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

DOS Consultation

After your adjustment of status interview with USCIS, USCIS will consult with DOS.  DOS will make a recommendation 

on the merits of your application.  Once USCIS receives the recommendation, we will make a decision on your 

application.

Visa Availability

Only 50 adjustments under this category are allowed per year.  You may wish to consider applying under another 

immigrant category, if possible, due to this category’s numerical limitation.

Indochinese Parole Adjustment Act of 2000

You may apply to adjust status if you are a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos who was inspected and paroled into 

the United States before October 1, 1997 from Vietnam under the Orderly Departure Program (ODP), a refugee camp in 

East Asia, or a displaced person camp administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 

Thailand. 

Derivative applicants are not allowed in this category.