Form i-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

Dependent Status under Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA) 

Although the qualifying period has closed for principal HRIFA applicants, dependents of those principal applicants may 

still file for adjustment of status if they meet certain requirements.  You may apply if you are a Haitian national residing 

in the United States who is a dependent spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of a HRIFA applicant.  In addition, 

your relationship to the principal must have existed at the time the principal applicant was granted adjustment of status 

and must continue to exist at the time you are granted adjustment of status.  You may not file under this category if you are 

eligible for adjustment of status under any other provision of law.