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Form I-485: Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

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USCIS Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (20 pages, OMB No. 1615-0023), is the application a noncitizen physically inside the United States files to obtain a green card without departing for consular processing. You select your Part 2 immigrant category (such as an immediate relative Form I-130, employment-based Form I-140, or asylee/refugee), provide 5 years of address and employment history, complete the public-charge and inadmissibility questions in Part 8, and often file concurrently with Form I-765 (work permit), Form I-131 (advance parole), and Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support). Click "Fill the blank Form I-485 now" in JustFill to load the official USCIS blank in your browser without Mac Preview XFA blank-field corruption.

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Form I-485
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What is Form I-485?

Form I-485 is the multi-page USCIS green-card application for eligible applicants adjusting status from within the United States. Because USCIS publishes i-485.pdf as an owner-encrypted Adobe LiveCycle XFA hybrid form, applicants who fill the 20-page PDF in Apple macOS Preview or Safari frequently discover that their saved answers appear completely blank when opened in Adobe Acrobat by their immigration paralegal or attorney. JustFill preloads the official USCIS Form I-485 blank directly in your browser so applicants, paralegals, and immigration law firms can complete Part 1 (biographic and I-94 entry history), Part 2 (application type and underlying I-130/I-140 receipt number), Parts 3–7 (5-year address/employment history, parents,marital history, and children), and Part 8 (General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds) cleanly and export a flattened, print-ready PDF.

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In family-based and employment-based adjustment of status cases, the 20-page USCIS Form I-485 is the centerpiece of a multi-PDF filing packet that includes Form I-130 (or Form I-140), Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support), Form I-765 (category (c)(9) EAD work permit), Form I-131 (Advance Parole), and Form G-28. When clients attempt to fill the official 20-page USCIS XFA hybrid PDF in macOS Preview or Safari, their typed 5-year address/employment histories and Part 8 inadmissibility checkboxes frequently fail to save into the XFA XML layer and open blank in Adobe Acrobat.

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Who fills out Form I-485?

  • Spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of U.S. citizens filing Form I-485 concurrently with or after Form I-130
  • Employment-based green card applicants (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3) whose priority date is current under an approved or concurrently filed Form I-140
  • Asylees and refugees applying for permanent residence after accruing one year of physical presence in the United States
  • Family-preference (F1, F2A, F2B, F3, F4) and Diversity Visa beneficiaries in lawful status whose priority date is current on the Visa Bulletin
  • Immigration law firms and corporate/family immigration paralegals preparing concurrent I-485 / I-130 / I-765 / I-864 adjustment packets

Field-by-field breakdown

What each section of Form I-485 asks for. JustFill’s AI will detect these fields automatically when you upload the PDF — review the breakdown below so you know what to enter.

Part 1 — Information About You, I-94 Arrival Record & 5-Year History

Full legal name, other names used, date and country of birth, A-Number, USCIS Online Account Number, SSN, Form I-94 arrival/departure record number, passport/travel document number, status on last entry, current immigration status, and 5 years of physical addresses and employment.

Part 2 — Application Type or Filing Category

The specific immigrant category you are adjusting under (Immediate Relative / Family-based I-130, Employment-based I-140, Asylee/Refugee, Cuban Adjustment, VAWA, or Special Immigrant), whether you are the principal or derivative applicant, and the underlying petition receipt number and priority date.

Part 3 & Part 4 — Additional Personal Info & Information About Your Parents

Consular processing history, 5-year employment inside and outside the U.S., and both parents' full legal names, birth names, dates/places of birth, and current cities/countries of residence.

Part 5 & Part 6 — Marital History & Information About Your Children

Current marital status, current spouse details, all prior marriages for both spouses, and every biological, adopted, or stepchild regardless of age, marital status, or whether they live with you or are immigrating.

Part 7 & Part 8 — Biographic Info & General Eligibility / Inadmissibility Grounds

Ethnicity, race, height, weight, eye/hair color (Part 7), every organization/association/military membership, and the comprehensive series of Yes/No admissibility and public-charge household/income/education questions (Part 8).

