EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2005

DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-485

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, IOWA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW MEXICO,
OKLAHOMA, OREGON, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AND REMAINS IN EFFECT - EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2004

DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-485

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS,
INDIANA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE
ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
The mailing address has changed for certain applicants living in the locations above, and filing under certain
categories - please review the list below to determine if you should use this direct mail address.
This affects aliens residing in the locations above who are filing Form I-485 under the following categories:
Aliens who are immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen, as defined by section 201(b) of the Act, and are filing
based upon an approved, concurrently filed, or pending Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative;
Aliens who are widow/widowers of a U.S. citizen, as described by section 201(b) of the Act (I-360 petition or
an I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
Aliens described by section 203(a) of the Act as the qualifying relative of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident alien, and are filing based on an approved Form I-130;
Aliens described by section 203(d) of the Act as the derivative relatives of aliens described by section 203(a)
of the Act;
Aliens described by section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act as the fiancé of a U.S. citizen or the minor child(ren) of
such fiancé, and are filing based on an approved Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e);
Aliens eligible for registry under section 249 of the Act;
Aliens eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965;
Aliens described as special immigrants under sections 101(a)(27)(J), and (K) of the Act (if filing under
section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Act, an I-360 petition may be filed concurrently; if filing under section
101(a)(27)(K) of the Act, I-360 petition or I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
Aliens described as Amerasians under section 204(f) of the Act (I-360 petition may be filed concurrently);
Aliens who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-360 as a battered spouse or child;
Aliens who are beneficiaries of Private Bills;
Aliens who are winners of the Diversity Visa lottery;
Aliens from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries who were paroled into the United States as
public interest parolees and are eligible to adjust under Public Law 101-167, "the Lautenberg Amendment;''
Aliens eligible under section 646 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (IIRIRA);
Aliens eligible under section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957; and
Aliens eligible for creation of record under 8 CFR section 264.2.
These aliens must submit their Form I-485, and all supporting evidence to the Chicago Lockbox Facility listed
below.
The Direct Mail address for the aliens mentioned above, applying for adjustment of status is:
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Or, for non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (e.g. private couriers):

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098
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Department of Homeland Security

I-485, Application to Register
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

What Is the Purpose of This Form? Based on admission as the fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen
and subsequent marriage to that citizen.
This form is used by a person who is in the United States to
You may apply to adjust status if you were admitted to the
apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
United States as the K-1 fiancé(e) of a United States citizen
to adjust to permanent resident status or register for permanent
and you married that citizen within 90 days of your entry.
residence.

This form may also be used by certain Cuban nationals to If you were admitted as the K-2 child of such a fiancé(e), you
request a change in the date that their permanent residence may apply to adjust status based on your parent's adjustment
began. application.

NOTE: USCIS is comprised of offices of the former Based on asylum status.

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
You may apply to adjust status after you have been granted
asylum in the United States if you have been physically
Who May File? present in the United States for one year after the grant of
asylum, provided you still qualify as an asylee or as the
Based on an immigrant petition.
spouse or child of a refugee.
You may apply to adjust your status if:
Based on refugee status.
An immigrant visa number is immediately available to you
You may apply to adjust status after you have been admitted
based on an approved immigrant petition; or
as a refugee and have been physically present in the United
States for one year following your admission, provided that
You are filing this application with a completed relative
your status has not been terminated.
petition, special immigrant juvenile petition or special
immigrant military petition which if approved would
Based on Cuban citizenship or nationality.
make an immigrant visa number immediately available
to you. You may apply to adjust status if:

