Permanent Resident Petition or Adjust Status

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Green Card - Petition for Permanent Residence or Adjust Status - Form I-485

View the instructions here to check eligibility and evidence required for Form I-485. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr.pdf

Part 1. Information about You (the person applying for lawful permanent residence)

Current Legal Name *

First

Middle

Last

Other Names Used (if any)

First

Middle

Last

Other Names Used (if any)

First

Middle

Last

Date of Birth *

Sex *

Male
Female

City/Town/Village of Birth *

Country of Birth *

Country of Citizenship or Nationality *

Alien Registration Number (A-Number) (if any)

If you have ever used other A-Numbers, include the prior ones in the box.

USCIS Online Account Number (if any)

U.S. Social Security Number (if any)

Mailing Address: In Care of Name (if any) *

U.S. Mailing Address: *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Alternate/Safe Mailing Address: In Care of Name (if any)

Alternate/Safe U.S. Mailing Address: (if any)

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Recent Immigration History

Passport Number Used at Last Arrival

Travel Document Used at Last Arrival

Expiration Date of this Passport or Travel Document

Country that Issued this Passport or Travel Document

Nonimmigrant Visa Number from this Passport (if any)

Place of Last Arrival Into the United States (City or Town, and State)

Date of Last Arrival

When I last arrived in the United States, I:

Was inspected at a port of entry and admitted as... (for example, exchange visitor, visitor, waived through, temporary worker, student)
Was inspected at a port of entry and paroled as... (for example, humanitarian parole, Cuban Parole)
Came into the United States without admission or parole.
Other.

Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record Number (if any)

Expiration Date of Authorized Stay as shown on Form I-94

Status on Form I-94 (for example, class of admission, or paroled, if paroled)

What is your current immigration status (if it has changed since your arrival)?

Provide your name exactly as it appears on your Form I-94 (if any)

First

Middle

Last

Part 2. Application Type or Filing Category

Note: Attach a copy of the Form I-797 receipt or approval notice for the underlying petition or application, as appropriate.

I am applying to register for lawful permanent resident based on the following immigrant category (see Form I-485 for instructions)

Family-based

Immediate relative of a U.S. Citizen, Form I-130
Other relative of a U.S. Citizen or relative of a lawful permanent resident under the family based preference categories, Form I-130
Person admitted to the United States as a fiancé(e) or child of a fiancé(e) of a U.S. Citizen, Form I-129F (K-1/K-2 Nonimmigrant)
Widow or widower of a U.S. Citizen Form I-360
VAWA Self Petitioner, Form I-360

Employment Based

Alien Worker, Form I-140
Alien Entrepreneur (investor) Form I-526

Special Immigrant

Religious Worker, Form I-360
Special Immigrant Juvenile Form I-360
Certain Afghan or Iraqi national, Form I-360
Certain International Broadcaster, Form I-360
Certain G-4 International organization or family member or NATO-6 employee or family member, Form I-360

Asylee or Refugee

Asylum Status (INA section 208), Form I-589 or Form I-730
Refugee Status (INA section 207), Form I-589 or Form I-730

Human Trafficking Victim or Crime Victim

Human Trafficking Victim (T nonimmigrant) Form I-914 or derivative family member, Form I-914A
Crime Victim (U Nonimmigrant), Form I-918, derivative family member, Form I-918A, or qualifying family member Form I-929

Special programs based on certain laws

The Cuban Adjustment Act
The Cuban Adjustment Act for battered spouses and children
Dependent status under the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act
Dependent status under the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act for battered spouses and children
Lautenberg Parolees
Diplomats or high ranking officials unable to return home (section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957)
Indochinese Parole Adjustment Act of 2000

Additional Options

Diversity Visa Program
Continuous residence in the United States since before January 1, 1972 ("Registry")
Individual born in the United States under diplomatic status
Other eligibility

Are you applying for adjustment based on the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 245(i)? *

If you answer YES, you must have selected a Family Based, Employment Based, Special Immigrant, or Diversity Visa Immigrant category as the basis for your application for adjustment of status. Fill out the rest of this application AND Supplement A to Form I-485, Adjustment of Status Under Section 245(i) (supplement A). Read Form I-485 Instructions and Supplement A Instructions.

