Proof of Humanitarian Nonimmigrant Status

Official PDF downloads

• Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant, USCIS (PDF)
• Instructions for Form I-929, USCIS (PDF)

What this is

The approval and status-history records showing the underlying T or U humanitarian status that may support a later green-card filing.

Case-specific: Whether this document matters depends on category, facts, or relationship to the case.

Who usually needs it

Applicants using a T- or U-based adjustment route need it because the later filing depends on the exact status grant and status-history facts.

When it usually appears

Usually at the later adjustment stage, not at the initial humanitarian-status filing that created the protection in the first place.

What changes by process, path, or post

The needed records depend on whether the route is T or U, whether extensions or derivatives are involved, and what period of status history the filing must show.

Common format or evidence traps

• Collapsing T and U evidence into one generic humanitarian packet.
• Forgetting later extensions, admissions, or derivative records that explain the full status timeline.

Related pages

• Pathway explorerUse pathway families if you still need the legal route.
• Adjustment of status guideSee the USCIS route inside the United States.

Related glossary terms

Pathway family · Inadmissibility

Examples from current exact-support flows

Coverage posture: Current public exact-support flows include multiple direct examples for this document, but exact requirements still depend on the route, process stage, and official instructions.

• Usually needed

  Select the humanitarian subcategory first; the proof changes by asylee, refugee, VAWA, U, T, Cuban Adjustment, and other humanitarian bases.

  Shown when: green_card_path: humanitarian · processing_context: adjustment-of-status

• Usually needed

  Include documentation of the U nonimmigrant status grant and admission history. This typically includes the USCIS U-visa approval notice, I-94 admission records in U status, and any U-status extension approval notices. This evidence establishes eligibility for U-nonimmigrant adjustment under INA 245(m). (Sources: uscis_u_gc, uscis_u_nonimmigrant_status, ecfr_8_cfr_245_24)

  Shown when: scope.green_card_path: humanitarian · scope.processing_context: adjustment-of-status · humanitarian.subcategory: u-nonimmigrant

• Usually needed

  Include documentation of the T nonimmigrant status grant and admission history. This typically includes the USCIS T-visa approval notice and I-94 admission records in T status. This evidence establishes eligibility for T-nonimmigrant adjustment under INA 245(l). (Sources: uscis_t_gc, ecfr_8_cfr_245_23, uscis_policy_j_t_adjustment)

  Shown when: scope.green_card_path: humanitarian · scope.processing_context: adjustment-of-status · humanitarian.subcategory: t-nonimmigrant