Based on being the spouse or child (derivative) - at the You are a native or citizen of Cuba, were admitted or
time another adjustment applicant (principal) files to adjust paroled into the United States after January 1, 1959, and
status or at the time a person is granted permanent resident thereafter have been physically present in the United
status in an immigrant category that allows derivative status States for at least one year; or
for spouses and children. You are the spouse or unmarried child of a Cuban
described above and regardless of your nationality, you
If the spouse or child is in the United States, the
were admitted or paroled after January 1, 1959, and
individual derivatives may file their Form I-485
thereafter have been physically present in the United
adjustment of status applications concurrently with the
States for at least one year.
Form I-485 for the principal applicant, or file the Form
I-485 at anytime after the principal is approved, if a visa Applying to change the date on which
number is available. your permanent residence began.
If the spouse or child is residing abroad, the person If you were granted permanent residence in the United States
adjusting status in the United States should file the Form prior to November 6, 1966, and are a native or citizen of
I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Cuba, or you are the spouse or unmarried child of such an
Application or Petition, concurrently with the individual, you may ask to change the date your lawful
principal's adjustment of status application to allow the permanent residence began to your date of arrival in the
derivatives to immigrate to the United States without United States or May 2, 1964, whichever is later.
delay if the principal's adjustment of status application is
approved. The fee submitted with the Form I-824 will Based on continuous residence
not be refunded if the principal's adjustment is not since before January 1, 1972.
granted.
You may apply for permanent residence if you have
continuously resided in the United States since before
January 1, 1972. This is known as "Registry."

Form I-485 Instructions (Rev. 07/24/06)Y

Other basis of eligibility. You have A, E or G nonimmigrant status or have an
occupation that would allow you to have this status,
If you are not included in the above categories, but believe you unless you complete Form I-508 (I-508F for French
may be eligible for adjustment or creation of record of nationals) to waive diplomatic rights, privileges and
permanent residence, contact our National Customer Service immunities and, if you are an A or G nonimmigrant,
Center at 1-800-375-5283 for information on how to use the unless you submit a completed Form I-566;
internet to make an application at your local USCIS office.
You were admitted to Guam as a visitor under the Guam
visa waiver program;
Who Is Not Eligible to Adjust Status?
You were admitted to the United States as a visitor under
Unless you are applying for creation of record based on the Visa Waiver Program, unless you are applying
continuous residence since before January 1, 1972, or because you are an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen
adjustment of status under a category in which special rules (parent, spouse, widow, widower or unmarried child
apply (such as 245(i) adjustment, asylum adjustment, Cuban under 21 years old); or
adjustment, special immigrant juvenile adjustment, or special
immigrant military personnel adjustment), you are not eligible You are already a conditional permanent resident.
for adjustment of status if any of the following apply to
you:
What Are the General Filing Instructions?
You entered the United States in transit without a visa;
Please answer all questions by typing or clearly printing in
You entered the United States as a nonimmigrant crewman; black ink. Indicate that an item is not applicable with "N/
A." If the answer is "none," write "none." If you need
You were not admitted or paroled following inspection by extra space to answer any item, attach a sheet of paper with
an immigration officer; your name and your alien registration number (A#), if any,
and indicate the number of the item to which the answer
Your authorized stay expired before you filed this
refers. You must file your application with the required
application;
Initial Evidence described below. Your application must be
You were employed in the United States, without USCIS properly signed and filed with the correct fee. If you are
authorization, prior to filing this application; under 14 years of age, your parent or guardian may sign your
application.
You failed to maintain your nonimmigrant status, other
than through no fault of your own or for technical Translations.
reasons; unless you are applying because you are:
Any foreign language document must be accompanied by a
-- An immediate relative of a United States citizen full English translation that the translator has certified as
(parent, spouse, widow, widower or unmarried child complete and correct and by the translator's certification that
under 21 years old); he or she is competent to translate the foreign language into
English.
-- A K-1 fiancé(e) or a K-2 fiancé(e) dependent who
married the United States petitioner within 90 days of Copies.
admission; or
If these instructions state that a copy of a document may be
-- An H or I nonimmigrant or special immigrant (foreign filed with this application, and you choose to send us the
medical graduates, international organization original, we may keep the original for our records.
employees or their derivative family members);
Initial Evidence.
You were admitted as a K-1 fiancé(e), but did not marry
the U.S. citizen who filed the petition for you, or you were You must file your application with the following evidence:
admitted as the K-2 child of a fiancé(e) and your parent
did not marry the United States citizen who filed the Birth certificate.
petition; Submit a copy of your foreign birth certificate or other
record of your birth that meets the provisions of
You are or were a J-1 or J-2 exchange visitor and are
secondary evidence found in Title 8, Code of Federal
subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement and
Regulations (CFR), 103.2(b)(2).
you have not complied with or been granted a waiver of
the requirement;

