Form I-698 Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent

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Form I-698, Application to Adjust Status
From Temporary to Permanent Resident

Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

(Under Section 245A of the INA)
Do not write in this block - For USCIS use only.
Fee Stamp

Action Block

Remarks

START HERE - Type or print in black ink. If you need more space, see Page 3 of the instructions.
1. Name
Family Name (in capital letters)

2. Gender
Male

Given Name

Middle Name

3. Name as it appears on Form I-688, Temporary
Resident Card

A-Number

4. Telephone Number (include area code)
Home
Work

Female
5. Reason for difference in name, if any. (marriage, divorce, etc.)

6. Home Address in the United States
In care of
Street Number and Name

Apt. #

City

State

Zip Code

7. Mailing Address in the United States (if different from address in Number 6 above)
In care of
Street Number and Name

Apt. #

City

State

8. Place of Birth (City or Town)

9. Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

13. Marital Status

County, Province, or State Country

10. Your Mother's First Name

Married

Never Married

Country of Citizenship/Nationality

11. Your Father's First Name

Separated

Zip Code

12. Your U.S. Social Security #

Divorced

Widowed
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14. Absences from the United States since becoming a temporary resident alien. List most recent absence first. If you have a single
absence in excess of 30 days or if the total of all your absences exceeds 90 days, explain and attach any relevant information.
Country

Purpose of Trip

From
(mm/dd/yyyy)

To
(mm/dd/yyyy)

Total Days
Absent

15. When applying for temporary resident status, I did
did not
submit a Form I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking
Adjustment of Status, with my application that included a serologic (blood) test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection. (If you did not, submit Form I-693 that includes a serologic test for HIV.)
16. Concerning the requirement of minimal understanding of ordinary English and a knowledge and understanding of the history and
Government of the United States (check appropriate block under Section A or B):
A. I will satisfy these requirements by:
Examination at the time of interview for permanent residence.
Satisfactorily pursuing a course of study recognized by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
B. I have satisfied these requirements by:
Having satisfactorily pursued a course of study recognized by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (Attach appropriate
documentation.)
Exemption because I am 65 years of age or older, under 16 years of age, or I am physically unable to comply. (If you are
physically unable to comply, explain and attach relevant documentation.)
If you answer "Yes" to any of the questions numbered 17 through 37, explain your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
17. Have you ever assisted in the persecution of any person or persons on account of race, religion, political
opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group?

Yes

No

18. Have you ever been treated for a mental disorder, drug addiction, or alcoholism?

Yes

No

19. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Have you ever been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer (including Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), former Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS), and/or military officers) for any reason?

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Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense?

Yes

No

Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?

Yes

No

Have you ever been in jail or prison?

Yes

No

Have you ever been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example:
diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?

Yes

No

Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation, or been paroled?

Yes

No

Yes

No

20. Have you, or a dependent member of your immediate family, ever received public assistance from any
source, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Government, any State, county, city, or municipality? If
"Yes" provide the names(s) of the recipients(s) and U.S. Social Security Number(s).
Name of Recipient (Family Name, Given Name, Middle Name)

U.S. Social Security Number

21. Have you ever:
a. Within the past 10 years been a prostitute or procured anyone for prostitution, or intend to engage in
such activities in the future?

Yes

No

b. Engaged in any unlawful commercialized vice, including, but not limited to, illegal gambling?

Yes

No

c. Knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any alien to try to enter the United States
illegally?

Yes

No

d. Illicitly trafficked in any controlled substance, or knowingly assisted, abetted, or colluded in the illicit
trafficking of any controlled substance?

Yes

No

Yes

No

a. Espionage?

Yes

No

b. Any activity a purpose of which is opposition to, or the control or overthrow of, the Government of
the United States, by force, violence, or other unlawful means?

Yes

No

c. Any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods,
technology, or sensitive information?

Yes

No

Yes

No

22. Have you ever engaged in, conspired to engage in, or do you intend to engage in, or have you ever
solicited membership or funds for, or have you through any means ever assisted or provided any type of
material support to any person or organization that has ever engaged or conspired to engage in sabotage,
kidnapping, political assassination, hijacking, or any other form of terrorist activity?
23. Do you intend to engage in the United States in:

24. Have you ever been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, a Communist Party or any other
totalitarian party?

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25. Did you, during the period from March 23, 1933, to May 8, 1945, in association with either the Nazi
Government of Germany or any organization or government associated or allied with the Nazi
Government of Germany, ever order, incite, assist, or otherwise participate in the persecution of any
person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion?

