Instructions For Application To Register Permanent Residence Or Adjust Status (Form I-485) (Page 32 of 42) in pdf

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Additional Instructions for Applicants Filing Under Special Adjustment Programs

Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA)

You may apply for adjustment of status if you are a native or citizen of Cuba who was inspected and admitted or paroled

into the United States after January 1, 1959, and you have been physically present in the United States for at least one year

or if you are a spouse or unmarried child of a Cuban described above (regardless of your nationality or place of birth) who

was inspected and admitted or paroled after January 1, 1959, and you have been physically present in the United States for

at least one year.

Derivative Applicants

As a spouse or child of a qualifying CAA applicant, you may file to adjust status as a derivative applicant under the CAA

regardless of your nationality or place of birth. Furthermore, you may apply under the CAA regardless of how long your

relationship with the qualifying CAA applicant has existed. Whether your relationship began before or after your Cuban

spouse or parent became a lawful permanent resident does not matter.

Evidence of Financial Support

If you are filing Form I-485 based on the CAA, you do not need to submit evidence of financial support.

Additional Evidence Requirements

As a CAA applicant, you must submit evidence showing you meet certain requirements specific to this immigrant

category. Therefore, in addition to the evidence listed in the What Evidence Must You Submit with Form I-485

section, principal applicants must also submit:

1. Evidence of Cuban birth or citizenship, if not contained in your birth certificate; and

2. Evidence that you have been physically present in the United States for at least one year.

In addition to the evidence listed in the What Evidence Must You Submit with Form I-485 section, derivative

applicants must submit:

1. Evidence you have been physically present in the United States for at least one year; and

2. Evidence that you reside with the principal applicant.

If you are a derivative applicant, you do not need to submit evidence of Cuban birth or citizenship. As mentioned above,

you may file to adjust status as a derivative applicant under the CAA regardless of your nationality or place of birth.

Evidence of Nationality

Principal applicants must submit evidence of Cuban citizenship. The following are examples of acceptable documents to

prove your citizenship:

1. A valid Cuban passport;

2. A Cuban Civil Registry document issued in Havana; or

3. A Cuban consular certificate of citizenship documenting your birth to at least one Cuban parent within the consular

district served by the consulate.

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