I reapplied for a renewal of my i131 since mai mine expired last month and up to now it’s not approved

was it advance parole?

The I-131 RTD is taking 17 months to process so If you send your application now you will receive by next year , as far as I know you need to send your old RTD right before the approval of your new RTD ..

@E H ok great, thank you

@E H mines been there for over two years ,I applied nov 2021 till now still nothing

Just curious, have you traveled anywhere with it?

@Cristina B i got a UK visa on it and went there, my layover in Netherlands, entered there with no visa since the RTD is that good. also you won't need visa for Germany Cyprus and couple other European countries. so it's worth it. not to mention Canada (and perhaps Caribbean countries just ask first)

@M E Very nice! Regarding layovers I know as long as you are not going out if the airport you should be fine 🤷‍♀️

@Cristina B i actually left the airport with no issues and toured Netherlands

@M E Nice👍 Yeah I see Netherlands it is in the list of visa free for RTD. By the way, can you travel with RTD right before it expires? , I know there might be some requirements, they want the refugee passport to have at least 3 months left of availability when coming back to US or is just rummors? anybody knows?

@Cristina B from my understanding, most countries need at least 6 months left on it before entering their country, except Germany 3 months. I didn't want to risk not following this rule. But as far as returning, honestly didn't even think twice about it, makes sense that as long as the RTD is valid you're good to return. Can you please send me the list of the countries that don't need visa with RTD.

@M E U.S. Refugee Travel Document (United States) visa not required for Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary and Cyprus.

@Eve eve eva did you received your new RTD mine expired at January 2029 I am thinking to reapply after gets expired or before?and do you know where I can return this old one after gets expired ?TY

@milani milani I still have not received my RTD and haven’t returned the old one

@Eve eve eva how long now since you waiting is your Rtd expired already ?

@milani milani I’ve been waiting for 14 months

@milani milani my RTD got approved last Tuesday. I did not need to send the old one