Yes

No

26. Have you ever engaged in genocide, or otherwise ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in
the killing of any person because of race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or political opinion?

Yes

No

27. Have you ever been deported from the United States or removed from the United States at Government
expense, excluded within the past year, or are you now, or have you ever been in exclusion, deportation,
removal, or rescission proceedings?

Yes

No

28. Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating section 274C of the Immigration and Nationality
Act for use of fraudulent documents or have you, by fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact,
ever sought to procure or procured a visa, other documentation, entry into the United States, or any
immigration benefit?

Yes

No

29. Have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces?

Yes

No

30. Have you ever been a J nonimmigrant exchange visitor who was subject to the 2-year foreign residence
requirement and have not yet complied with that requirement or obtained a waiver?

Yes

No

31. Are you now withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted
custody of the child?

Yes

No

32. Do you plan to practice polygamy in the United States?

Yes

No

33. Have you ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in any of the following:
a. Acts involving torture or genocide?

Yes

No

b. Killing any person?

Yes

No

c. Intentionally and severely injuring any person?

Yes

No

d. Engaging in any kind of sexual contact or relations with any person who was being forced or
threatened?

Yes

No

e. Limiting or denying any person's ability to exercise religious beliefs?

Yes

No

a. Served in, been a member of, assisted in, or participated in any military unit, paramilitary unit, police
unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerrilla group, militia, or insurgent organization?

Yes

No

b. Served in any prison, jail, prison camp, detention facility, labor camp, or any other situation that
involved detaining persons?

Yes

No

34. Have you ever:

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35. Have you ever been a member of, assisted in, or participated in any group, unit, or organization of any
kind in which you or other persons used any type of weapon against any person or threatened to do so?

Yes

No

36. Have you ever assisted or participated in selling or providing weapons to any person who to your
knowledge used them against another person, or in transporting weapons to any person who to your
knowledge used them against another person?

Yes

No

37. Have you ever received any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training?

Yes

No

38. If your native alphabet is in other than Roman letters, write your name in your native alphabet.

39. Language of your native alphabet.

40. Accommodations for Individuals With Disabilities and/or Impairments (Read the information on Page 4 of the instructions
before completing this section.)
Are you requesting an accommodation because of your disability(ies) and/or impairment(s)?

Yes

No

If "Yes" check any applicable box:
a. I am deaf or hard of hearing and request the following accommodation(s) (if requesting a sign-language interpreter,
indicate which language (e.g., American Sign Language)):

b. I am blind or sight-impaired and request the following accommodation(s):

c. I have another type of disability and/or impairment (describe the nature of your disability(ies) and/or impairment(s) and
accommodation(s) you are requesting):

41. Signature and Certification of Applicant
Applicant's Statement and Signature (Check one)
I can read and understand English, and I have read and understand each and every question and instruction on this form, as
well as my answer to each question.
Each and every question and instruction on this form, as well as my answer to each question, has been read to me in the
language, a language in which I am fluent, by the person named in Interpreter's Statement
and Signature. I understand each and every question and instruction on this form, as well as my answer to each question.
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I certify, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America, that the information provided with this
application is all true and correct. I certify also that I have not withheld any information that would affect the outcome of this
application.
I hereby consent and authorize U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to verify the information provided and to conduct
police, welfare, and other record checks pertinent to this application.
Applicant's Signature

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

42. Interpreter's Statement and Signature
I certify that I am fluent in English and the below-mentioned language.
Language used (language in which applicant is fluent)

I further certify that I have read each and every question and instruction on this form, as well as the answer to each question, to
this applicant in the above-mentioned language, and the applicant has understood each and every instruction and question on the
form, as well as the answer to each question.
Interpreter's Signature

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Print Your Full Name

Telephone Number (include area/country code)

43. Signature of Person Preparing Form, If Other Than Applicant
I declare under penalty of perjury that I prepared this application at the request of the above person.
The answers provided are based on information of which I have personal knowledge and/or were provided to me by the above
named person in response to the exact questions contained on this form.
Signature

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Print Your Full Name

Telephone Number (include area/country code)

Address

For U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Use Only
44. Final Action: Temporary Residence

Approved

Denied

45. Final Action: Waiver of Inadmissibility under Section 212(a)

Approved

46. Class of Admission

47. Place of Adjustment

48. Date of Adjustment

49. Final Action By (Print Name and Title)

50. ID Number

51. Date

Denied

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