Immigration Forms — Form I-485

Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

[I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status]

IMPORTANT: Information on this site may be outdated. For up-to-date instructions and filing fees check always with the USCIS site:
http://www.uscis.gov/forms

Purpose of Form :

To apply to adjust your status to that of a permanent resident of the United States.

Number of Pages :

11

Edition Date :

07/24/06. Prior versions acceptable.

Where to File :

Please see Special Instructions

Filing Fee :

$325.00

Special Instructions :

Note on Filing Fee:

Original fee plus $70.00 biometrics services fee if you are 14 years of age or older. If you are under 14 years of age, the fee is $225.00 with no biometric services fee. If you are 79 years of age or older, the fee is $325.00 with no biometrics services fee.

If you are applying for permanent residence based on having been admitted to the U.S. as a refugee, there is no application fee; however, applicants age 14 – 79 will still need to pay a $70.00 biometrics fee.

Note on Where to File:

For Individuals Living in the Jurisdiction of the:

• Dallas District Office
• El Paso District Office
• Oklahoma City Sub Office

Effective October 23, 2006, if you are residing within the jurisdiction of the Dallas District Office,

and effective November 20, 2006, if you are residing within the jurisdiction of the El Paso District Office or

Oklahoma City Sub-Office, you must follow the special instructions in the Related Links section of his page.

Family-Based Applications

If you are filing for lawful permanent resident status based on a family relationship with a U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent
resident, file your I-485 at:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Or, for non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (such as overnight delivery services):

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098

Employment-Based Applications

If you are filing for lawful permanent resident status based on an offer of permanent employment in the United States, you should
submit your I-485 to:

USCIS Nebraska Service Center
P.O. Box 87485
Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

This includes an employment-based I-485 if you are filing a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker, concurrently with your I-485, or an I-485 filing basedon a pending or an approved Form I-140.

Download I-485 (987KB PDF)

Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
OMB No. 1615-0023; Expires 09/30/08
I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2005 DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-485

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, IOWA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW MEXICO,
OKLAHOMA, OREGON, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AND REMAINS IN EFFECT – EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2004 DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-485

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES

The mailing address has changed for certain applicants living in the locations above, and filing under certain categories – please review the list below to determine if you should use this direct mail address.

This affects aliens residing in the locations above who are filing Form I-485 under the following categories:

• Aliens who are immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen, as defined by section 201(b) of the Act, and are filing based upon an approved, concurrently filed, or pending Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative;
• Aliens who are widow/widowers of a U.S. citizen, as described by section 201(b) of the Act (I-360 petition or an I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
• Aliens described by section 203(a) of the Act as the qualifying relative of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident alien, and are filing based on an approved Form I-130;
• Aliens described by section 203(d) of the Act as the derivative relatives of aliens described by section 203(a) of the Act;
• Aliens described by section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act as the fianc?© of a U.S. citizen or the minor child(ren) of such fianc?©, and are filing based on an approved Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fianc?©(e);
• Aliens eligible for registry under section 249 of the Act;
• Aliens eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965;
• Aliens described as special immigrants under sections 101(a)(27)(J), and (K) of the Act (if filing under section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Act, an I-360 petition may be filed concurrently; if filing under section 101(a)(27)(K) of the Act, I-360 petition or I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
• Aliens described as Amerasians under section 204(f) of the Act (I-360 petition may be filed concurrently);
• Aliens who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-360 as a battered spouse or child;
• Aliens who are beneficiaries of Private Bills;
• Aliens who are winners of the Diversity Visa lottery;
• Aliens from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries who were paroled into the United States as public interest parolees and are eligible to adjust under Public Law 101-167, “the Lautenberg Amendment;”
• Aliens eligible under section 646 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA);
• Aliens eligible under section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957; and Aliens eligible for creation of record under 8 CFR section 264.2.

These aliens must submit their Form I-485, and all supporting evidence to the Chicago Lockbox Facility listed below.

The Direct Mail address for the aliens mentioned above, applying for adjustment of status is:

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Or, for non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (e.g. private couriers):

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098

Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
OMB No. 1615-0023; Expires 09/30/08
I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

What Is the Purpose of This Form?

This form is used by a person who is in the United States to apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjust to permanent resident status or register for permanent residence.

This form may also be used by certain Cuban nationals to request a change in the date that their permanent residence began.

NOTE: USCIS is comprised of offices of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Who May File?

Based on an immigrant petition.

You may apply to adjust your status if:

• An immigrant visa number is immediately available to you based on an approved immigrant petition; or
• You are filing this application with a completed relative petition, special immigrant juvenile petition or special immigrant military petition which if approved would make an immigrant visa number immediately available to you.