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Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa. (2) Refugees:
If you are applying for adjustment of status one
If you have obtained a nonimmigrant visa(s) from an
year after you were admitted as a refugee, you only
American embassy or consulate abroad within the last year,
need to submit a vaccination supplement with your
submit a photocopy(ies) of the page(s) of your passport
adjustment of status application, not the entire
containing the visa(s).
medical report, unless there were medical grounds
of inadmissibility that arose during the initial
Photos.
examination that you had overseas.
Submit two identical, natural color passport-style
photographs of yourself, taken within 30 days of the -- Individuals applying for adjustment of status
application. The photos must have a white background, be through a local USCIS office.
unmounted, printed on thin paper, and be glossy and
If you are filing your adjustment of status application
unretouched. They must show your full-frontal facial
with a local USCIS office include your medical
position with your head bare. You may wear a headdress,
examination report with the application.
if required by a religious order of which you are a
member. -- Fiancé(e)s.

The photos must be no larger than 2 x 2 inches, with the If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had
distance from the top of the head to just below the chin a medical examination within the past year as
about 1 and 1/4 inches. Using a pencil, lightly print your required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you
Alien Registration Number (A#), or your name, if you do only need to submit a vaccination supplement, not the
not have an A#, on the back of each photo. entire medical report. You may include the
vaccination supplement with your adjustment of
Biometric services. status application.

If you are between the ages of 14 and 79, you must be Persons not required to have a
fingerprinted as part of the USCIS biometric services medical examination.
requirement. After you have filed this application, USCIS
-- The medical report is not required if you are applying
will notify you in writing of the time and location where
for creation of a record for admission as a lawful
you must go to be fingerprinted. If necessary, USCIS may
permanent resident under section 249 of the INA as
also take your photograph and signature. Failure to
someone who has continuously resided in the United
appear to be fingerprinted or for other biometric services
States since January 1, 1972 (registry applicant).
may result in a denial of your application.

Police clearances. Form G-325A, Biographic Information Sheet.

You must submit a completed Form G-325A if you are
If you are filing for adjustment of status as a member of a
between 14 and 79 years of age.
special class described in an I-485 supplement form,
please read the instructions on the supplement form to see
if you need to obtain and submit police clearances, in Evidence of status.
addition to the required fingerprints, with your application. Submit a copy of your Form I-94, Nonimmigrant Arrival/
Departure Record, showing your admission to the United
Medical examination. States and current status, or other evidence of your status.
When required, submit a medical examination report on
the form you have obtained from USCIS.
Affidavit of Support/Employment Letter.
-- Affidavit of Support.
-- Individuals applying for adjustment of status
through a USCIS service center. Submit an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) if your
adjustment of status application is based on your
(1) General:
entry as a fiancé(e), a relative visa petition (Form
If you are filing your adjustment of status
I-130) filed by your relative, or an employment based
application with a USCIS service center, include
visa petition (Form I-140) related to a business that is
your medical examination report with the
five percent or more owned by your family.
application, unless you are a refugee.

