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Adjustment of Status for Asylees and Refugees

Through the procedure outlined here below, you will be able to obtain Green Card (Adjust Status to Permanent Resident) if you have been a residing in the United States for at least one year in status of a refugee or asylee.

	Asylees	Refugees
Forms	I-485, G-325 if 14 years old or older	I-485, G-325 if 14 years old or older
US CIS Fees	$1010 per adult or child over 14 $600 per child under 14 if applying simultaneously with the parent $930 per alien child if applying separately from immigrating parent $930 per alien adult over 79 years of age	$80 – biometric fees children under 14 - free
Documentation (copies, the originals must be available at the time of your interview) All documents in foreign languages must be translated into English	1) Evidence of Asylee Status (I-94 which is known as White Card issued upon entry to the U.S. or letter granting asylum status) 2) Evidence of year’s physical presence in the U.S. (one of the following: school record, letter of employment, lease agreement, etc.) 3) Birth certificate or other birth record 4) All documentation issued by U.S. authorities: (Driver License, Social Security Card) 5) If you had been absent from the United States since you have been granted asylum, please provide absence record (for example, photocopies of pages in refugee travel document, etc.) 6) If you legally changed your name since you have been granted asylum, please provide name change documentation.	1) Evidence of Refugee Status (I-94 which is known as White Card issued upon entry to the U.S. or a copy of your Employment Authorization Card) 2) Evidence of year’s physical presence in the U.S. (one of the following: school record, letter of employment, lease agreement, etc.) 3) Birth certificate or other birth record 4) All documentation issued by U.S. authorities: (Driver License, Social Security Card) 5) If you had been absent from the United States since your admission in the United States as a refugee, please provide absence record (for example, photocopies of pages in refugee travel document, etc.) 6) If you legally changed your name since your admission in the United States as a refugee, please provide name change documentation.
Photographs	2 passport size color photos showing full frontal view and taken within 30 days	2 passport size color photos showing full frontal view and taken within 30 days
Medical Examination I-693	Medical Examination Form I-693 should not be submitted with your adjustment of status application I-485. It will be requested later to be presented at the time of your interview.	Vaccination "Supplemental Form to I-693." A complete Form I-693 (which includes the Form I-693 and its supplement) is required only if: there were medical grounds of inadmissibility noted at the time of arrival in the United States or if the refugee status was granted to the alien in the U.S. by an approved Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition. If neither of these conditions apply, all that is required is the vaccination supplement.

Access Legal charges $100 to complete, review, and submit your I-485 Adjustment of Status Petition for Asylees or Refugees

*Access Legal charges $150 to complete, review, and submit your I-485 Adjustment of Status Petition for Asylees or Refugees.
This fee includes assistance with any additional information that may be requested by US CIS in connection with your petition.

Access Legal Services, 490 S. San Vicente Blvd. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90048, phone: (818) 448-3327 and (323) 655-5804 fax: (323) 938-0138