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

Alien entrepreneur (Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur)

Alien entrepreneurs are foreign nationals who have invested, or are actively in the process of investing, $1 million (or 

$500,000 in a rural or high unemployment area) in a new commercial enterprise which will benefit the U.S. economy and 

create at least 10 full-time jobs for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and certain other authorized workers. 

If you are filing your Form I-485 under the alien entrepreneur (immigrant investor) category, you may not file your Form 

I-485 until USCIS first approves your Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and a visa is immediately 

available.

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Form I-485 Instructions   03/29/21    

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