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

Part 2. Application Type or Filing Category, Item Numbers 

1.a. - 1.g. 

Each category has specific requirements for adjustment of status.  In addition to these Instructions, read the Additional 

Instructions (found after the Form I-485 Main Instructions) for your immigrant category to determine  

if any additional requirements apply to you.

2.  Derivative Applicant 

(files based on a principal applicant)

A principal applicant’s spouse and children, who are not beneficiaries of their own immigrant petition, may be eligible 

to apply for adjustment under the same immigrant category as the principal applicant.  These family members are 

called “derivative applicants.”  A derivative applicant must designate which immigrant category he or she is applying 

under by selecting the appropriate box listed on Form I-485,