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

www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-

immigration-fourth-preference-eb-4/special-immigrant-religious-workers

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Special immigrant juvenile (Form I-360)

Special immigrant juveniles are unmarried, under 21 years of age at the time of filing Form I-360, and have a qualifying 

order from a state juvenile court (see 8 CFR 204.11(a) for the definition of a juvenile court) that makes the findings 

required under INA section 101(a)(27)(J).

If an employment-based fourth preference (EB-4) immigrant visa is immediately available, applicants filing as special 

immigrant juveniles do not have to wait until Form I-360 is approved to file Form I-485.  If a visa is immediately 

available, you may file your Form I-485 together with your Form I-360, while your Form I-360 is pending, or after your 

Form I-360 is approved.  Otherwise, you may file your Form I-485 only after your Form I-360 is approved and a visa is 

immediately available.  See the 

When Should I File Form I-485

 section above for more information.

NOTE:

  USCIS considers anyone granted special immigrant juvenile classification to have been paroled into the United 

States for the purpose of special immigrant juvenile based adjustment, regardless of how you actually arrived in the 

United States.  When filling out