Instructions For Application To Register Permanent Residence Or Adjust Status (Form I-485) (Page 6 of 42) in pdf

Selective Service. Most males between 18 and 26 years of age are required by the Military Selective Service Act

to register with the Selective Service System. Nonimmigrants are not required to register. If USCIS approves your

application, we will send your name, current address, Social Security number, date of birth, and the date you filed the

application to the Selective Service System for registration. Men can register at a local post office or at the website,

If USCIS does not approve your application, you are still required to register with the Selective Service System by

using another means. If you have already registered, the Selective Service System will check its records to avoid any

duplication.

Acknowledgement of Selective Service. Review the Selective Service Acknowledgement in Part 10. The purpose of

this acknowledgement is to confirm that you understand USCIS will be sending your information to the Selective Service

System for registration.

How To Fill Out Form I-485

1. Type or print legibly in black ink.

2. If you need extra space to complete any item within this application, use the space provided in Part 14. Additional

Information or attach a separate sheet of paper; type or print your name and Alien Registration Number (A-Number)

(if any) at the top of each sheet; indicate the Page Number, Part Number, and Item Number to which your answer

refers; and sign and date each sheet.

3. Answer all questions fully and accurately. If a question does not apply to you (for example, if you have never been

married and the question asks, “Provide the name of your current spouse”), type or print “N/A,” unless otherwise

directed. If your answer to a question which requires a numeric response is zero or none (for example, “How many

children do you have” or “How many times have you departed the United States”), type or print “None,” unless

otherwise directed.

4. USCIS Online Account Number (if any). If you have previously filed an application, petition, or request using the

USCIS online filing system (previously called USCIS Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS)), provide the

USCIS Online Account Number you were issued by the system. You can find your USCIS Online Account Number

by logging in to your account and going to the profile page. If you previously filed certain applications, petitions,

or requests on a paper form via a USCIS Lockbox facility, you may have received a USCIS Online Account Access

Notice issuing you a USCIS Online Account Number. If you received such a notice, your USCIS Online Account

Number can be found at the top of the notice. If you were issued a USCIS Online Account Number, enter it in the

space provided. The USCIS Online Account Number is not the same as an A-Number.

5. Alternate and/or Safe Address. If you are filing an adjustment of status application based on VAWA or as a special

immigrant juvenile, human trafficking victim (T nonimmigrant), or crime victim (U nonimmigrant) and you do not

feel safe receiving mail about this application at your home address, provide an alternative, safe mailing address in

Part 1., Item Numbers 14.a. - 14.f. This address may be a post office box, the address of a friend, your attorney, a

community-based organization that is helping you, or any other address where you can safely and timely receive mail.

If you do not provide an alternate, safe address in Part 1., Item Numbers 14.a. - 14.f., USCIS may use the address

of the preparer you listed on your Form I-485. If you do not use a preparer and do not provide a safe address, then

USCIS will use the U.S. Mailing Address you provide in Part 1., Item Numbers 13.a. - 13.f.

6. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record. If U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or USCIS issued you a Form

I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, provide your Form I-94 number and date that your authorized period of stay expires

or expired (as shown on Form I-94). The Form I-94 number also is known as the Departure Number on some versions

of Form I-94.

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