Step by Step Instructions on Completing Form I-485

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Step by Step Instructions on Completing Form I-485

Form I-485 must be filed by an immigrant who seeks to adjust his non-immigrant status to permanent resident status. You may download this form from the website or you can complete it online. This form contains 5 parts and you need to complete all the parts of this application.  You may go through the following instructions and complete your application.

Part 1

Personal information about yourself must be entered in the first part of this application and you must enter your name, family name, your birth date and your mailing address. Similarly, you need to enter the name of your home country, your social security and your alien registration numbers. Your current USCIS status, is the status that you are currently on and you must also provide the date on which your current status will expire.

Part 2

You need to check the appropriate box that applies to you, in the second part of Form I-485. If you are in the United States on a non-immigrant visa and if you are sponsored by your family member for lawful status and if you are filing Form I-485 to adjust your status, you need to check the first box. This form is self explanatory and you can just go through the form instructions and complete the form.

Part 3

This part of Form I-485, is also self explanatory and you need to enter the processing information in this part. This part contains three sections and you will have to provide details about the visa that you hold, names of your parents and your marital status, in Section A. You need to provide details about your spouse, children and your step-children, in Section B. You need to enter the names of all your eligible dependents, even if they are not immigrating along with you to the United States.

If you are affiliated with any organization or party, you will have to provide detailed explanation about your membership in those organizations and parties, in Section C. This section will help the USCIS officers to identify the terrorists and prevent them from entering into America.

Following that, you need to answer 18 questions.

Part 4

Part four is meant for the applicants with disabilities. If you are disabled and if you require spacial accommodations, while appearing for the interview, you need to complete this part. If you are not disabled, you need not complete this part.

Part 5

After completing all the parts of Form I-485, you need to affix your signature in the space that is provided. If your application was completed by someone else, the person who filled the form must sign your form.

After completing your application, go through the application again and make sure that your application is complete. Similarly, do not provide false information, as your application will be denied if the immigration officers find that the information provided by you is not true.