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 -- Employment Letter. File your application with the application of the other
applicant, or with evidence that the application is
If your adjustment of status application is related to an pending with USCIS or was approved, or with
employment based visa petition (Form I-140), you evidence that your spouse or parent was granted
must submit a letter on the letterhead of the petitioning permanent residence based on an immigrant visa,
employer which confirms that the job on which the and:
visa petition is based is still available to you. The
letter must also state the salary that will be paid. If you are applying as the spouse of that person, also
attach a copy of your marriage certificate and copies of
NOTE: The affidavit of support and/or employment letter are documents showing the legal termination of all other
not required if you are applying for creation of a record based marriages by you and your spouse;
on continuous residence since before January 1, 1972, asylum
or refugee adjustment, or a Cuban citizen or a spouse or If you are applying as the child of that person, attach also
unmarried child of a Cuban citzen who was admitted after a copy of your birth certificate and, if the other person is
January 1, 1959. not your parent, submit copies of evidence (such as a
marriage certificate and documents showing the legal
Evidence of eligibility. termination of all other marriages and an adoption decree)
to demonstrate that you qualify as his or her child.
-- Based on an immigrant petition.
Other basis for eligibility.
Attach a copy of the approval notice for an immigrant
Attach copies of documents proving that you are eligible
petition that makes a visa number immediately
for the classification.
available to you, or submit a complete relative,
special immigrant juvenile, or special immigrant
military petition which, if approved, will make a visa Where Should You File Form I-485?
number immediately available to you.
-- Based on admission as the K-1 fiancé(e) of a U. S. Employment-based adjustment of status.
citizen and subsequent marriage to that citizen.
Attach a copy of the fiancé(e) petition approval File all employment-based adjustment of status
notice, a copy of your marriage certificate and your applications at the following address:
Form 1-94.

-- Based on asylum status. USCIS Nebraska Service Center

Attach a copy of the letter or Form 1-94 that shows P.O. Box 87485
the date you were granted asylum. Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

-- Based on continuous residence in the United

States since before January 1, 1972. This includes an employment-based Form I-485
filed concurrently with a Form I-140, Immigrant
Attach copies of evidence that shows continuous Petition for Alien Worker, and an employment-
residence since before January 1, 1972. based Form I-485 filed based on a pending or an
approved Form I-140. To facilitate acceptance and
-- Based on Cuban citizenship or nationality. processing of Form I-485 when Form I-140 has
already been approved, submit a copy of the I-140
Attach evidence of your citizenship or nationality,
approval notice. If Form I-140 is pending, submit
such as a copy of your passport, birth certificate or
copies of the Form I-140 receipt notice and the
travel document.
page of the DOL labor certification showing the
-- Based on derivative status as the spouse or child priority date (if labor certification is required) or a
of another adjustment applicant or person copy of the Form I-140 receipt notice (if labor
granted permanent residence based on issuance of certification is not required).
an immigrant visa.

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In all other instances.
File this application at the USCIS service center or local office Checks are accepted subject to collection. An uncollected
that has jurisdiction over your place of residence, or submit the check in payment of an application fee will render the
form to the USCIS Lockbox Facility. For details on where to application and any document issued invalid. A charge of
file your application, read the additional instructions that may $30.00 will be imposed if a check for payment of a fee is not
be included with this form, call our National Customer Service honored by the bank on which it is drawn.
Center at 1-800-375-5283 or visit our website at www.uscis.
gov. How to Check If the Fees Are Correct.
The fees on this page are current as of the edition date
What Is the Fee? appearing in the lower right corner of this page. However,
because USCIS fees change periodically, you can verify if the
The base fee for this application is $325.00, or $225.00 if you fees are correct by following one of the steps below:
are under 14 years of age.
Visit our website at www.uscis.gov and scroll down to
There is no application fee if you are filing as a refugee under "Forms and E-Filing" to check the appropriate fee, or
section 209(a) of the INA.
Review the Fee Schedule included in your form
If you are between the ages of 14 and 79 years, there is also a package, if you called us to request the form, or
$70.00 biometric services fee for USCIS to take your
fingerprints. If necessary, USCIS may also take your Telephone our National Customer Service Center at
photograph and signature as part of the biometric services. 1-800-375-5283 and ask for the fee information.
Following submission of your application, USCIS will notify
NOTE: If your application requires a biometric services fee
you when to go to an Application Support Center to be
for USCIS to take your fingerprints, photograph or signature,
fingerprinted.
you can use the same procedure above to confirm the
Submit both application and the biometric service fees with biometrics fee.
your Form I-485.
Processing Information.
For example, if your application fee is $325.00 and you are
between the age of 14 and 79 (which means you must be Acceptance.
fingerprinted), the total fee you must pay is $395.00.
Any application that is not signed or is not accompanied by
You may submit one check or money order for both the the correct application fee will be rejected with a notice that
application and biometric services fees. the application is deficient. You may correct the deficiency
and resubmit the application. An application is not
Fees must be submitted in the exact amount. Do not mail cash. considered properly filed until accepted by USCIS.
Fees cannot be refunded. All checks and money orders must be
drawn on a bank or other institution located in the United Initial processing.
States and must be payable in United States currency. The Once an application has been accepted, it will be checked for
check or money order should be made payable to the completeness, including submission of the required initial
Department of Homeland Security except: evidence. If you do not completely fill out the form or file it
without required initial evidence, you will not establish a
basis for eligibility and we may deny your application.
-- If you live in Guam, make your check or money order
payable to the ''Treasurer, Guam.'' Requests for more information.
-- If you live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, make your check or We may request more information or evidence. We may also
money order payable to the ''Commissioner of Finance of request that you submit the originals of any copy. Originals
the Virgin Islands.'' may be returned to you, if requested.

