Humanitarian green card: adjustment of status
Source-backed checklist for eleven humanitarian adjustment-of-status bases: asylee adjustment (INA 209(b)), refugee adjustment (INA 209(a)), U-nonimmigrant adjustment (INA 245(m)), T-nonimmigrant adjustment (INA 245(l)), Cuban Adjustment Act, NACARA Section 203 (USCIS track), HRIFA (Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act), Indochinese Parolee Adjustment Act, Lautenberg parolee, LRIF (Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act), and S-nonimmigrant adjustment. The checklist covers the universal humanitarian AOS packet (I-485, I-693 medical exam, civil documents, photographs) plus basis-specific evidence selected by your answer to the humanitarian basis question.
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Sources used on this page
- Humanitarian Programs (USCIS)Official source
Why this source is here: USCIS landing page for humanitarian programs including refugee, asylum, U/T/S visas, and related programs.
- Adjustment of Status (USCIS)Official source
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Why this source is here: USCIS adjustment-of-status overview. USCIS overview of the domestic adjustment of status process. Primary source for AOS guidance.
- Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (USCIS)Official source
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Why this source is here: Form landing page for the primary AOS form. Canonical USCIS form page for Form I-485. Includes current form version, instructions, and fee.
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