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Instructions for Application to Adjust Status From Temporary

USCIS

to Permanent Resident (Under Section 245A of the INA)

Form I-698

OMB No. 1615-0035

Department of Homeland Security

Expires 03/31/2019

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

What Is the Purpose of This Application?

Persons who were granted temporary residence under section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) can

use this application to apply through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjust to lawful permanent

resident status. Individuals apply under section 245A of the INA, as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control

Act of 1986, and section 902 of the U.S. Department of State Authorization Bill of 1987.

Who May File Form I-698?

To be eligible for lawful permanent residence under section 245A of the INA, you must meet all of the following

requirements.

1. Apply for adjustment during the 1-year period beginning with the 19th month after the date you were granted

temporary resident status.

2. Reside continuously in the United States since becoming a temporary resident alien (no single absence from the

United States exceeded 30 days, or the total of all absences has not exceeded 90 days).

If you are absent from the United States for more than 30 days in a single absence or for more than a total of 90 days

for all occurrences, during the period for which continuous residence is required for adjustment to lawful permanent

residence, you will break the continuity of your residence unless you can establish to the satisfaction of USCIS that

you did not, in fact, abandon your residence in the United States during that period.

3. Establish admissibility under section 212(a) of the INA. In determining the admissibility of an applicant, the

provisions of sections 212(a)(6)(A) and 212(a)(7) of the INA will not apply to an applicant for adjustment of status as

a temporary resident or lawful permanent resident under section 245A of the INA.

The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) may not waive the following grounds of inadmissibility:

A. Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) (crimes involving moral turpitude);

B. Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (crimes involving controlled substances, except for a single offense of simple

possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana);

C. Section 212(a)(2)(B) (multiple criminal convictions);

D. Section 212(a)(2)(C) (controlled substance traffickers);

E. Section 212(a)(3) (security and related grounds); and

F. Section 212(a)(4) (public charge), except for an alien who is or was an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as

defined in section 1614(a)(1) of the Social Security Act). An alien is not ineligible for adjustment of status due

to inadmissibility under section 212(a)(4) if the alien demonstrates a history of employment in the United States

showing self-support without receipt of public assistance. Special adjudication standards regarding public charge

contained in any settlement agreements apply.

The Secretary may waive all other grounds of inadmissibility. In order to seek a waiver, you must submit Form I-690,

Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility Under Sections 245A or 210 of the INA.

4. Were NOT convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States.

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Instructions For Form I-698 - Application To Adjust Status From Temporary To Permanent Resident (Under Section 245a Of The Ina)