--- title: "Form I-485 application to register permanent residence or adjust status" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-485" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a30-us-i-485" area_id: "A30" kind: "form" ai_level: "red" version: 1 task_ids: ["A30-P20260916-2", "A30-T1-R1", "A30-B15-2"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # Form I-485 application to register permanent residence or adjust status > Link to Form I-485, edition 18 September 2026. USCIS rejects the 20 January 2025 and 4 September 2026 editions filed on or after 18 September 2026. The applicant certifies the form under penalty of perjury. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-485 Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md) - Jurisdictions: United States - AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at uscis.gov and the 5 authorities it cites, for United States. ## When to use it Use when a person in the United States applies to adjust status to lawful permanent residence on a current Form I-485. Check the edition date and the two September 2026 alerts before filing. Do not use it as the immigrant petition. ## Used for these tasks - [Reconcile a visa evidence pack with successful uploads](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/reconcile-a-visa-evidence-pack-with-successful-uploads.md) - [Build a visa-pathway longlist from the client's facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/build-a-visa-pathway-longlist-from-the-client-s-facts.md) - [Draft a partner-visa submission that cites criteria in the Migration Regulations 1994](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/draft-a-partner-visa-submission-that-cites-criteria-in-the-migration-reg.md) ## How AI may be used The applicant certifies the application under penalty of perjury, so the tool writes no answer, no medical fact and no basis that would be filed. **AI may:** - Compare the edition date printed on a draft PDF with the edition the form page accepts on the filing date - List whether the file contains a sealed or uploaded Form I-693, a concurrent I-140, a prior I-140, and a Supplement J, without describing their contents - Index an evidence pack against the categories the lawyer has already named **AI must not:** - Must not write or outline any answer, including inadmissibility, public charge, work history or address history - Must not decide that a visa is immediately available, that section 245(i) applies, or that Supplement J is or is not required - Must not open, describe or summarise a civil surgeon's medical report - Must not state a fee or tell the applicant to send original documents **The lawyer checks:** - A filing postmarked or submitted electronically on or after 18 September 2026 is the 09/18/26 edition. The page says USCIS will reject the 01/20/25 and 09/04/26 editions filed on or after that date. There is no grace period for this edition change - The 4 September 2026 interim final rule and the 09/04/26 edition, about children born to foreign government employees, are a separate alert from the public-charge edition. The page cites the injunction in Casa Inc. v. Trump, No. 8:25-cv-00201 (D. Md. 2 September 2026) - Form I-693 is submitted with I-485. Online filing: open the sealed envelope, upload I-693, and keep the original and the envelope. Mail filing: submit I-693 in the original sealed envelope - The page says not to file until an immigrant visa is immediately available in the category. Eligibility and any exception live in the instructions and the visa-availability guidance the page links. Those instructions were not opened line by line - Supplement J is not required when I-485 is filed together with an I-140 that names the applicant as principal. It is required for a previously filed I-140, or for job portability under INA section 204(j) - Section 245(i) adjustment uses Supplement A. The fee is on G-1055. A representative files Form G-28, at no expense to the United States government ## Authorities - [USCIS, Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, edition 09/18/26, page opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uscis.gov/i-485) - [Form I-485 (PDF)](https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485.pdf) - [Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule, Federal Register public inspection 2026-14539, as linked from the I-485 page](https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-14539/public-charge-ground-of-inadmissibility) - [USCIS fee schedule (G-1055)](https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055) - [Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record](https://www.uscis.gov/i-693) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.uscis.gov/i-485) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by uscis.gov; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22. ## Full text and drafting notes The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/us-i-485 and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm. *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*