Based on being the spouse or child (derivative) – at the time another adjustment applicant (principal) files to adjust status or at the time a person is granted permanent resident status in an immigrant category that allows derivative status for spouses and children.

If the spouse or child is in the United States, the individual derivatives may file their Form I-485 adjustment of status applications concurrently with the Form I-485 for the principal applicant, or file the Form I-485 at anytime after the principal is approved, if a visa number is available.

If the spouse or child is residing abroad, the person adjusting status in the United States should file the Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, concurrently with the principal’s adjustment of status application to allow the derivatives to immigrate to the United States without delay if the principal’s adjustment of status application is approved. The fee submitted with the Form I-824 will not be refunded if the principal’s adjustment is not granted.

Based on admission as the fianc?©(e) of a U.S. citizen and subsequent marriage to that citizen.

You may apply to adjust status if you were admitted to the United States as the K-1 fianc?©(e) of a United States citizen and you married that citizen within 90 days of your entry.

If you were admitted as the K-2 child of such a fianc?©(e), you may apply to adjust status based on your parent’s adjustment application.

Based on asylum status.

You may apply to adjust status after you have been granted asylum in the United States if you have been physically present in the United States for one year after the grant of asylum, provided you still qualify as an asylee or as the spouse or child of a refugee.

Based on refugee status.

You may apply to adjust status after you have been admitted as a refugee and have been physically present in the United States for one year following your admission, provided that your status has not been terminated.

Based on Cuban citizenship or nationality.

You may apply to adjust status if:

• You are a native or citizen of Cuba, were admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1, 1959, and thereafter have been physically present in the United States for at least one year; or
• You are the spouse or unmarried child of a Cuban described above and regardless of your nationality, you were admitted or paroled after January 1, 1959, and thereafter have been physically present in the United States for at least one year.

Applying to change the date on which your permanent residence began.

If you were granted permanent residence in the United States prior to November 6, 1966, and are a native or citizen of Cuba, or you are the spouse or unmarried child of such an individual, you may ask to change the date your lawful permanent residence began to your date of arrival in the United States or May 2, 1964, whichever is later.

Based on continuous residence since before January 1, 1972.

You may apply for permanent residence if you have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1972. This is known as “Registry.”

Other basis of eligibility.

If you are not included in the above categories, but believe you may be eligible for adjustment or creation of record of permanent residence, contact our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 for information on how to use the internet to make an application at your local USCIS office.

Who Is Not Eligible to Adjust Status?

Unless you are applying for creation of record based on continuous residence since before January 1, 1972, or adjustment of status under a category in which special rules apply (such as 245(i) adjustment, asylum adjustment, Cuban adjustment, special immigrant juvenile adjustment, or special immigrant military personnel adjustment), you are not eligible for adjustment of status if any of the following apply to you:

• You entered the United States in transit without a visa;
• You entered the United States as a nonimmigrant crewman;
• You were not admitted or paroled following inspection by an immigration officer;
• Your authorized stay expired before you filed this application;
• You were employed in the United States, without USCIS authorization, prior to filing this application;
• You failed to maintain your nonimmigrant status, other than through no fault of your own or for technical reasons; unless you are applying because you are: – An immediate relative of a United States citizen (parent, spouse, widow, widower or unmarried child under 21 years old); – A K-1 fianc?©(e) or a K-2 fianc?©(e) dependent who married the United States petitioner within 90 days of admission; or – An H or I nonimmigrant or special immigrant (foreign medical graduates, international organization employees or their derivative family members);
• You were admitted as a K-1 fianc?©(e), but did not marry the U.S. citizen who filed the petition for you, or you were admitted as the K-2 child of a fianc?©(e) and your parent did not marry the United States citizen who filed the petition;
• You are or were a J-1 or J-2 exchange visitor and are subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement and you have not complied with or been granted a waiver of the requirement;
• You have A, E or G nonimmigrant status or have an occupation that would allow you to have this status, unless you complete Form I-508 (I-508F for French nationals) to waive diplomatic rights, privileges and immunities and, if you are an A or G nonimmigrant, unless you submit a completed Form I-566;
• You were admitted to Guam as a visitor under the Guam visa waiver program;
• You were admitted to the United States as a visitor under the Visa Waiver Program, unless you are applying because you are an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen (parent, spouse, widow, widower or unmarried child under 21 years old); or
• You are already a conditional permanent resident.

What Are the General Filing Instructions?

