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

Evidence of Nationality 

If you acquired Haitian nationality other than through birth in Haiti, provide a copy of the certificate of naturalization or 

certificate of citizenship issued by the Haitian government.

Evidence of Continuous Physical Presence 

If you are an unmarried son or daughter (21 years of age or older), you must submit evidence that you were physically 

present in the United States for a continuous period since December 31, 1995.  USCIS considers your physical presence to 

be “continuous” despite:  any absences from the United States that totaled 180 days or less in the aggregate; any absences 

for which you received advance parole before departing the United States and you returned to the United States according 

to the conditions listed on the advance parole document; or any absences from the United States occurring after October 

21, 1988, and before July 12, 1999, provided you departed the United States before December 31, 1988.