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Form I-485, Adjustment of Status

How is I-485 filled out?

Part by part, in the order USCIS asks — and in our software, from your answers: you answer simple questions once, and the fields fill themselves.

Part by part

What the form asks

  1. You and your entries

    Your identity and every arrival in the U.S. — the I-94 record and your status history.

  2. The basis

    Which petition your application rides on: a family petition, an employment petition, asylum, or another path.

  3. The eligibility questions

    A long section of yes/no questions about history and admissibility. Answered carefully and truthfully — this is where cases get hurt.

  4. The medical exam

    Form I-693, completed by a USCIS-designated doctor and submitted in its sealed envelope.

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