I-483 FRM Table of Changes

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Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

I-483 FRM Table of Changes

OMB: 1615-0023

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TABLE OF CHANGES – FORM

Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

OMB Number: 1615-0023

10/21/2025


Reason for Revision: Public Charge Rescission NPRM

Project Phase: OMBReview


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Edition Date 01/20/2025

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Pages 13-21,


Part 9. General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds

[Page 13]


Part 9. General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds




[Page 18]


Public Charge


Each alien who is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility in INA section 212(a)(4) must complete Item Numbers 57. - 66. An alien is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility if the alien does not fall under one of the categories exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility listed below. If you fall under one of the exempt categories listed below, please select the exempt category, and skip Item Numbers 57. - 66. If you do not fall under one of the exempt categories listed below, select “I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 66.



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[ ] Syrian National Adjusting Status under Public Law 106-378

[ ] Spouse, Child, or Parent of a U.S. Active-Duty Service Member in the Armed Forces under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Form I-130 or Form I-360)

[ ] I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 66.


If you selected “I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 66. in Item Number 56., complete Item Numbers 57. - 66. below. If you selected an exempt category in Item Number 56., go to Item Number 66. If you need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in Part 14. Additional Information.


57. What is the size of your household? [fillable field]


58. Indicate your annual household income.

[] $0-27,000

[] $27,001-52,000

[] $52,001-85,000

[] $85,001-141,000

[] Over $141,000


59. Identify the total value of your household assets.

[] $0-18,400

[] $18,401-136,000

[] $136,001-321,400

[] $321,401-707,100

[] Over $707,100


60. Identify the total value of your household liabilities (including both secured and unsecured liabilities).

[] $0

[] $1-10,100

[] $10,101-57,700

[] $57,701-186,800

[] Over $186,800


61. What is the highest degree or grade of school you have completed?

[] Less than a high school diploma. If you select this option, indicate the highest grade of school you have completed. [fillable field]

[] High school diploma, GED, or alternative credential

[] 1 or more years of college credit, no degree

[] Associate’s degree

[] Bachelor’s degree

[] Master’s degree

[] Professional degree (JD, MD, DMD, etc.)

[] Doctorate degree


62. List your certifications, licenses, skills obtained through work experience, and educational certificates.

[Fillable table][1 column x 8 rows]


63. Have you ever received Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or state, Tribal, territorial, or local cash benefit programs for income maintenance (often called “General Assistance” in the state context, but which also exist under other names)?

Yes

No


64. Have you ever received long-term institutionalization at government expense?

Yes

No




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65. If your answer to Item Number 63. is “Yes,” list the specific benefit(s) you received, the start and end dates of each period of receipt, the dollar amount of benefits received, and whether you received the benefits while you were in an immigration category exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility.


[Table, 5 columns (Benefit Received / Start Date / End Date / Dollar Amount / In a Category Exempt from Public Charge (Yes/No in each row for this column)), 4 rows]


66. If your answer to Item Number 64. is “Yes,” list the name, city, and state for each institution, the start and end dates of each period of institutionalization, the reason you were institutionalized, and whether you were institutionalized while you were in an immigration category exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility.


[Table, 5 columns (Institution Name/City/State / Date From / Date To / Reason / In a Category Exempt from Public Charge (Yes/No in each row for this column)), 4 rows]


Illegal Entries and Other Immigration Violations


67. Have you EVER failed or refused to attend or to remain in attendance at any removal proceeding filed against you on or after April 1, 1997?

Yes

No


NOTE: If your answer to Item Number 67. is “Yes,” attach a written statement explaining why you failed or refused to attend or remain in attendance at the removal proceeding, including any explanation of a reasonable cause for that failure or refusal.


68. Have you EVER submitted altered, fraudulent, or counterfeit documentation to any U.S. Government official to obtain or attempt to obtain any immigration benefit, including a visa or entry into the United States?

