Other categories -- adjustment of status (Tier-1 subset)

Source-backed checklist for two Tier-1 other-category adjustment-of-status bases: INA 245(i) overlay and registry (INA 249). The universal packet covers Form I-485, Form I-693 sealed medical exam, civil documents, photographs, and biometrics preparation. Basis-specific documents are selected by your answer to the other basis question. Important limitation for 245(i) users: the INA 245(i) overlay does not itself confer immigrant classification; it only cures adjustment bars such as unlawful entry or overstay. Your eligibility depends on a qualifying underlying family-based or employment-based petition. This checklist covers only the 245(i) overlay items (Supplement A, $1,000 penalty fee, grandfathering evidence, physical-presence-on-December-21-2000 evidence if applicable). You must also run through the family-based AOS or employment-based AOS checklist for the complete document set for your underlying petition. Note on out-of-scope bases: the rules engine promotes two additional other-category bases to deterministic-checklist via the adjustment-of-status processing mode -- diversity visa (DV) and born-in-the-U.S.-to-a-foreign-diplomat -- but neither has basis-specific rules authored; users on those bases receive only the universal other-AOS packet. DV: a personalized DV checklist is intentionally out of scope because the September 30 fiscal-year cutoff makes any saved checklist misleading once the program year closes and the annual instructions change; the primary product surface for DV selectees is the dedicated DV mechanics guide at /[lang]/guides/dv-mechanics, which covers lottery mechanics, case-number progression, AOS vs. consular-processing routing, derivative timing, and the September 30 deadline in full. American Indian born in Canada (AIBC): a personalized checklist is intentionally out of scope because AIBC uses the adjustment-like-documentation-process mode, which reflects a port-of-entry documentation route under INA 289 with CBP rather than a Form I-485 filing with USCIS; forcing AIBC rules under the adjustment-of-status context would misrepresent the actual process. AIBC applicants should use the pathway stage prose on the AIBC pathway detail page for the documentation-process guidance authored there.

Answer the case questions first. Results and print only open after the checklist has enough case detail to build them.