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TABLE OF CHANGES – INSTRUCTIONS

Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status

OMB Number: 1615-0045

03/19/2019

Reason for Revision: Include changes to Privacy Act Statement

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Page 1, What Happens When I File or Fail to File Form I-829?	[Page 1] Effect of Filing If U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts your petition before your conditional permanent resident status is terminated, your conditional permanent resident status will automatically be extended for one year. You will receive a filing receipt that you should carry with your Permanent Resident Card.  If you travel outside the United States while this petition is pending, you will have to show, when you board a plane, ship, or other carrier to come back to the United States, that you are eligible to return. You should present both your Permanent Resident Card and the filing receipt for this petition when you return, as well as in all other situations in which you are required to provide evidence of your conditional permanent resident status.	[Page 1] Effect of Filing If U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts your petition before your conditional permanent resident status is terminated, your conditional permanent resident status will automatically be extended for 18 months. You will receive a filing receipt that you should carry with your Permanent Resident Card.  If you travel outside the United States while this petition is pending, you will have to show, when you board a plane, ship, or other carrier to come back to the United States, that you are eligible to return. You should present both your Permanent Resident Card and the filing receipt for this petition when you return, as well as in all other situations in which you are required to provide evidence of your conditional permanent resident status.
Page 1, Who May File Form I-829?	[Page 1] Who May File Form I-829? You may use this form to request the removal of conditions on your permanent resident status if you were granted conditional permanent resident status as an entrepreneur. You may include your conditional permanent resident spouse or former spouse and children in your petition. If your spouse and children are not included on this Form I-829 petition, each dependent must file his or her own petition separately. Your spouse and children cannot be included together on a Form I-829 petition if they are not filing with you, the principal entrepreneur, unless the principal entrepreneur has died.	[Page 1] Who May File Form I-829? You may use this form to request the removal of conditions on your permanent resident status if you were granted conditional permanent resident status as an entrepreneur. You may include your conditional permanent resident spouse or former spouse and children in your petition. If your spouse and children are not included on this Form I-829 petition, each dependent must file his or her own petition separately. Your spouse and children cannot be included together on a Form I-829 petition if they are not filing with you, the principal entrepreneur. However, the surviving spouse and children may be included together on a Form I-829 petition if the principal entrepreneur has died.
Page 5, Part 3. Information About Your Current or Former Conditional Permanent Resident Spouse	[Page 5] Item Numbers 8.a. - 8.h.  Physical Address.  Provide your current or former conditional permanent resident spouse’s physical address, if it is different from the address that you provided in Part 2., Item Numbers 14.a. - 14.f.	[Page 6] Item Numbers 8.a. - 8.h.  Physical Address.  Provide your current or former conditional permanent resident spouse’s physical address.
Page 6, Part 4. Information About Your Children	[Page 6] Item Numbers 7.a. - 7.h.  Mailing Address.  Provide your child’s mailing address, if it is different from the address that you provided in Part 2., Item Numbers 14.a. - 14.f.	[Page 6] Item Numbers 7.a. - 7.h.  Mailing Address.  Provide your child’s mailing address.
Page 7, Part 6. Additional Information About the Regional Center and the New Commercial Enterprise (NCE)	[Page 7] Item Numbers 3.a. - 5.  Physical Address and Contact Information for the NCE.  Provide the U.S. physical business address and contact information for the NCE, including telephone number (with area code) and internet address (if established).	[Page 7] Item Numbers 3.a. - 5.  Physical Address and Contact Information for the NCE.  Provide the U.S. physical business address and contact information for the NCE, including telephone number (with area code) and internet address (if established). The physical business address should be the location of the job creating project, if applicable.
Page 8, Part 7. Information About the Job Creating Entity (JCE)	[Page 8] Item Numbers 1. - 6.e. Name and Location of the JCE.  Provide the full legal name of the JCE. In addition, provide the physical business address for the JCE. If there are multiple JCEs, please provide the requested information for each JCE. If you need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in Part 12. Additional Information.	[Page 8] Item Numbers 1. - 6.e. Name and Location of the JCE.  Provide the full legal name of the JCE. In addition, provide the physical business address for the JCE. The physical business address should be the location of the job creating project. If there are multiple JCEs, please provide the requested information for each JCE. If you need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in Part 12. Additional Information.
Page 14, USCIS Privacy Act Statement	[Page 14] USCIS Privacy Act Statement AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this petition, and the associated evidence, is collected under sections 101, 103, 203, 212, 216A, and 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (as amended) and the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, Pub. L. No. 102-395, sections 610,106 Stat 1828, 1874 (1992) (as amended). PURPOSE:  The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this petition is to determine if you have established eligibility to remove the conditions on your permanent resident status or to include the removal of conditions on the permanent resident status for any spouse, former spouse, or child who is also applying with you.  DHS will use the information you provide to grant or deny the immigration benefit you are seeking. DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information, and any requested evidence, may delay a final decision in your case or result in denial of your petition. ROUTINE USES:  DHS may share the information you provide on this petition with other Federal, state, local, and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved routine uses described in the associated published system of records notices [DHS/USCIS-007 - Benefits Information System and DHS/USCIS-001 - Alien File and National File Tracking System of Records] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also share the information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security.	[Page 14] DHS Privacy Notice AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this petition, and the associated evidence, is collected under the Immigration and Nationality Act sections 101, 103, 203, 216A, and 237, and the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, Pubic Law No. 102-395, sections 610, 106 Stat 1828, 1874 (1992) (as amended). PURPOSE:  The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this petition is to determine if you have established eligibility to remove the conditions on your permanent resident status, and/or your spouse, former spouse, or child is eligible for removal of conditions on their permanent resident status.  DHS uses the information you provide to grant or deny the immigration benefit you are seeking. DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information, including your Social Security number (if applicable), and any requested evidence, may delay a final decision or result in denial of your petition. ROUTINE USES:  DHS may share the information you provide on this petition and any additional requested evidence with other Federal, state, local, and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved routine uses described in the associated published system of records notices [DHS/USCIS/ICE/CBP-001 Alien File and National File Tracking System of Records, DHS/USCIS-007 Benefits Information System, and DHS/USCIS-018 Immigration Biometric and Background Check] and the published privacy impact assessment [DHS/USCIS/PIA-016(a) Computer Linked Application Information Management System and Associated Systems], which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also share the information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security.

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