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

A. 

Passport page with admission or parole stamp (issued by a U.S. immigration officer); 

B. 

Passport page with nonimmigrant visa; and

C. 

Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record (See Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record in the General Instructions section 

of these Instructions).

If you cannot produce this primary evidence, and DHS has no record of the admission or parole, USCIS will presume 

that you came into the United States without admission or parole.

You may, however, provide secondary evidence (records maintained in the ordinary course of business by any 

individual or organization other than DHS) to support your claim that you were admitted or paroled.

If no secondary evidence is available, you may submit separate written statements, signed under penalty of perjury 

under United States law, from yourself and from any other individuals who have personal knowledge of the 

circumstances of your claimed admission or parole.  Any statement should explain in detail when and where you came 

into the United States; what travel documents you had, if any; whether you showed them to the immigration inspector; 

any questions the immigration inspector asked; and any other details about your claimed admission or parole.

5.  Documentation of Your Immigrant Category 

(see