Instructions For Supplement J, Confirmation Of Bona Fide Job Offer Or Request For Job Portability Under Ina Section 204(J) (Form I-485)
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8Instructions for Supplement J, Confirmation of Bona Fide
Job Offer or Request for Job Portability
Under INA Section 204(j)
USCIS
Form I-485
Department of Homeland Security
OMB No. 1615-0023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Expires 06/30/2019
You must read these Instructions if you are filing Form I-485, Supplement J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or
Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j) (Supplement J), to either confirm that the job offered to you in
Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, that is the basis of your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent
Residence or Adjust Status, remains available to you or to request job portability under the Immigration and Nationality
Act (INA) section 204(j).
What Is the Purpose of Supplement J?
You must use Supplement J if you are an employment-based applicant for adjustment of status who is filing or has
previously filed Form I-485 as the principal beneficiary of a valid Form I-140 in an employment-based immigrant visa
category that requires a job offer, and you now seek, in connection with your Form I-485, to:
1. Confirm that the job offered to you in Form I-140 remains a bona fide job offer that you intend to accept once your
Form I-485 is approved; or
2. Request job portability under INA section 204(j) to a new, full-time, permanent job offer that you intend to accept
once your Form I-485 is approved. This new job offer must be in the same or a similar occupational classification as
the job offered to you in Form I-140 that is the basis of your Form I-485.
NOTE: In adjudicating Supplement J, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) does not make a
determination whether you have current work authorization with an employer. The basis for adjustment of status to
lawful permanent resident under a valid Form I-140 is not actual (current) employment. Rather, the basis is prospective
employment. Therefore, the adjudication of Supplement J, for applicants requesting job portability under INA section
204(j), is primarily limited to a determination of whether you have a bona fide job offer from a U.S. employer that is
in the same or a similar occupational classification as the position for which the underlying Form I-140 was filed and
approved.
NOTE: Individuals seeking or granted a National Interest Waiver of the job offer requirement and individuals seeking or
granted classification as an alien of extraordinary ability under INA section 203(b)(1)(A) do not need to file Supplement J.
Because these employment-based immigrant visa categories are not tied to a specific job offer, individuals seeking or
granted classification as an alien of extraordinary ability or seeking or granted a National Interest Waiver of the job offer
requirement do not have to file Supplement J when filing Form I-485 or to request job portability under INA section 204(j).
Who May File Supplement J?
Unless you are filing Form I-485 together with Form I-140 that names you as the principal beneficiary, you must file
Supplement J at the time you file your Form I-485 to confirm that the job offered to you in the underlying Form I-140 is
still bona fide and available to you. USCIS may request that you file Supplement J again prior to final processing of your
Form I-485.
You also must file Supplement J to request job portability to a new, permanent job offer under INA section 204(j). To do
so, you must have a properly filed Form I-485 that:
1. Has been pending with USCIS for 180 days or more since the receipt date; and
2. Is based on an approved or pending Form I-140 that names you as the principal beneficiary.
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