Instructions For Application To Register Permanent Residence Or Adjust Status (Form I-485) (Page 39 of 42) in pdf

Additional Evidence Requirements

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, you must also submit:

1. Evidence of Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian citizenship or nationality; and

2. Evidence of physical presence in the United States before and on October 1, 1997.

Additional Categories

Diversity Visa Program

Certain foreign nationals who were selected in the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery (“selectee”) for the current fiscal year

may apply for adjustment of status. Your selection letter, provided by DOS, confirms that you may qualify to apply for

adjustment under this category.

Derivative applicants may file in this category only if they were listed as derivative family members in the principal’s DV

lottery application.

You may file Form I-485 only when a visa is immediately available. For information on visa availability for DV

applicants, visit the USCIS website at

You and your derivatives may only receive a DV through the end of the specific fiscal year for which you were selected.

USCIS cannot approve any DV adjustment application after September 30 of the relevant fiscal year. Beginning October

1, USCIS must deny any DV adjustment application that remains pending from the prior fiscal year.

USCIS cannot guarantee that it will be able to adjudicate your application before the end of a fiscal year. Therefore, you

are encouraged to file as soon as you are eligible.

Evidence of Financial Support

If you are filing Form I-485 as a DV applicant, you do not need to submit evidence of financial support.

Additional Evidence Requirements

As a DV 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

and derivative applicants must also submit:

1. Evidence of the principal applicant’s selection in the DV lottery; and

2. Evidence that any derivative applicants were originally included in the DV lottery entry (if applicable).

In addition, principal applicants must also submit evidence of the required education or work experience to qualify for

adjustment as a DV applicant.

Evidence of Selection in DV Lottery

You must provide a copy of the principal applicant’s DOS Selection Letter for the DV lottery and a copy of the receipt

from DOS for the DV lottery processing fee.

Evidence of Relationship

If derivative applicants are filing Form I-485 based on the principal applicant’s Selection Letter, you must provide

evidence that the principal applicant included the derivative applicants in the entry when entering the DV lottery for the

current fiscal year.

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