U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced last week that it is now issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card for certain applicants filing for adjustment of status (Green Card). This is an improvement because of the delay in obtaining a travel document in the past, which meant that the applicants were stuck here or else were deemed to abandon their entire application (along with the non refundable filing fees, which cost to about a thousand dollars) if they decided to leave the US without their travel document in hand. By contrast, the work permit card was usually issued pretty quickly, probably within 45 days of the application, if there were no documents lacking in the application and the results of the applicant's background check were favorable.
The new card actually looks exactly like the work permit card, except for the fine print on the card that reads "Serves as I-512 Advance Parole." This seemingly does not apply to other types of travel documents (at least not yet), like the refugee travel document, or the re-entry permit (for Green Card holders who have some kind of emergency out of the country for which they know they must remain outside for more than 6 months).
More on this can be found on the USCIS official website here.
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