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

1. 

A continuous period of at least three years since you were first admitted as a T-1 nonimmigrant; or

2. 

A continuous period during the investigation or prosecution of acts of trafficking, and the Attorney General has 

determined the investigation or prosecution is complete.

If you are a derivative applicant (T-2 through T-6 nonimmigrant), you may file Form I-485 only once the principal 

applicant has met the above physical presence requirement.

Evidence of Financial Support

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

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Additional Evidence Requirements

As a human trafficking victim, you must submit evidence showing you meet certain requirements specific to this 

immigrant category.  Therefore, in addition to the evidence listed in the main instructions, principal and derivative 

applicants must also submit:

1. 

Evidence you were lawfully admitted in T nonimmigrant status and continue to hold such status at the time you file 

Form I-485; and

2. 

Evidence that adjustment of status is warranted as a matter of discretion.

In addition, principal applicants must also submit:

1. 

Evidence of continuous physical presence;