While you are in Portland
It is not necessary carry your travel documents (passport, visa, I-94, DS-2019) with you while you are in the local Portland area. Your documents are very valuable and should be kept at home in a safe and secure location. However, we recommend that you make a copy of your I-94 and carry the copy in your wallet with you at all times. This will provide you with a form of immigration identification until you can access your original documents if needed.
Your passport, visa, I-94 and DS-2019 are important documents and can be very difficult, costly and time consuming to replace if lost or stolen. Make a complete set of copies of your documents and then put the original and copied documents in two different, safe and secure locations.
If you will be in Oregon for more than six months, you may want to obtain an Oregon driver’s license or state ID card for official ID purposes, in order to avoid carrying your passport with you. For license and ID information, see “Oregon Driver’s License/State ID.”
Travel out of the Portland area (interstate travel)
When traveling outside of the Portland area you should carry your original travel documents with you. You must have your original documents when flying. To keep your documents safe, carry them in a document pouch on your person. Do NOT put your documents in checked luggage.
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories and possessions are part of the United States, so a visa is not needed to travel to those locations from within the 50 United States, or to return to the 50 United States from those locations. Travel outside of the 48 contiguous states (e.g. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico) may not include stops in any other country unless you have a valid visa to enter the other country and all necessary documents to re-enter the U.S. again (see International Travel and Re-entry).