Information about your immigrant category

If you are the PRINCIPAL APPLICANT, provide the receipt number of underlying petition. (if any)

Priority date from Underlying Petition (if any)

If you are the DERIVATIVE APPLICANT (the spouse or unmarried child under 21 years of age of a principal applicant) provide the following information for the PRINCIPAL APPLICANT: Full name of Principal Applicant:

First

Middle

Last

Principal Applicant's A-Number (if any)

Principal Applicant's Date of Birth

Receipt number of Principal Applicant's underlying petition. (if any)

Priority date of Principal Applicant's Underlying Petition (if any)

Part 3. Additional Information About You

Have you ever applied for an immigrant visa to obtain permanent resident status at a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate abroad? *

Address History

Provide the physical addresses for everywhere that you have lived during the last five year, whether inside or outside the United States. Provide your current address first.

Current Physical Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Date From *

Date To

Physical Address 2

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Date From

Date To

Provide your most recent address outside the United States where you lived for more than one year (if not already listed above)

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Date From

Date To

Part 5. Information About Marital History

If you are married, is your spouse a current member of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. Coast Guard?

How many times have you been married? (including annulled marriages and marriages to the same person)

Information about your current marriage

Current Spouse's Legal Name *

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Current Spouse's Date of Birth

Date of Current Marriage

Current Spouse's Place of Birth - City or Town, State or Province, and Country

Place of Marriage to Current Spouse - City or Town, State or Province, and Country

Is your current spouse applying with you?

Information about Prior Marriages (if any)

Prior Spouse's Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

Prior Spouse's Date of Birth

Date of Marriage to Prior Spouse

Place of Marriage to Prior Spouse - City or Town, State or Province, and Country

Date Marriage Ended to Prior Spouse

Prior Spouse's Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

Prior Spouse's Date of Birth

Date of Marriage to Prior Spouse

Place of Marriage to Prior Spouse - City or Town, State or Province, and Country

Date Marriage Ended to Prior Spouse

Part 4. Information about your parents

Full name of Parent 1 *

First

Middle

Last

Name of Birth if Different than Above

First

Middle

Last

Date of Birth for Parent 1 *

Date

Time

Sex *

Male
Female

City/Town/Village of Birth *

Country of Birth *

Current City/Town/Village of Residence (if living)

Current Country of Residence (if living)

Full name of Parent 2 *

First

Middle

Last

Name of Birth if Different than Above

First

Middle

Last

Date of Birth for Parent 2 *

Date

Time

Sex *

Male
Female

City/Town/Village of Birth *

Country of Birth *

Current Country of Residence (if living)

Current City/Town/Village of Residence (if living)

Employment History

Provide your employment history for the past five years, whether inside or outside of the United States. Provide current employment first. If you are currently unemployed, type "Unemployed" under Name of Employer/Company.

Name of Employer/Company 1 *

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Your Occupation:

Date From:

Date To:

Name of Employer/Company 2

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Your Occupation:

Date From:

Date To:

Name of Employer/Company 3

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Country

Your Occupation:

Date From:

Date To:

Biographic Information

Provide the biographic information about you, the Petitioner.

Ethnicity: *

Hispanic or Latino
Not Hispanic or Latino

Height (in feet and inches) *

Weight (in pounds) *

Information about Your Children

Note: The term "children" includes all biological or legally adopted children, as well as current stepchildren, of any age, whether born in the United States or other countries, married or unmarried, living with you or elsewhere, and includes any missing children and those born to you outside of marriage.

Child 1 - Current Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Date of Birth

Country of Birth

Is this child applying with you?

Child 2 - Current Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Date of Birth

Country of Birth

Is this child applying with you?

Child 3 - Current Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Date of Birth

Country of Birth

Is this child applying with you?

Child 4 - Current Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Date of Birth

Country of Birth

Is this child applying with you?

Child 5 - Current Legal Name

First

Middle

Last

A-Number (if any)

Date of Birth

Country of Birth

Is this child applying with you?

