Originally Posted by
moeve
Pardon me but if the agency you are dealing with gives you a letter in which you are basically told that you ARE able to travel with this "document" until the real thing arrives why should anyone not accept this as true and suspect that this acception has not been agree upon via diplomatic accord?
you are confused as to what this letter says - it allows person to come BACK to US after travel, it does not and cannot allow such person entrance into other countries.
One can have I-131 advanced parol card, in leu of pending GC - it still does not allow such person to travel to Canada for example as US resident. He would need a Visa on the basis of current passport.
Even though such person can have Advanced Parol, Employment Authorization, Driver License, Social Security - pretty much 99% US resident.
Still unless you have GC - get a visa.