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Interview. -- Exceptions.

After you file your application, you may be notified to appear A. H, L, V or K3/K4 nonimmigrants:
at a USCIS office to answer questions about the application.
If you are an H, L,V, or K3/K4 nonimmigrant who
You will be required to answer these questions under oath or
continues to maintain his or her status, you may travel on
affirmation. You must bring your Arrival-Departure Record
a valid H, L, V or K3/K4 visa without obtaining advance
(Form I-94) and any passport or official travel document you
parole.
have to the interview.
B. Refugees and Asylees:
Decision.
If you are applying for adjustment of status one year after
You will be notified in writing of the decision on your you were admitted as a refugee or one year after you were
application. granted asylum, you may travel outside the United States
Selective Service Registration. on your valid refugee travel document, if you have one,
without the need to obtain advance parole.
If you are a male at least 18 years old, but not yet 26 years
old, and required according to the Military Selective Service -- Warning:
Act to register with the Selective Service System, USCIS will Travel outside of the United States may trigger the three
help you register. and ten year bar to admission under section 212(a)(9)(B)
(i) of the Act for adjustment applicants, but not registry
When your signed application is filed and accepted by USCIS, applicants. This ground of inadmissibility is triggered if
we will transmit to the Selective Service System your name, you were unlawfully present in the United States (i.e., you
current address, Social Security number, date of birth and the remained in the United States beyond the period of
date you filed the application. This action will enable the authorized stay) for more than 180 days before you
Selective Service System to record your registration as of the applied for adjustment of status and you travel outside of
filing date of your application. the United States while your adjustment of status
application is pending.
If USCIS does not accept your application and, if still so
required, you are responsible to register with the Selective
Service System by using other means, provided you are under NOTE: Only unlawful presence that was accrued on or
26 years of age. If you have already registered, the Selective after April 1, 1997, counts towards the three and ten year
Service System will check its records to avoid any duplication. bar under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Act.)

(NOTE: Men 18 through 25 years old who are applying If you become inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i)
for student financial aid, government employment or job of the Act while your adjustment of status application is
training benefits should register directly with the Selective pending, you will need a waiver of inadmissibility under
Service System or such benefits may be denied. Men can section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Act before your adjustment
register at a local post office or on the internet at http:// of status application can be approved. This waiver,
www.sss.gov). however, is granted on a case-by-case basis and in the
exercise of discretion. It requires a showing of extreme
Travel outside the United States for adjustment of hardship to your United States citizen or lawful
status applicants under sections 209 and 245 of the permanent resident spouse or parent, unless you are a
Act, and Registry applicants under section 249 of the refugee or asylee. For refugees and asylees, the waiver
Act. may be granted for humanitarian reasons, to assure family
unity or if it is otherwise in the public interest.
Your departure from the United States (including brief visits
to Canada or Mexico) constitutes an abandonment of your Penalties.
adjustment of status application, unless you are granted
permission to depart and you are inspected upon your return If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material
to the United States. Such permission to travel is called fact or submit a false document with this request, we will
''advance parole.'' To request advance parole, you must file deny the benefit you are seeking and may deny any other
Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, with the immigration benefit. In addition, you will face severe
appropriate fee at the USCIS office where you applied for penalties provided by law and may be subject to criminal
adjustment of status. prosecution.

