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

Qualifying Criminal Activity 

You are required to provide ongoing assistance, as needed, to law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation or 

prosecution of the qualifying criminal activity.  8 CFR 245.24(a)(5) defines “refusal to provide assistance in a criminal 

investigation or prosecution” as a refusal by the U nonimmigrant to provide assistance to law enforcement authorities after 

being granted U nonimmigrant status.

To show you have met this requirement, you must submit evidence that, from the time you filed for U nonimmigrant status 

until you file Form I-485, you have complied with (or did not unreasonably refuse to comply with) reasonable requests 

for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of the qualifying criminal activity.  You are required to provide ongoing 

assistance until USCIS adjudicates your Form I-485.

The evidence may include: