Instructions For Form I-485 Application To Register Permanent Residence Or Adjust Status (Page 3 of 9) in pdf

How To Fill Out Form I-485

NOTE: Unless a traffic incident was alcohol or drug-

related, you do not need to submit documentation for

1. Type or print legibly in black ink.

traffic fines and incidents that did not involve an actual

2. If extra space is needed to complete any item, attach a

arrest if the only penalty was a fine of less than $500

continuation sheet, write your name and Alien

and/or points on your driver's license.

Registration Number (A-Number) (if any), at the top of

each sheet of paper, indicate the Part and Item Number

2. Birth certificate

to which your answer refers, and date and sign each sheet.

Submit a copy of your foreign birth certificate or other

3. Answer all questions fully and accurately. If an item is not

record of your birth that meets the provisions of

applicable or the answer is "none," leave the space blank.

secondary evidence found in Title 8, Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR), 103.2(b)(2).

Initial Evidence

3. Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa

You must file your application with the following evidence:

If you have obtained a nonimmigrant visa(s) from a U.S.

Embassy or consulate abroad within the last year, submit a

1. Criminal history

photocopy(ies) of the page(s) of your passport containing

A. If you have ever been arrested or detained by any law

the visa(s).

enforcement officer for any reason, and no charges

4. Photos

were filed, submit:

An original official statement by the arresting agency

You must submit two identical color photographs of

or applicable court order confirming that no charges

yourself taken within 30 days of the filing of this

were filed.

application. The photos must have a white to off-white

background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish,

B. If you have ever been arrested or detained by any law

and be unmounted and unretouched.

enforcement officer for any reason, and charges were

filed, or if charges were filed against you without an

Passport-style photos must be 2" x 2." The photos must be

arrest, submit:

in color with full face, frontal view on a white to off-white

background. Head height should measure 1" to 1 3/8" from

An original or court-certified copy of the complete

top of hair to bottom of chin, and eye height is between 1

arrest record and/or disposition for each incident

1/8" to 1 3/8" from bottom of photo. Your head must be

(e.g., dismissal order, conviction record, or acquittal

bare unless you are wearing a headwear as required by a

order).

religious order of which you are a member. Using pencil or

C. If you have ever been convicted or placed in an

felt pen, lightly print your name and Alien Registration

alternative sentencing program or rehabilitative

Number (A-Number) on the back of the photo.

program (such as a drug treatment or community

service program), submit:

5. Biometrics services

1. An original or court-certified copy of the

If you are between the ages of 14 and 79, you must be

sentencing record for each incident; and

fingerprinted as part of the USCIS biometrics services

requirement. After you have filed this application, USCIS

2. Evidence that you completed your sentence,

will notify you in writing of the time and location where

specifically:

you must go to be fingerprinted. If necessary, USCIS

a. An original or certified copy of your probation

may also take your photograph and signature. Failure to

or parole record; or

appear to be fingerprinted or for other biometrics services

may result in a denial of your application.

b. Evidence that you completed an alternative

sentencing program or rehabilitative program.

6. Police clearances

D. If you have ever had any arrest or conviction vacated,

If you are filing for adjustment of status as a member of a

set aside, sealed, expunged, or otherwise removed

special class described in an I-485 supplement form, please

from your record, submit:

read the instructions on the supplement form to see if you

1. An original or court-certified copy of the court

need to obtain and submit police clearances, in addition to

order vacating, setting aside, sealing, expunging,

the required fingerprints, with your application.

or otherwise removing the arrest or conviction; or

7. Medical examination

2. An original statement from the court that no

record exists of your arrest or conviction.

When required, submit a medical examination report on

Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and

Vaccination Record.

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