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 Privacy Act Notice. The estimated average time to complete and file this
application is computed as follows: (1) 20 minutes to learn
We ask for the information on this form and associated about the law and form; (2) 25 minutes to complete the form
evidence to determine if you have established eligibility for and (3) 270 minutes to assemble and file the application,
the immigration benefit you are seeking. Our legal right to including the required interview and travel time, for a total
ask for this information is in 8 U.S.C. 1255 and 1259. We estimated average of 5 hours and 15 minutes per application.
may provide this information to other government agencies,
including the Selective Service System. Your failure to If you have comments regarding the accuracy of this estimate
provide information on this form and any requested evidence or suggestions to make this form simpler, you should write to
may delay a final decision or result in denial of your the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Regulatory
application. Management Division, 111 Masschuetts Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20529; OMB No. 1615-0023. Do not mail
your completed application to this address.
USCIS Forms and Information.

To order USCIS forms, call our toll-free forms line at

1-800-870-3676. You can also obtain forms and information
on immigration laws, regulations and procedures by
telephoning our National Customer Service Center at
1-800-375-5283 or visiting our internet website at www.uscis.
gov.

Use InfoPass for Appointments.

As an alternative to waiting in line for assistance at your local

USCIS office, you can now schedule an appointment through
our internet-based system, InfoPass. To access the system,
visit our website at www.uscis.gov. Use the InfoPass
appointment scheduler and follow the screen prompts to set up
your appointment. InfoPass generates an electronic
appointment notice that appears on the screen. Print the notice
and take it with you to your appointment. The notice gives the
time and date of your appointment, along with the address of
the USCIS office.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information

collection and a person is not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a current valid OMB number.

We try to create forms and instructions that are accurate, can be

easily understood and that impose the least possible burden on
you to provide us with information. Often this is difficult
because some immigration laws are very complex.

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 OMB No. 1615-0023; Expires 09/30/08

Department of Homeland Security I-485, Application to Register

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
START HERE - Please type or print in black ink. For USCIS Use Only
Returned Receipt
Part 1. Information about you.
Family Name Given Name Middle Name

Address- C/O
Resubmitted
Street Number Apt. #
and Name
City
Reloc Sent
State Zip Code

Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Country of Birth:

Country of Citizenship/Nationality:
Reloc Rec'd
U.S. Social Security # A # (if any)

Date of Last Arrival (mm/dd/yyyy) I-94 #

Applicant
Current USCIS Status Expires on (mm/dd/yyyy) Interviewed

Part 2. Application type. (Check one.)

Section of Law
I am applying for an adjustment to permanent resident status because:
Sec. 209(b), INA
a. an immigrant petition giving me an immediately available immigrant visa number has been Sec. 13, Act of 9/11/57
approved. (Attach a copy of the approval notice, or a relative, special immigrant juvenile or Sec. 245, INA
special immigrant military visa petition filed with this application that will give you an Sec. 249, INA
Sec. 1 Act of 11/2/66
immediately available visa number, if approved.)
Sec. 2 Act of 11/2/66
b. my spouse or parent applied for adjustment of status or was granted lawful permanent residence Other
in an immigrant visa category that allows derivative status for spouses and children.
c. I entered as a K-1 fiancé(e) of a United States citizen whom I married within 90 days of entry, Country Chargeable
or I am the K-2 child of such a fiancé(e). (Attach a copy of the fiancé(e) petition approval
notice and the marriage certificate).
d. I was granted asylum or derivative asylum status as the spouse or child of a person granted Eligibility Under Sec. 245
asylum and am eligible for adjustment. Approved Visa Petition
Dependent of Principal Alien
e. I am a native or citizen of Cuba admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1,
Other
1959, and thereafter have been physically present in the United States for at least one year.
Special Immigrant
f. I am the husband, wife or minor unmarried child of a Cuban described above in (e) and I am
residing with that person, and was admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1, Preference
1959, and thereafter have been physically present in the United States for at least one year.
Action Block
g. I have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1972.
h. Other basis of eligibility. Explain. If additional space is needed, use a separate piece of paper.