Parts 10, 11, 12 & 14 — Applicant Signature, Interpreter, Preparer & Additional Information

Applicant statement, contact info, and handwritten ink signature (Part 10), Interpreter certification (Part 11), Attorney/Representative G-28 preparer signature (Part 12), and Part 14 Additional Information continuation pages.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • 1Filling the 20-page USCIS Form I-485 PDF in macOS Preview or Safari — Apple Preview fails to synchronize the XFA hybrid data stream, causing the saved PDF to open completely blank in your immigration attorney's Adobe Acrobat.
  • 2Leaving any Yes/No inadmissibility question in Part 8 unanswered or omitting the required household size, income, assets, liabilities, and education fields in the public-charge portion of Part 8.
  • 3Traveling outside the United States while Form I-485 is pending without first receiving an approved Advance Parole document (Form I-131) — for most categories (except certain valid H-1B/H-4 or L-1/L-2 holders), departing the U.S. without Advance Parole automatically abandons the I-485.
  • 4Omitting Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support) or the sealed Form I-693 (Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record) completed by a USCIS-designated civil surgeon.

Form I-485 example — what a filled-out form looks like

A fictional spouse of a U.S. citizen who entered lawfully on an F-1 student visa files Form I-485 in Chicago concurrently with his spouse's Form I-130 petition, Form I-864 Affidavit of Support, and Form I-765 (category (c)(9)) EAD application. All names and identifiers are fictional.

Part 1 — Information About You & Last Arrival

SAMPLE, CARLOS M · DOB: 11/03/1992 in Guadalajara, Mexico · Mailing Address: 740 Sample Grove Ave, Apt 4B, Chicago, IL 60614 · I-94 No. ••••••••••• · Last Arrival Status: F-1 Student

Matches the beneficiary details on the concurrently filed Form I-130 and Form I-765.

Part 2 — Application Type or Filing Category

Item 1.a checked — Family-based: Immediate relative of a U.S. citizen (Spouse, filing concurrently with Form I-130) · Item 2: Principal Applicant

Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens have an immediately available visa number and may file Form I-485 concurrently with Form I-130.

Part 8 — General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds

All Yes/No admissibility questions answered · Public charge question answered with household size, income, assets, and education details completed

Every Part 8 question must be answered; any "Yes" answer requires a signed explanation in Part 14 (Additional Information).

Part 10 — Applicant Statement, Contact Information & Signature

Signed and dated in black ink by Carlos M. Sample on 10/21/2026

USCIS lockboxes reject any Form I-485 missing a handwritten signature in Part 10.

These values are made up. They are here to show what belongs on each line, not to be copied — every name, number, and address on your own Form I-485 has to be your own.

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Frequently asked questions

USCIS builds Form I-485 as an Adobe LiveCycle XFA hybrid PDF. When you fill the 20-page PDF in Apple macOS Preview or Safari and save it, Preview writes local appearance annotations without updating the XFA XML data layer. When your attorney, paralegal, or USCIS opens that saved file in Adobe Acrobat, the fields render blank. Opening Form I-485 in JustFill (or using a JustFill Share & E-Sign client link) produces a clean, flattened PDF whose text is visible in every viewer.
The form is free to download from uscis.gov and JustFill lets you load the official blank in one click. USCIS charges a separate government filing fee when you submit Form I-485 — always verify the current fee on the USCIS G-1055 Fee Schedule before mailing.
Yes. Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens aged 21+) who are physically in the United States after a lawful admission or parole typically file a concurrent "one-step" adjustment packet combining Form I-130, Form I-130A (for spouses), Form I-485, Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support), Form I-693 (sealed medical exam), Form I-765 (category (c)(9) EAD work permit), and Form I-131 (Advance Parole).
Yes. USCIS now strongly recommends (and for many filings requires) submitting a sealed Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, completed by a USCIS-designated civil surgeon, together with your initial Form I-485 packet to avoid a Request for Evidence (RFE).
Generally not without an approved Advance Parole document (Form I-131) in hand before you depart. Leaving the United States while Form I-485 is pending without valid Advance Parole (unless you hold and maintain valid H-1B/H-4, L-1/L-2, K-3/K-4, or V status) automatically abandons your green-card application.
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