Please answer all questions by typing or clearly printing in black ink. Indicate that an item is not applicable with “N/ A.” If the answer is “none,” write “none.” If you need extra space to answer any item, attach a sheet of paper with your name and your alien registration number (A#), if any, and indicate the number of the item to which the answer refers. You must file your application with the required Initial Evidence described below. Your application must be properly signed and filed with the correct fee. If you are under 14 years of age, your parent or guardian may sign your application.

Translations.

Any foreign language document must be accompanied by a full English translation that the translator has certified as complete and correct and by the translator’s certification that he or she is competent to translate the foreign language into English.

Copies.

If these instructions state that a copy of a document may be filed with this application, and you choose to send us the original, we may keep the original for our records.

Initial Evidence.

You must file your application with the following evidence:

Birth certificate.

Submit a copy of your foreign birth certificate or other record of your birth that meets the provisions of secondary evidence found in Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 103.2(b)(2).

Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa.

If you have obtained a nonimmigrant visa(s) from an American embassy or consulate abroad within the last year, submit a photocopy(ies) of the page(s) of your passport containing the visa(s).

Photos.

Submit two identical, natural color passport-style photographs of yourself, taken within 30 days of the application. The photos must have a white background, be unmounted, printed on thin paper, and be glossy and unretouched. They must show your full-frontal facial position with your head bare. You may wear a headdress, if required by a religious order of which you are a member.

The photos must be no larger than 2 x 2 inches, with the distance from the top of the head to just below the chin about 1 and 1/4 inches. Using a pencil, lightly print your Alien Registration Number (A#), or your name, if you do not have an A#, on the back of each photo.

Biometric services.

If you are between the ages of 14 and 79, you must be fingerprinted as part of the USCIS biometric services requirement. After you have filed this application, USCIS will notify you in writing of the time and location where you must go to be fingerprinted. If necessary, USCIS may also take your photograph and signature. Failure to appear to be fingerprinted or for other biometric services may result in a denial of your application.

Police clearances.

If you are filing for adjustment of status as a member of a special class described in an I-485 supplement form, please read the instructions on the supplement form to see if you need to obtain and submit police clearances, in addition to the required fingerprints, with your application.

Medical examination.

When required, submit a medical examination report on the form you have obtained from USCIS.

Individuals applying for adjustment of status through a USCIS service center.

(1) General:
If you are filing your adjustment of status application with a USCIS service center, include your medical examination report with the application, unless you are a refugee.

(2) Refugees:
If you are applying for adjustment of status one year after you were admitted as a refugee, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement with your adjustment of status application, not the entire medical report, unless there were medical grounds of inadmissibility that arose during the initial examination that you had overseas.

Individuals applying for adjustment of status through a local USCIS office.

If you are filing your adjustment of status application with a local USCIS office include your medical examination report with the application.

Fianc?©(e)s.

If you are a K-1 fianc?©(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fianc?©(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement, not the entire medical report. You may include the vaccination supplement with your adjustment of status application.

Persons not required to have a medical examination.

The medical report is not required if you are applying for creation of a record for admission as a lawful permanent resident under section 249 of the INA as someone who has continuously resided in the United States since January 1, 1972 (registry applicant).

Form G-325A, Biographic Information Sheet

You must submit a completed Form G-325A if you are between 14 and 79 years of age.

Evidence of status.

Submit a copy of your Form I-94, Nonimmigrant Arrival/ Departure Record, showing your admission to the United States and current status, or other evidence of your status.

Affidavit of Support/Employment Letter.

Affidavit of Support.

Submit an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) if your adjustment of status application is based on your entry as a fianc?©(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.

Employment Letter.

If your adjustment of status application is related to an employment based visa petition (Form I-140), you must submit a letter on the letterhead of the petitioning employer which confirms that the job on which the visa petition is based is still available to you. The letter must also state the salary that will be paid.

NOTE: The affidavit of support and/or employment letter are not required if you are applying for creation of a record based on continuous residence since before January 1, 1972, asylum or refugee adjustment, or a Cuban citizen or a spouse or unmarried child of a Cuban citzen who was admitted after January 1, 1959.

Evidence of eligibility.

Based on an immigrant petition.

Attach a copy of the approval notice for an immigrant petition that makes a visa number immediately available to you, or submit a complete relative, special immigrant juvenile, or special immigrant military petition which, if approved, will make a visa number immediately available to you.

Based on admission as the K-1 fianc?©(e) of a U. S. citizen and subsequent marriage to that citizen.

Attach a copy of the fianc?©(e) petition approval notice, a copy of your marriage certificate and your Form 1-94.

Based on asylum status.

Attach a copy of the letter or Form 1-94 that shows the date you were granted asylum.

