Requirements Under Regular Adjustment Procedures [INA §245]

The AOS applicant needs to have:

  1. been inspected and admitted or paroled (some limited exceptions apply);
  2. been lawfully here, except for immediate relatives, battered spouses and children, and special immigrants under INA §101(a)(27)(H);
  3. an immediately available visa number at time of filing;
  4. submitted an adjustment of status application;
  5. been eligible to adjust and otherwise admissible.