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

Part 2.

, 

Item Numbers 1.a. - 1.g.

 of Form I-485)

All Form I-485 applicants must submit evidence showing that they are eligible for adjustment of status in a particular 

immigrant category. 

Filing as a Beneficiary of an Immigrant Petition

If you are filing as a beneficiary of an immigrant petition, you generally must submit a photocopy of Form I-797, 

Approval Notice, for your petition (or the principal applicant’s petition, if you are a derivative applicant), as 

appropriate. 

If you are filing as a principal applicant and your immigrant category allows you to file Form I-485 before your 

petition is approved, you may submit your Form I-485 together with: