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8 CFR 245a.11

§ 245a.11 Eligibility to adjust to LPR status.

United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective

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8 CFR 245a.11, § 245a.11 Eligibility to adjust to LPR status, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/32179
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An eligible alien, as defined in § 245a.10, may adjust status to LPR status under LIFE Legalization if: (a) He or she properly files, with fee, Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, with the Service during the application period beginning June 1, 2001, and ending June 4, 2003. (b) He or she entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and resided continuously in the United States in an unlawful status since that date through May 4, 1988; (c) He or she was continuously physically present in the United States during the period beginning on November 6, 1986, and ending on May 4, 1988; (d) He or she is not inadmissible to the United States for permanent residence under any provisions of section 212(a) of the Act, except as provided in § 245a.18, and that he or she: (1) Has not been convicted of any felony or of three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; (2) Has not assisted in the persecution of any person or persons on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; and (3) Is registered or registering under the Military Selective Service Act, if the alien is required to be so registered; and (e) He or she can demonstrate basic citizenship skills.

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This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.