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

Marriage Certificate and Other Proof of Relationship

 section in the 

What Evidence Must You Submit with Form 

I-485

 section.

Evidence of Financial Support

If you are filing Form I-485 as an asylee, you do not need to submit evidence of financial support.

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Additional Evidence Requirements

As an asylee, you must submit evidence showing you meet certain requirements specific to this immigrant category.  

Therefore, in addition to the evidence listed in the 

What Evidence Must You Submit

 with Form I-485 section, principal 

and derivative applicants must also submit evidence of asylum status (such as a copy of the asylum approval notice from 

USCIS or the immigration court order granting you asylum). 

Refugee Status

If you were admitted as a refugee, you may be eligible to adjust status under INA section 209(a) once you have been 

physically present in the United States for one year after being admitted to the United States in refugee status and if your 

status has not been terminated.