Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Where to File : Where you file your Form I-485 depends on what eligibility category you are part of.
If you are filing under one of the following categories:
$930 plus a biometrics fee of $80; the fee total is $1,010. Exceptions listed below. There is no fee for applicants who are filing Form I-485 based on having been admitted to the United States as a refugee. Applicants 80 years of age or older are not charged a biometric fee; the fee total is $930. Applicants under 14 years of age: - Filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $600 - Not filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $930
Special Instructions :
Please note that, if you file Form I-485 to adjust your status as a permanent resident on or after July 30, 2007, no additional fee is required to also file an application for employment authorization on Form I-765 and/or advance parole on Form I-131. You may file these forms concurrently. If you choose to file the I-765 and/or I-131 separately after July 30, 2007, you must also submit a copy of your I-797C, Notice of Action, receipt as evidence of the filing of an I-485. If you filed your Form I-485 prior to July 30, 2007, you must pay the fees associated with Forms I-765 and/or I-131 when you file.
Download Instructions for Completing Form I-465 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485instr.pdf
Download Form I-485 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485.pdf
Where to File : Where you file your Form I-485 depends on what eligibility category you are part of.
If you are filing under one of the following categories:
- Spouse, parent, unmarried son/daughter under age 21 of a U.S. citizen with an approved or concurrently filed Form I-130;
- Beneficiary of an approved Form I-130 filed by a qualifying relative;
- Qualifying derivative, family-based beneficiary;
- K-1 Fiancé(e) (and K-2 dependents) whose Form I-485 is based on an approved Form I-129F;
- Applicants who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-360, as a battered spouse or child;
- Applicants eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965;
- Diversity lottery winner eligible to file Form I-485;
- Public Interest Parolees from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries filing Form I-485 under Public Law 101-167 (the "Lautenberg Amendment");
- Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on birth in the U.S. to a foreign diplomatic officer;
- Former diplomat filing Form I-485 under Section 13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
- Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on continuous residence in the U.S. since before January 1, 1972, or
- Applicants who are beneficiaries of Private Bills.
USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120
For courier/express delivery:
USCIS
Attn: AOS
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5520
Filing Fee :P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120
For courier/express delivery:
USCIS
Attn: AOS
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5520
$930 plus a biometrics fee of $80; the fee total is $1,010. Exceptions listed below. There is no fee for applicants who are filing Form I-485 based on having been admitted to the United States as a refugee. Applicants 80 years of age or older are not charged a biometric fee; the fee total is $930. Applicants under 14 years of age: - Filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $600 - Not filing with the I-485 application of at least one parent have a fee total of $930
Special Instructions :
Please note that, if you file Form I-485 to adjust your status as a permanent resident on or after July 30, 2007, no additional fee is required to also file an application for employment authorization on Form I-765 and/or advance parole on Form I-131. You may file these forms concurrently. If you choose to file the I-765 and/or I-131 separately after July 30, 2007, you must also submit a copy of your I-797C, Notice of Action, receipt as evidence of the filing of an I-485. If you filed your Form I-485 prior to July 30, 2007, you must pay the fees associated with Forms I-765 and/or I-131 when you file.
Download Instructions for Completing Form I-465 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485instr.pdf
Download Form I-485 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485.pdf