Part 8. General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds

Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or in any other location in the world including military service? *

Have you EVER been denied admission to the United States? *

Have you EVER been denied a visa to the United States? *

Have you EVER worked in the United States without authorization? *

Have you EVER violated the terms or conditions of your nonimmigrant status? *

Are you presently or have you EVER been in removal, exclusion, rescission, or deportation proceedings? *

Have you EVER been issued a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal? *

Have you EVER had a prior final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal? *

Have you EVER held a lawful permanent resident status which was later rescinded? *

Have you EVER been granted voluntary departure by an immigration officer or an immigration judge but failed to depart within the allotted time? *

Have you EVER applied for any kind of relief or protection from removal, exclusion, or deportation? *

Have you EVER been a J nonimmigrant exchange visitor who was subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement? *

Criminal Acts and Violations

You must answer "Yes" to any question that applies to you, even if your records were sealed or otherwise cleared even if you were told you no longer have a record by a judge or attorney, also include offenses that occurred inside the United States and anywhere else in the world.

Have you EVER been arrested, cited, charged, or detained for any reason by any law enforcement official (including but not limited to any U.S. immigration official or any official of the U.S. armed forces or the U.S. coast guard)? *

Have you EVER committed a crime of any kind (even if you were not arrested, cited, or charged with, or tried for that crime)? *

Have you EVER plead guilty to or been convicted of a crime of offense (even if the violation was subsequently expunged or sealed by a court, or if you were granted a pardon, amnesty, a rehabilitation decree, or other act of clemency)? *

Note: If you were the beneficiary of a pardon, amnesty, or rehabilitation decree, or other act of clemency, provide the documentation of that post-conviction action.

Have you EVER been ordered punished by a judge or had conditions imposed on you that restrained your liberty (such as a prison sentence, suspended sentence, house arrest, parole, alternative sentencing, drug or alcohol treatment, rehabilitative programs or classes, probation, or community service)? *

Have you EVER been a defendant or the accused in a criminal proceeding (including pre-trial diversion, deferred prosecution, deferred adjudication, or any withheld adjudication)? *

Have you EVER violated (or attempted or conspired to violate) any controlled substance law or regulation of a state, the United States, or a foreign country? *

Have you EVER been convicted of two or more offenses (other than purely political offenses) for which the combined sentences to confinement were five years or more. *

Have you EVER illicitly (illegally) trafficked or benefited from the trafficking of any controlled substances, such as chemicals, illegal drugs, or narcotics? *

Have you EVER knowingly aided, abetted, assisted, conspired, or colluded in the illicit trafficking of any illegal narcotic or other controlled substances? *

Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of a foreign national who illicitly trafficked or aided (or otherwise abetted, assisted, conspired, or colluded) in the illicit trafficking of a controlled substance, such as chemicals, illegal drugs, or narcotics and you obtained, within the last five years, any financial or other benefit from the illegal activity of your spouse or parent, although you knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit resulted from the illicit activity of your spouse or parent? *

Have you EVER engaged in prostitution or are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution? *

Have you EVER directly or indirectly procured (or attempted to procure) or imported prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution? *

Have you EVER received any proceeds or money from prostitution? *

Do you intend to engage in illegal gambling or any other form of commercialized vice, such as prostitution, bootlegging, or the sale of child pornography, while in the United States? *

Have you EVER exercised immunity (diplomatic or otherwise) to avoid being prosecuted for a criminal offense in the United States? *

Have you EVER while serving as a foreign government official, been responsible for or directly carried out violations of religious freedoms? *

Have you EVER induced by force, fraud, or coercion (or otherwise been involved in) the trafficking of persons for commercial sex acts? *

Have you EVER trafficked a person into involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery? Trafficking includes recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. *

Have you EVER knowingly aided, abetted, assisted, conspired, or colluded with others in trafficking persons for commercial sex acts or involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery? *

Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of a foreign national who engaged in the trafficking of persons and have received or obtained, within the last five years, any financial or other benefits from the illicit activity of your spouse or parent, although you knew or reasonably should have known that this benefit resulted from the illicit activity of your spouse or parent? *

Have you EVER engaged in money laundering or have you EVER knowingly aided, assisted, conspired, or colluded with others in money laundering or do you seek to enter the United States to engage in such activity? *

Security and Related

Do you intend to:

Engage in any activity that violates or evades any law relating espionage (including spying) or sabotage in the United States? *

Engage in any activity in the United States that violates or evades any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods, technology, or sensitive information? *

Engage in any activity whose purpose includes opposing, controlling, or overthrowing the U.S. Government by force, violence, or other unlawful means while in the United States? *

