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

Additional Instructions for Asylees and Refugees

If you are an asylee, you may be eligible to adjust status under INA section 209(b) if you have been physically present in 

the United States for one year after your grant of asylum, your status has not been terminated, and you still qualify as an 

asylee or the spouse or child of an asylee. 

Derivative Applicants

Asylee derivative applicants may file Form I-485 with the principal applicant or independently from the principal 

applicant.  However, asylee derivative applicants should submit proof of relationship to the principal applicant.  See the