adjustment of status
Visa category change
Adjustment of status is the process by which someone already in the United States changes their immigration status to lawful permanent resident without leaving the country.
The term appears in immigration law and applications: She filed for adjustment of status after marrying a U.S. citizen.
The alternative is consular processing, which requires returning to one's home country.
- interviewFormal questioning session
- immigration lawyerAttorney for foreign nationals
- applicationFormal request document
- petitionFormal written appeal
- filing feeCost to submit documents
biometrics · travel document · public charge · backlog · tax returns · USCIS · case number · adjudication · immigration court · green card · social integration · marriage certificate · executive orders · naturalization · job opportunities · appeal · eligibility · educational access
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- Immigration FormsI-90, I-20, citizenship application, work permit, travel document
- Immigration Papersgreen card, visa application, work permit, work visa, student visa
- Indian DiasporaGujaratis, Punjabis, Sikhs, expatriates, expats
- naturalizationcitizenship test, naturalization ceremony, naturalization test, naturalization certificate, citizenship oath
- visastourist visa, work visa, student visa, business visa, travel visa
adjustment of statusdeportation
Legal expulsion from country
removal · deportation order · expulsion · exclusion · inadmissibility