I am already a permanent resident and am applying to have the date I was granted permanent To be Completed by
residence adjusted to the date I originally arrived in the United States as a nonimmigrant or Attorney or Representative, if any
Fill in box if G-28 is attached to represent the
parolee, or as of May 2, 1964, whichever date is later, and: (Check one) applicant.
i. I am a native or citizen of Cuba and meet the description in (e) above.
VOLAG #
j. I am the husband, wife or minor unmarried child of a Cuban, and meet the description in
(f) above. ATTY State License #

Form I-485 (Rev. 07/24/06)Y

Part 3. Processing information.
A. City/Town/Village of Birth Current Occupation

Your Mother's First Name Your Father's First Name

Give your name exactly as it appears on your Arrival/Departure Record (Form I-94)

Place of Last Entry Into the United States (City/State) In what status did you last enter? (Visitor, student, exchange
alien, crewman, temporary worker, without inspection, etc.)

Were you inspected by a U.S. Immigration Officer? Yes No

Nonimmigrant Visa Number Consulate Where Visa Was Issued

Date Visa Was Issued

(mm/dd/yyyy) Gender: Male Female Marital Status: Married Single Divorced Widowed

Have you ever before applied for permanent resident status in the U.S.? No Yes. If you checked "Yes," give date and place of
filing and final disposition.

B. List your present husband/wife, all of your sons and daughters (If you have none, write "none." If additional space is needed, use separate paper).
Family Name Given Name Middle Initial Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

Country of Birth Relationship A Applying with you?

# Yes No
Family Name Given Name Middle Initial Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

Country of Birth Relationship A Applying with you?

# Yes No
Family Name Given Name Middle Initial Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

Country of Birth Relationship A Applying with you?

# Yes No
Family Name Given Name Middle Initial Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

Country of Birth Relationship A Applying with you?

# Yes No
Family Name Given Name Middle Initial Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

Country of Birth Relationship A Applying with you?

# Yes No
C. List your present and past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society or similar group
in the United States or in other places since your 16th birthday. Include any foreign military service in this part. If none, write "none." Include the
name(s) of organization(s), location(s), dates of membership, from and to, and the nature of the organization(s). If additional space is needed, use a
separate piece of paper.

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Part 3. Processing information. (Continued)
Please answer the following questions. (If your answer is "Yes" on any one of these questions, explain on a separate piece of paper. Answering "Yes"
does not necessarily mean that you are not entitled to adjust status or register for permanent residence.)
1. Have you ever, in or outside the United States:

a. knowingly committed any crime of moral turpitude or a drug-related offense for which you have not been arrested? Yes No
b. been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, excluding Yes No
traffic violations?
c. been the beneficiary of a pardon, amnesty, rehabilitation decree, other act of clemency or similar action? Yes No
d. exercised diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution for a criminal offense in the United States? Yes No
2. Have you received public assistance in the United States from any source, including the United States government or any state, Yes No
county, city or municipality (other than emergency medical treatment), or are you likely to receive public assistance in the
future?
3. Have you ever:
a. within the past ten years been a prostitute or procured anyone for prostitution, or intend to engage in such activities in Yes No
the future?
b. engaged in any unlawful commercialized vice, including, but not limited to, illegal gambling? Yes No
c. knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted or aided any alien to try to enter the United States illegally? Yes No
d. illicitly trafficked in any controlled substance, or knowingly assisted, abetted or colluded in the illicit trafficking of any Yes No
controlled substance?