Based on continuous residence in the United States since before January 1, 1972.

Attach copies of evidence that shows continuous residence since before January 1, 1972.

Based on Cuban citizenship or nationality.

Attach evidence of your citizenship or nationality, such as a copy of your passport, birth certificate or travel document.

Based on derivative status as the spouse or child of another adjustment applicant or person granted permanent residence based on issuance of an immigrant visa.

File your application with the application of the other applicant, or with evidence that the application is pending with USCIS or was approved, or with evidence that your spouse or parent was granted permanent residence based on an immigrant visa, and:

If you are applying as the spouse of that person, also attach a copy of your marriage certificate and copies of documents showing the legal termination of all other marriages by you and your spouse;

If you are applying as the child of that person, attach also a copy of your birth certificate and, if the other person is not your parent, submit copies of evidence (such as a marriage certificate and documents showing the legal termination of all other marriages and an adoption decree) to demonstrate that you qualify as his or her child.

Other basis for eligibility.

Attach copies of documents proving that you are eligible for the classification.

Where Should You File Form I-485?

Employment-based adjustment of status.

File all employment-based adjustment of status applications at the following address:

USCIS Nebraska Service Center
P.O. Box 87485
Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

This includes an employment-based Form I-485 filed concurrently with a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, and an employment-based Form I-485 filed based on a pending or an approved Form I-140. To facilitate acceptance and processing of Form I-485 when Form I-140 has already been approved, submit a copy of the I-140 approval notice. If Form I-140 is pending, submit copies of the Form I-140 receipt notice and the page of the DOL labor certification showing the priority date (if labor certification is required) or a copy of the Form I-140 receipt notice (if labor certification is not required).

In all other instances.

File this application at the USCIS service center or local office that has jurisdiction over your place of residence, or submit the form to the USCIS Lockbox Facility. For details on where to file your application, read the additional instructions that may be included with this form, call our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 or visit our website at www.uscis. gov.

What Is the Fee?

The base fee for this application is $325.00, or $225.00 if you are under 14 years of age.

There is no application fee if you are filing as a refugee under section 209(a) of the INA.

If you are between the ages of 14 and 79 years, there is also a $70.00 biometric services fee for USCIS to take your fingerprints. If necessary, USCIS may also take your photograph and signature as part of the biometric services. Following submission of your application, USCIS will notify you when to go to an Application Support Center to be fingerprinted.

Submit both application and the biometric service fees with your Form I-485.

For example, if your application fee is $325.00 and you are between the age of 14 and 79 (which means you must be fingerprinted), the total fee you must pay is $395.00.

You may submit one check or money order for both the application and biometric services fees.

Fees must be submitted in the exact amount. Do not mail cash. Fees cannot be refunded. All checks and money orders must be drawn on a bank or other institution located in the United States and must be payable in United States currency. The check or money order should be made payable to the Department of Homeland Security except:

• If you live in Guam, make your check or money order payable to the ”Treasurer, Guam.”
• If you live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, make your check or money order payable to the ”Commissioner of Finance of the Virgin Islands.”

Checks are accepted subject to collection. An uncollected check in payment of an application fee will render the application and any document issued invalid. A charge of $30.00 will be imposed if a check for payment of a fee is not honored by the bank on which it is drawn.

How to Check If the Fees Are Correct.

The fees on this page are current as of the edition date appearing in the lower right corner of this page. However, because USCIS fees change periodically, you can verify if the fees are correct by following one of the steps below:

• Visit our website at www.uscis.gov and scroll down to “Forms and E-Filing” to check the appropriate fee, or
• Review the Fee Schedule included in your form package, if you called us to request the form, or
• Telephone our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 and ask for the fee information.

NOTE: If your application requires a biometric services fee for USCIS to take your fingerprints, photograph or signature, you can use the same procedure above to confirm the biometrics fee.

Processing Information.

Acceptance.

Any application that is not signed or is not accompanied by the correct application fee will be rejected with a notice that the application is deficient. You may correct the deficiency and resubmit the application. An application is not considered properly filed until accepted by USCIS.

Initial processing.

Once an application has been accepted, it will be checked for completeness, including submission of the required initial evidence. If you do not completely fill out the form or file it without required initial evidence, you will not establish a basis for eligibility and we may deny your application.

Requests for more information.

We may request more information or evidence. We may also request that you submit the originals of any copy. Originals may be returned to you, if requested.

Interview.

After you file your application, you may be notified to appear at a USCIS office to answer questions about the application. You will be required to answer these questions under oath or affirmation. You must bring your Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) and any passport or official travel document you have to the interview.

