According to a USCIS Update issued today:  “U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) anticipates an unusually high volume of requests for advance parole and other travel documents this winter, given the occurrence of three major religious observances- Christmas, Hanukkah, and Hajj during the month of December. USCIS urges applicants needing a travel document (Reentry Permit, Refugee Travel Document or Advance Parole) to file Form I -
131, Application for Travel Document (available online at www. uscis.gov), before the end of October 2007.”