I-131 Form for Application for Travel Document is expired on USCIS

[Raja Pal 0]

Hi, my wife is a US citizen and we are filling petition for family-based green card. I am looking to file an Application for Travel Document form I-131 and the one that is available currently on the USCIS website says it expires on 04/30/2022 and that's the only form I can find to download. Can you please let me know how I can find an updated version of Form I-131 which is not expired? If there is none available, is it okay for us to use the one that is available and expired? Please let me know your opinion. Thanks in advance!

 

Best,

Raja

[pushbrk 12,877]

You can't.  Read more about which version is accepted.  Expired doesn't mean what you think it means.  LOL

 

Also this is a spouse visa forum.  I-131 is not used in a visa process.  Are you adjusting status from within the USA?

 

Edited August 19, 2022 by pushbrk

[Family 3,988]

Assuming you are in the US and applying for I-130/I-485 , then yes it’s ok to use the edition date as it is from USCIS website. 
The Dropbox under edition date is linked here 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-131

[Chancy 6,241]

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures to Working & Traveling During US Immigration, to be among other threads about I-131 application ***

 

14 hours ago, Raja Pal said:

I am looking to file an Application for Travel Document form I-131 and the one that is available currently on the USCIS website says it expires on 04/30/2022

 

The OMB expiration date on the top-right corner of the form does NOT matter.  It is a date internal to the federal government and irrelevant to applicants.  What matters is the edition date at the bottom-left corner of the form.  Whatever form edition is listed on the official USCIS page is the latest version -- https://www.uscis.gov/i-131

 

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Edition Date

 

04/24/19 C. We will publish a new edition of this form soon. In the meantime, you may continue using the 04/24/19 C and 04/24/19 editions despite the expiration date. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

 

Edited August 19, 2022 by Chancy
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