Decision.

You will be notified in writing of the decision on your application.

Selective Service Registration.

If you are a male at least 18 years old, but not yet 26 years old, and required according to the Military Selective Service Act to register with the Selective Service System, USCIS will help you register.

When your signed application is filed and accepted by USCIS, we will transmit to the Selective Service System your name, current address, Social Security number, date of birth and the date you filed the application. This action will enable the Selective Service System to record your registration as of the filing date of your application.

If USCIS does not accept your application and, if still so required, you are responsible to register with the Selective Service System by using other means, provided you are under 26 years of age. If you have already registered, the Selective Service System will check its records to avoid any duplication.

(NOTE: Men 18 through 25 years old who are applying for student financial aid, government employment or job training benefits should register directly with the Selective Service System or such benefits may be denied. Men can register at a local post office or on the internet at http:// www.sss.gov).

Travel outside the United States for adjustment of status applicants under sections 209 and 245 of the Act, and Registry applicants under section 249 of the Act.

Your departure from the United States (including brief visits to Canada or Mexico) constitutes an abandonment of your adjustment of status application, unless you are granted permission to depart and you are inspected upon your return to the United States. Such permission to travel is called ”advance parole.” To request advance parole, you must file Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, with the appropriate fee at the USCIS office where you applied for adjustment of status.

Exceptions.

A. H, L, V or K3/K4 nonimmigrants:

If you are an H, L,V, or K3/K4 nonimmigrant who continues to maintain his or her status, you may travel on a valid H, L, V or K3/K4 visa without obtaining advance parole.

B. Refugees and Asylees:

If you are applying for adjustment of status one year after you were admitted as a refugee or one year after you were granted asylum, you may travel outside the United States on your valid refugee travel document, if you have one, without the need to obtain advance parole.

Warning:

Travel outside of the United States may trigger the three and ten year bar to admission under section 212(a)(9)(B) (i) of the Act for adjustment applicants, but not registry applicants. This ground of inadmissibility is triggered if you were unlawfully present in the United States (i.e., you remained in the United States beyond the period of authorized stay) for more than 180 days before you applied for adjustment of status and you travel outside of the United States while your adjustment of status application is pending.

NOTE: Only unlawful presence that was accrued on or after April 1, 1997, counts towards the three and ten year bar under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Act.)

If you become inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Act while your adjustment of status application is pending, you will need a waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Act before your adjustment of status application can be approved. This waiver, however, is granted on a case-by-case basis and in the exercise of discretion. It requires a showing of extreme hardship to your United States citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent, unless you are a refugee or asylee. For refugees and asylees, the waiver may be granted for humanitarian reasons, to assure family unity or if it is otherwise in the public interest.

Penalties.

If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact or submit a false document with this request, we will deny the benefit you are seeking and may deny any other immigration benefit. In addition, you will face severe penalties provided by law and may be subject to criminal prosecution.

Privacy Act Notice.

We ask for the information on this form and associated evidence to determine if you have established eligibility for the immigration benefit you are seeking. Our legal right to ask for this information is in 8 U.S.C. 1255 and 1259. We may provide this information to other government agencies, including the Selective Service System. Your failure to provide information on this form and any requested evidence may delay a final decision or result in denial of your application.

USCIS Forms and Information.

The estimated average time to complete and file this application is computed as follows: (1) 20 minutes to learn about the law and form; (2) 25 minutes to complete the form and (3) 270 minutes to assemble and file the application, including the required interview and travel time, for a total estimated average of 5 hours and 15 minutes per application.

If you have comments regarding the accuracy of this estimate or suggestions to make this form simpler, you should write to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Regulatory Management Division, 111 Masschuetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20529; OMB No. 1615-0023. Do not mail your completed application to this address.

To order USCIS forms, call our toll-free forms line at 1-800-870-3676. You can also obtain forms and information on immigration laws, regulations and procedures by telephoning our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 or visiting our internet website at www.uscis. gov.

Use InfoPass for Appointments.

As an alternative to waiting in line for assistance at your local USCIS office, you can now schedule an appointment through our internet-based system, InfoPass. To access the system, visit our website at www.uscis.gov. Use the InfoPass appointment scheduler and follow the screen prompts to set up your appointment. InfoPass generates an electronic appointment notice that appears on the screen. Print the notice and take it with you to your appointment. The notice gives the time and date of your appointment, along with the address of the USCIS office.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB number.

We try to create forms and instructions that are accurate, can be easily understood and that impose the least possible burden on you to provide us with information. Often this is difficult because some immigration laws are very complex.