Engage in any activity that could endanger the welfare, safety, or security of the United States? *

Engage in any other unlawful activity? *

Have you engaged in or, upon entry into the United States, do you intend to engage in any activity that could have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States? *

Have you EVER committed, threatened to commit, attempted to commit, conspired to commit, incited, endorsed, advocated, planned, or prepared any of the following: hijacking, sabotage, kidnapping, political assassination, or use of a weapon or explosive to harm another individual or cause substantial damage to property? *

Have you EVER participated in, or been a member of, a group or organization, that did any activities described in the question directly above? *

Have you EVER recruited members or asked for money or things of value for a group or organization, that did any activities described in the question directly above? *

Have you EVER provided money, a thing of value, services, or labor, or any other kind of assistance or support for any of the activities described in the question directly above? *

Have you EVER provided money, a thing of value, services, or labor, or any other kind of assistance or support for an individual, group, or organization who did any of the activities described in the question directly above? *

Have you EVER received any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training? *

Do you intend to engage in any of the activities listed in any of the questions directly above? *

Are you the spouse or child of an individual who EVER:

Committed, threatened to commit, attempted to commit, conspired to commit, incited, endorsed, advocated, planned, or prepared any of the following: hijacking, sabotage, kidnapping, political assassination, or use of a weapon or explosive to harm another individual or cause substantial damage to property? *

Participated in, or been a member of, a group or organization, that did any activities described in the question directly above? *

Recruited members or asked for money or things of value for a group or organization, that did any activities described in the question directly above? *

Provided money, a thing of value, services, or labor, or any other kind of assistance or support for any of the activities described in the question directly above? *

Provided money, a thing of value, services, or labor, or any other kind of assistance or support for an individual, group, or organization who did any of the activities described in the question directly above? *

Received any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training? *

Have you EVER assisted or participated in selling, providing, or transporting weapons to any person who to your knowledge, used them against another person? *

Have you EVER worked, volunteered, or otherwise served in any prison, jail, prison camp, detention facility, labor camp, or any other situation that involved detaining persons? *

Have you EVER been a member of, assisted, or participated in any group, unit, or organization of any kind in which you or other persons used any type of weapon against any person or threatened to do so? *

Have you EVER served in, been a member of, assisted, or participated in any military unit, paramilitary unit, police unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerilla group, militia, insurgent organization, or any other armed group? *

Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party (in the United States or abroad)? *

During the period from March 23, 1933 to May 8, 1945, did you ever order, incite, assist, or otherwise participate in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion, in association with either the Nazi government of Germany or any organization or government associated or allied with the Nazi government of Germany? *

Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in any of the following:

Acts involving torture or genocide? *

Killing any person? *

Intentionally and severely injuring any person? *

Engaging in any kind of sexual contact or relations with any person who did not consent or was unable to consent or was being forced or threatened? *

Limiting or denying any person's ability to exercise religious beliefs? *

Have you EVER recruited, enlisted, conscripted, or used any person under the age of 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed force or group? *

Have you EVER used any person under the age of 15 years of age to take part in hostilities, or to help or provide services to people in combat? *

Public Assistance

Have you received public assistance in the United States, from any source including the U.S. Government or any state, county, city, or municipality (other than emergency medical treatment)? *

Are you likely to receive public assistance in the future in the United States from any source, including the U.S. Government or any state, county, city, or municipality (other than emergency medical treatment)? *

Illegal Entries and Other Immigration Violations

Have you EVER failed or refused to attend or remain in attendance at any removal proceeding filed against you on or after April 1, 1997? *

Have you EVER submitted fraudulent or counterfeit documentation to any U.S. Government official to obtain or attempt to obtain any immigration benefit, including a visa or entry into the United States? *

Have you EVER lied about, concealed, or misrepresented any information on an application or petition to obtain a visa, or other documentation required for entry in to the United States, admission into the United States, or any other kind of immigration benefit? *

Have you EVER falsely claimed to be a U.S. Citizen (in writing or any other way)? *

Have you EVER been a stowaway on a vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States? *

Have you EVER knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any foreign national to enter or try to enter the United States illegally (alien smuggling)? *

Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating INA section 274C for use of fraudulent documents? *

Removal, Unlawful Presence, or Illegal Reentry After Previous Immigration Violations

Note: You were unlawfully present in the United States if you entered the United States without being inspected and admitted or inspected and paroled, or if you legally entered the United States but you stayed longer than permitted.

