Requirements for Application to Register
Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485)
If the applicant will be applying for Permanent Resident status
in the U.S. (as opposed to applying at the U.S. Consulate in their home country
following approval of Form I-140), USCIS now allows simultaneous filing of Form
I-140 and Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence
or Adjust Status for the applicant and any dependents who will be
applying for Permanent Resident status at the same time. In order to proceed
with the petition and application to adjust status, USCIS requires the
following documents (all forms are downloadable from http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm:
1. Form
I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
(completed forms for applicant and any dependents)
2. Check for $930
filing fee (payable to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) for
each I-485 ($600 for dependents under 14 years of age).
3. Check for $475
filing fee for Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (Form I-140).
4. Check for $80.00 biometric
(fingerprint) fee for each I-485 being filed.
5. Two (2) identical
natural color photographs (passport style) for each person filing I-485.
6. Copy of birth
certificate (translated if not in English) for each person filing plus marriage
certificate (translated) if spouse is also filing. Each document that is
translated must be certified using the format shown in the attached sample. The translator may choose to
either attach the "certificate of translation" to the actual
translation itself or place the information shown in the sample at the bottom
of the translated document.
7. Form
G-325A, Biographical Information Sheet (4 pages) for each person
filing.
8. Form
I-693, Medical Examination (in sealed envelope from a "Civil
Surgeon;" i.e. from either the Whitney M. Young,
Jr. Health Center or Family Practice,
9. A copy of the
personal information page from the applicant's (and any dependent's) passport
together with a copy of the latest visa stamp and I-94 (Arrival/Departure
Form).
10. I-864,
Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act if I-485
forms are being filed for dependents.