Can I travel outside the U.S. while my asylum case is open?

Stay in the U.S. unless travel is truly urgent, and you have legal permission.

You must first apply for a special travel document called Advance Parole and without Advance Parole, if you leave the U.S., your asylum case will be considered abandoned.

If you go back to your home country, it could harm your asylum case.

If you have a court case (EOIR), getting travel permission is harder.