Have you EVER been excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or have you ever departed the United States on your own after having been ordered excluded, deported, or removed from the United States? *

Have you EVER entered the United States without being inspected or admitted or paroled? *

Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the United States for more than 180 days but less than a year, and then departed from the United States? *

Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the United States for more than one year, and then departed from the United States? *

Since April 1, 1997, have you EVER reentered or attempted to reenter the United States without being inspected and admitted or paroled after having been lawfully present in the United States for more than one year in the aggregate? *

Since April 1, 1997, have you EVER reentered or attempted to reenter the United States without being inspected and admitted or paroled after having been deported, excluded, or removed from the United States? *

Miscellaneous Conduct

Do you plan to practice polygamy in the United States? *

Are you accompanying another foreign national who requires your protection or guardianship but who is inadmissible after being certified by a medical officer as being helpless from sickness, physical or mental disability, or infancy, as described in INA section 232(c)? *

Have you EVER assisted detaining, retaining, or withholding custody of a U.S. Citizen child outside the United States from a U.S. Citizen who has been granted custody of the child? *

Have you EVER voted in violation of local, federal, or state constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation in the United States? *

Have you EVER renounced U.S. Citizenship to avoid being taxed by the United States? *

Have you EVER applied for exemption or discharge from training or service in the U.S. Armed Forces or in the U.S. National Security Training Corps on the ground that you are a foreign national? *

Have you EVER been convicted of desertion from the U.S. Armed Forces? *

Have you EVER left or remained outside the United States to avoid or evade training or service in the U.S. Armed Forces in time of war or a period declared by the President to be a national emergency? *

Part 9. Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities and/or Impairments

Note: Read Form I-485 Instructions before completing this part.

Are you requesting an accommodation because of your disabilities and/or impairments? *

Part 10. Applicant's Statement, Contact Information, Declaration, Certification, and Signature

Note: Read the penalties section of Form I-485 before completing this part. You must file Form I-485 while in the United States.

Applicant's Statement: Check the box if true: *

I can read and understand English, and I have read and understand every question and instruction on this petition and my answer to every question.
The Interpreter named in the next section read to me every question and instruction on this petition and my answer to every question in a language in which I am fluent. I understood all of this information as interpreted.
The preparer named in the next section prepared this petition for me based only upon information I provided or authorized.

Applicant's Contact Information

Applicant's Daytime Phone Number *

Applicant's Mobile Phone Number

Applicant's Email

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that all the information in my petition and any document submitted with it were provided or authorized by me, that I reviewed and understand all of the information contained in, and submitted with, my petition, and that all of this information is complete, true, and correct.

Applicant's Signature *

Clear Signature

Upload all required documents for this form. Please read instructions using the link below to determine all the evidence you must attach. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr.pdf *

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Permanent Resident Petition or Adjust Status

Being able to live in the United States without worry is an amazing gift. However, the documents required in this process can be overwhelming.

For a flat fee, we can fill those documents out for you.*

Fill out our form online and make your payment on our website OR you can Book an Appointment now to meet in person or virtually.

Part 1. Information about You (the person applying for lawful permanent residence)

Recent Immigration History

Part 2. Application Type or Filing Category

I am applying to register for lawful permanent resident based on the following immigrant category (see Form I-485 for instructions)

Information about your immigrant category

Part 3. Additional Information About You

Address History

Part 5. Information About Marital History

Information about your current marriage

Information about Prior Marriages (if any)

Part 4. Information about your parents

Employment History

Biographic Information

Information about Your Children

Part 8. General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds

Criminal Acts and Violations

Security and Related

Are you the spouse or child of an individual who EVER:

Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in any of the following:

Public Assistance

Illegal Entries and Other Immigration Violations

Removal, Unlawful Presence, or Illegal Reentry After Previous Immigration Violations

Miscellaneous Conduct

Part 9. Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities and/or Impairments

Part 10. Applicant's Statement, Contact Information, Declaration, Certification, and Signature

Applicant's Contact Information

Location

Telephone

E-mail