USCIS to Issue Employment Authorization and Advance Parole Card for Adjustment of Status Applicants
Feb. 11, 2011
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it is now issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card for certain applicants filing an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Form I-485. This new card represents a significant improvement from the current practice of issuing paper Advance Parole documents.

The card looks similar to the current Employment Authorization Document (EAD) but will include text that reads, “Serves as I-512 Advance Parole.” A card with this text will serve as both an employment authorization and Advance Parole document. The new card is also more secure and more durable than the current paper Advance Parole document.

An applicant may receive this card when he or she files an Application for Employment Authorization, Form I-765, and an Application for Travel Document, Form I-131, concurrently with or after filing Form I-485. USCIS will continue to issue separate EAD and Advance Parole documents as warranted. Employers may accept the new card as a List A document when completing the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9.
As with the current Advance Parole document, obtaining a combined Advance Parole and employment authorization card allows an applicant for adjustment of status to travel abroad and return to the U.S. without abandoning the pending adjustment application. Upon returning to the U.S., the individual who travels with the card must present the card to request parole through the port-of-entry. The decision to parole the individual is made at the port-of-entry. Individuals who have been unlawfully present in the U.S. and subsequently depart and seek re-entry through a grant of parole may be inadmissible and ineligible to adjust their status.

Last updated:02/11/2011

中文概要：

工卡与出境旅行许可二证合一

美国 华盛顿消息  2011年2月11日，美移民局发布消息称，工卡（以下简称“EAD”）和出境旅行证（包括提前离境许可证，简称“AP”，回美证等）已经二证合一，该证将签发给美国绿卡申请人或境内身份转换申请人。这种证件与EAD外形类似，但集EAD和AP作用于一身, 较之现有的AP, 其安全性更高，当然之前两种卡的独立发行仍然不会取消。持新推出的此种证件的申请人可以放心出入美国而无需放弃 “境内身份转换”的申请，其入境美国的决定权由美国边境官员决定，而未取得合法身份逗留美国的人员则必须离境，也不能通过获取AP再次入境。