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Reentry Permit
Eligibility
You can apply for a reentry permit if you are in the U.S. as a:
- Lawful Permanent Resident
- Conditional Resident
- If you currently have a valid reentry permit, unless the past document has been
returned to the USCIS, or you can prove it was lost; or
- If a notice was published in the Federal Register that prohibits the issuance of such a document for travel to the area where you plan to travel.
Validity
- Lawful Permanent Residents use reentry permits to reenter the U.S. after travel of one year or more. For LPR's returning to the U.S., reentry permits are generally valid for two years from the date of issuance of the reentry permit. If after becoming a LPR you have been outside the U.S. for more than four of the last five years, the permit will be restricted to one year. However, a validity of two years will be granted for the following cases:
- If a permanent resident is traveling on the command of the U.S. government, other than exclusion, deportation, removal or rescission order.
- If a permanent resident is employed by a public international organization of which the U.S. is a member by treaty or statute.
- If a permanent resident is a professional athlete and regularly competes in the U.S. and worldwide.
- If a permanent resident is traveling on the command of the U.S. government, other than exclusion, deportation, removal or rescission order.
- Conditional residents use reentry permits to re-enter the U.S. after travel of one year or more. For conditional residents returning to the U.S., reentry permits are generally valid for two years from the date of issuance of the reentry permit or until the date the conditional resident must apply for the removal of conditions, whichever date comes first.
- Reentry permit may not be extended.
