a "white visa" from the US government which will allow him to travel under US passport before he is a citizen.

Does anyone know about this?

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Seeking info about getting a "white passport."

Here is the situation. A US friend married a foreigner who now has his green card. He hails from an obscure country and his passport is nearly filled with visas and stamps due to his previous international travel. For reasons to long to explain, he cannot get a new passport or get pages added to it.

Until he can apply for US citizenship three years from now, he needs to do some international traveling but after about two more trips his passport will be filled with stamps and he will not be able to travel.

I have heard he can get a "white visa" from the US government which will allow him to travel under US passport before he is a citizen.

Does anyone know about this?

Yes, it's a book permit, otherwise known as a re-entry permit. It used to be white in colour (now green) but is still commonly referred to as the "white passport"

Google the law in title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations 8 CFR 223 or 8 CFR 211.1 for a list of valid reentry permits or SB-1 special immigrant visas available at consulates.

[desert_fox 32]

I do believe that the White passports were give to people with refugee status like when the massive evacuation was made from Viet-Nam. I know that one of my Vietamese co-workers travelled on one until became a US Citizen.

Dont know what else they are used for.

[SaraL 0]

Mermaid,

No, what you described is advance parole, which allows him to return to the US. This is not a passport or a passport substitute.

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Mermaid,

No, what you described is advance parole, which allows him to return to the US. This is not a passport or a passport substitute.

I disagree SaraL.

There are three distinct purposes for form I-131:

The most common is to request AP, Advance Parole. and it is issued to anyone who has an I-485 pending adjudication. AP is simply a set of papers and with them the alien will need a passport.

A second purpose for I-131 is to secure a Re-entry Permit. This is issued to LPRs and is valid for up to 2 years, and used to return to the USA after an extended trip abroad. This document is green and similar in style to a passport (used to be white, hence the name) It assumes the role of a passport as long as it is used to gain entry prior to its expiry date. A Permanent Resident who can't get his/her national passport for any reason can use a Reentry Permit as a passport to travel abroad and to re-enter prior to its expiry.m It must be secured in the USA and prior to departure from the country.

The third purpose of form I-131 is to secure a Refugee Travel Document which is issued to someone who was granted asylum or refugee status to enter the USA. This also is a green passport style document and valid for one year.

Edited August 9, 2006 by diadromous mermaid

[Aussielad 37]

well has anyone got a picture of the "white passport" so we can see what it looks like, what its cover looks like and as such.