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If you are filing as the derivative applicant child of the principal applicant and your birth certificate does not show

that the principal applicant is your parent, you must submit a photocopy of your parents’ marriage certificate, your

adoption certificate, or other proof of your parent-child relationship with the principal applicant. Refugee derivative

applicant children, however, do not need to submit proof of the parent-child relationship with the principal applicant.

7. Evidence of Continuously Maintaining a Lawful Status Since Arrival in the United States

Anyone applying under the following immigrant categories must submit evidence to show they have continuously

maintained lawful immigration status while in the United States and are therefore not barred from adjustment by INA

section 245(c)(2): applicants applying under a family-based preference category or an employment-based preference

category; special immigrant religious workers, Afghan or Iraqi nationals, and international broadcasters; and selectees

under the Diversity Visa Lottery program.

Acceptable evidence may include, but is not limited to, copies of the following documents:

A. Form I-797 approval notices for all extensions and changes of nonimmigrant status;

B. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, including printouts of paperless I-94 admissions;

C. Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - For Academic and Language

Students, or Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (M-1) Student Status - For Vocational

Students, including all pages containing notations by authorized school officials;

D. Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP 66), Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status, including all pages

containing notations by authorized exchange visitor program officials; or

E. Passport page with an admission or parole stamp (issued by a U.S. immigration officer).

Include evidence for every time you entered the United States and for the time periods spent in the United States. See

the Additional Instructions for information on whether your specific immigrant category requires this evidence.

If you are applying as an employment-based first preference, second preference, or third preference applicant or as a

fourth preference special immigrant religious worker and you believe you are exempted from this bar by INA section

245(k), you should submit evidence to prove you qualify for this exemption. For more information, see

8. Affidavit of Support/Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section

204(j) (Supplement J)

A. Affidavit of Support

Submit an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) if your Form I-485 is based on your entry as a fiancé(e), a relative

visa petition (Form I-130) filed by your relative, or an employment-based visa petition (Form I-140) related to a

business that is five percent or more owned by your family.

B. Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j)

(Supplement J)

If your Form I-485 is related to an employment based visa petition (Form I-140) filed in an employment-based

immigrant visa category that requires a job offer, and you are filing Form I-485 after the employer filed the Form

I-140 on your behalf, you must file Form I-485 Supplement J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for

Job Portability under INA Section 204(j) (Supplement J), together with your Form I-485. For more information

about this requirement, please read the instructions to Supplement J. If you are filing Form I-485 together with

a Form I-140 filed on your behalf, you do not need to file Supplement J at this time. At any time during the

adjudication process, USCIS may request that you file Supplement J.

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