4. Have you ever engaged in, conspired to engage in, or do you intend to engage in, or have you ever solicited membership or Yes No
funds for, or have you through any means ever assisted or provided any type of material support to any person or organization
that has ever engaged or conspired to engage in sabotage, kidnapping, political assassination, hijacking or any other form of
terrorist activity?
5. Do you intend to engage in the United States in:

a. espionage? Yes No
b. any activity a purpose of which is opposition to, or the control or overthrow of, the government of the United States, Yes No
by force, violence or other unlawful means?
c. any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods, technology or sensitive Yes No
information?

6. Have you ever been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party? Yes No

7. Did you, during the period from March 23, 1933 to May 8, 1945, in association with either the Nazi Government of Germany Yes No
or any organization or government associated or allied with the Nazi Government of Germany, ever order, incite, assist or
otherwise participate in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin or political opinion?

8. Have you ever engaged in genocide, or otherwise ordered, incited, assisted or otherwise participated in the killing of any Yes No
person because of race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin or political opinion?

9. Have you ever been deported from the United States, or removed from the United States at government expense, excluded Yes No
within the past year, or are you now in exclusion, deportation, removal or recission proceedings?

10. Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating section 274C of the Immigration and Nationality Act for use of Yes No
fraudulent documents or have you, by fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact, ever sought to procure, or procured,
a visa, other documentation, entry into the United States or any immigration benefit?

11. Have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces? Yes No
12. Have you ever been a J nonimmigrant exchange visitor who was subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement and Yes No
have not yet complied with that requirement or obtained a waiver?

13. Are you now withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted custody of the child? Yes No

14. Do you plan to practice polygamy in the United States? Yes No

Form I-485 (Rev. 07/24/06)Y Page 3

 (Read the information on penalties in the instructions before completing this section. You must file this application while
Part 4. Signature. in the United States.)
YOUR REGISTRATION WITH THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES."I understand and acknowledge that,
under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), as an alien who has been or will be in the United States for more than 30
days, I am required to register with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. I understand and acknowledge that, under section 265
of the Act, I am required to provide USCIS with my current address and written notice of any change of address within ten days of the
change. I understand and acknowledge that USCIS will use the most recent address that I provide to USCIS, on any form containing
these acknowledgements, for all purposes, including the service of a Notice to Appear should it be necessary for USCIS to initiate
removal proceedings against me. I understand and acknowledge that if I change my address without providing written notice to USCIS, I
will be held responsible for any communications sent to me at the most recent address that I provided to USCIS. I further understand and
acknowledge that, if removal proceedings are initiated against me and I fail to attend any hearing, including an initial hearing based on
service of the Notice to Appear at the most recent address that I provided to USCIS or as otherwise provided by law, I may be ordered
removed in my absence, arrested by USCIS and removed from the United States."
SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION. The following applies to you if you are a male at least 18 years old, but not yet 26
years old, who is required to register with the Selective Service System: "I understand that my filing this adjustment of status
application with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizes USCIS to provide certain registration information to the
Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act. Upon USCIS acceptance of my application, I authorize
USCIS to transmit to the Selective Service System my name, current address, Social Security Number, date of birth and the date I filed
the application for the purpose of recording my Selective Service registration as of the filing date. If, however, USCIS does not accept
my application, I further understand that, if so required, I am responsible for registering with the Selective Service by other means,
provided I have not yet reached age 26."

APPLICANT'S CERTIFICATION. I certify, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America, that this
application and the evidence submitted with it is all true and correct. I authorize the release of any information from my records that the
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) needs to determine eligibility for the benefit I am seeking.
Signature Print Your Name Date Daytime Phone Number

NOTE: If you do not completely fill out this form or fail to submit required documents listed in the instructions, you may not be found eligible for the
requested document and this application may be denied.

Part 5. Signature of person preparing form, if other than above. (sign below)

I declare that I prepared this application at the request of the above person and it is based on all information of which I have knowledge.

Signature Print Your Name Date Daytime Phone Number

Firm Name E-mail Address (if any)

and Address

Form I-485 (Rev. 07/24/06)Y Page 4