Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Purpose of Form :
To apply to adjust your status to that of a permanent resident of the United States.
Number of Pages :
Instructions: 10; Form: 4.
Edition Date :
5/27/08. Previous editions accepted.
Where to File :
Please see Special Instructions
Filing Fee :
$930 plus a biometrics fee of $80; the fee total is $1,010. Exceptions listed below. There is no fee for applicants who are filing Form I-485 based on having been admitted to the United States as a refugee. Applicants 79 years of age or older are not charged a biometric fee; the fee total is $930. Applicants under 14 years of age:
- Filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $600
- Not filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $930
Special Instructions :
Form I-485 Application to register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Effective July 30, 2007
Eligibility Category
Filing address
Notes/Special Instructions
Spouse, parent, unmarried son/daughter under age 21 of a U.S. Citizen with an approved or concurrently filed Form I-130;
Beneficiary of an approved Form I-130 filed by a qualifying relative; Qualifying derivative, family-based beneficiary;
K-1 Fiancé(e) (and K-2 dependents) whose Form I-485 is based on an approved Form I-129F;
Applicants who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, as a battered spouse or child;
Widow/widower of a U.S. Citizen with an approved or concurrently filed Form I-360;
Special Immigrant Military filing Form I-485 based on honorable active duty service in the U.S. armed forces with an approved or concurrently filed Form I-360;
Special immigrant juvenile with a pending or concurrently filed Form I-360;
Amerasians with an approved or concurrently filed Form I-360;
Applicants eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965.
Diversity lottery winner eligible to file Form I-485;
Public Interest Parolees from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries filing Form I-485 under Public Law 101-167 (the “Lautenberg Amendment”);
Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on birth in the U.S. to a foreign diplomatic officer;
Former diplomat filing Form I-485 under Section 13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on continuous residence in the U.S. since before 01/01/72;
Applicants who are beneficiaries of Private Bills.
USCIS Lockbox Addresses-
For United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries: USCIS P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680-4120
For private couriers (non-USPS) deliveries: USCIS Attn: FBASI 131 South Dearborn, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-551
