Asylum Responsibilities

If you, and/or your qualifying family members, plan to depart the United States, you must each obtain permission to return to the United States before you leave this country by obtaining a refugee travel document(s). A refugee travel document may be used for temporary travel abroad and is required for re-admission to the United States as an asylee. If you and/or your qualifying family members do not obtain a refugee travel document in advance of your departure, you may be unable to re-enter the United States, or you may be placed in removal proceedings before an immigration judge. You and each qualifying family member may apply for a Refugee Travel Document by each submitting a Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, with the required fee or request for fee waiver under 8 C.F.R. 103.7(c) to the Nebraska Service Center, P.O. Box 87131, Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-7131.

You must notify the INS of any change of address within ten days of any such change. You may obtain a Form AR-11, Alien’s Change of Address Card at your nearest post office or INS office to comply with this requirement.

All male asylees between the ages of 18 and 26 must register for the Selective Service. To obtain information about the Selective Service and how to register, you may sign on to the Selective Service website at www.sss.gov or obtain a Selective Service “mail-back” registration form at your nearest post office.