Checklist · Immigration & Migration Law
Immigration status chronology (United States)
A dated list of entries, filings, and status documents in a USCIS file, with each date tied to a document or marked as the client's statement.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- United States
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a US file needs a chronology of presence and filings for a benefit request or an RFE. Do not use it as a finding that the client is in or out of status, and do not swear it.
Used for these tasks
- Build a status chronology for a person who may be out of status
- Reconcile a visa evidence pack with successful uploads
- Prepare a response-to-information-request checklist
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
A tool may sort dates that are already printed on notices and passports in the file.
AI may
- Enter one row per date printed on a document, with the document name
- Keep a client's remembered date in a separate row marked as the client's statement
- Flag two documents that state different dates for the same event
AI must not
- Must not conclude that the client is in status or out of status
- Must not add a day-count for unlawful presence
- Must not convert the chronology into a declaration
- Must not drop a conflicting date
The lawyer checks
- Every row is a document or is marked as the client's statement
- Conflicts are shown, not resolved by the tool
- The filing-date row for the pending request is present, because eligibility is tested at filing
- The chronology is unsigned
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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More in Immigration & Migration Law
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- Employer nomination pack: labour market testing and Core Skills evidence
- Form I-130 petition for an alien relative
- USCIS Form I-864 affidavit of support
- Immigration intake and document checklist (United States)
- Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a migration decision (forms M1, M2, R1): guide
- Form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient: when to use it instead of Form 956
- Form 1229: consent to grant a visa to a child under 18
- Partner visa relationship evidence index (spouse and de facto)
- USCIS Form I-131 travel document, parole and arrival/departure record
- Form I-485 application to register permanent residence or adjust status
- RFE response index (United States)
- Appointment of representative or authorised recipient in an ART immigration review (Form MR5): guide
- Notification of incorrect answer(s) (Home Affairs form 1023)
- Points test worksheet for a Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
- Response to an invitation to comment on adverse information (Migration Act s 57)
- USCIS Form I-751 petition to remove conditions on residence
- Form I-765 application for employment authorization
- Immigration translation check (United States)
- Form 1563: statement of character
- Representations on a character notice under section 501 or a revocation request under section 501CA (Direction no. 123)
- Standard business sponsor obligations compliance record
- Form I-129 petition for a nonimmigrant worker
- USCIS Form I-90 application to replace a permanent resident card
- Client services agreement and costs disclosure for immigration assistance (with AI-use clause)
- Form 1399: declaration of service
- Genuine Student evidence checklist for a student visa
- Form N-400 application for naturalization
- Client notice: AI translation and AI-drafted statements in visa applications
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