Table of Changes (Form I-485 instructions)

TABLE OF CHANGES – INSTRUCTIONS

Form I-4858, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

OMB Number: 1615-0023

11/23/2015

Reason for Revision: AC21 - Added language to reflect addition of Supplement J to package along with its requirements.

Current Page Number and Section	Current Text	Proposed Text
Page 3-5, Initial Evidence	[Page 4] …9. Affidavit of Support/Employment Letter A. Affidavit of Support Submit an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) if your Form I-485 is based on your entry as a fiancé(e), a relative visa petition (Form I-130) filed by your relative, or an employment-based visa petition (Form I-140) related to a business that is five percent or more owned by your family. B. Employment Letter If your Form I-485 is related to an employment-based visa petition (Form I-140), you must submit a letter on the letterhead of the petitioning employer which confirms that the job on which the visa petition is based is still available to you. The letter must also state the salary that will be paid. NOTE: The affidavit of support and/or employment letter are not required if you are applying for creation of a record based on continuous residence since before January 1, 1972, asylum or refugee adjustment, or a Cuban citizen or a spouse or unmarried child of a Cuban citizen who was admitted after January 1, 1959…	[Page 4] …9. Affidavit of Support/Confirmation of Job Offer (Supplement J) A. Affidavit of Support Submit an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) if your Form I-485 is based on your entry as a fiancé(e), a relative visa petition (Form I-130) filed by your relative, or an employment-based visa petition (Form I-140) related to a business that is five percent or more owned by your family. B. Confirmation of Job Offer (Supplement J) If your Form I-485 is related to an employment based visa petition (Form I-140), and you are filing Form I-485 after the employer filed the Form I-140 on your behalf, you must file Form I-485 Supplement J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability under INA Section 204(j) (Supplement J), together with your Form I-485. For more information about this requirement, please read the instructions to Supplement J. If you are filing Form I-485 together with a Form I-140 filed on your behalf, you do not need to file Supplement J at this time. At any time during the adjudication process, USCIS may request that you file Supplement J. NOTE: If you filed Form I-140 as a self-petitioner, you must intend to work in the occupational field specified in the Form I-140. You should provide a signed statement confirming this intent, unless you are filing Form I-485 together with your Form I-140. Job Portability. If you properly filed Form I-485 and it remains pending with USCIS for 180 days or more after filing, you may be eligible to “port” to a job other than the one offered in the Form I-140. The new job offer must be for a permanent, full-time position in the same or similar occupational classification as the job offered in the Form I-140 that is the basis of your Form I-485. You must file Supplement J in order to request such job portability. For more information, please read the instructions to Supplement J. You may also visit the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov.

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