Yes

No


69. Have you EVER lied about, concealed, or misrepresented any information on an application or petition to obtain a visa, other documentation required for entry into the United States, admission to the United States, or any other immigration benefit?

Yes

No


70. Have you EVER falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)?

Yes

No


71. Have you EVER been a stowaway on a vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States?

Yes

No

72. Have you EVER knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any alien to enter or to try to enter the United States illegally (alien smuggling)?

Yes

No


73. Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating INA section 274C for use of fraudulent documents?

Yes

No


Removal, Unlawful Presence, or Illegal Reentry After Previous Immigration Violations


74. Have you EVER been excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or have you ever departed the United States on your own after having been ordered excluded, deported, or removed from the United States?

Yes

No


75. Have you EVER entered the United States without being inspected and admitted or paroled?

Yes

No




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76. Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the United States? You were unlawfully present in the United States if you were present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary or were present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.

Yes

No


NOTE: If you answered “Yes” to Item Number 76., give the dates of unlawful presence in the space provided in Part 14. Additional Information.


77. If you answered “Yes” to Item Number 76., was a severe form of trafficking in persons at least one central reason for your unlawful presence in the United States?

Yes

No


NOTE: Severe trafficking in persons involves sex trafficking (the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person to commit a commercial sex act) induced by force, fraud, coercion, or in which the person is induced to perform such act has not reached 18 years of age, or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.


Since April 1, 1997, have you EVER reentered or attempted to reenter the United States without being inspected and admitted or paroled after:


78.a. Having been unlawfully present in the United States for more than one year in the aggregate on or after April 1, 1997? You were unlawfully present in the United States for more than one year in the aggregate if you count all of the days during all of your stays that you were present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the DHS Secretary or were present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.

Yes

No


78.b. Having been deported, excluded, or removed from the United States?

Yes

No


Miscellaneous Conduct


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

Yes

No


80. Are you accompanying an alien who is inadmissible and who has been certified by a medical officer as helpless from sickness, mental or physical disability, or infancy, and who requires your protection or guardianship, as described in INA section 232(c)?


Yes

No


81. Have you EVER assisted in detaining, retaining, or withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person who has been granted custody of the child?

Yes

No


82. Have you EVER voted in violation of any Federal, state, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation in the United States?

Yes

No


83. Have you EVER renounced U.S. citizenship to avoid being taxed by the United States?

Yes

No


Have you EVER:


84.a. Applied for exemption or discharge from training or service in the U.S. armed forces or in the U.S. National Security Training Corps on the ground that you are an alien?

Yes

No


84.b. Been relieved or discharged from such training or service on the ground that you are an alien?

Yes

No

84.c. Been convicted of desertion from the U.S. armed forces?

Yes

No


85. Have you EVER left or remained outside the United States to avoid or evade training or service in the U.S. armed forces in time of war or a period declared by the President to be a national emergency?

Yes

No


86. If your answered “Yes” to Item Number 85., what was your nationality or immigration status immediately before you left (for example, U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, nonimmigrant, parolee, present without admission or parole, or any other status)?

[Fillable field]




Part 9. General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds






Public Charge


Each alien who is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility in INA section 212(a)(4) must complete Item Numbers 57. - 64. An alien is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility if the alien does not fall under one of the categories exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility listed below. If you fall under one of the exempt categories listed below, please select the exempt category, and skip Item Numbers 57. - 64. If you do not fall under one of the exempt categories listed below, select “I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 64.





[ ] Syrian National Adjusting Status under Public Law 106-378

[ ] Spouse, Child, or Parent of a U.S. Active-Duty Service Member in the Armed Forces under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Form I-130 or Form I-360)

[ ] I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 64.


If you selected “I do not fall under any of the exempt categories listed above and will complete Item Numbers 57. - 64. in Item Number 56., complete Item Numbers 57. - 64. below. If you selected an exempt category in Item Number 56., go to Item Number 65. If you need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in Part 14. Additional Information.


57. Describe your family status (for example, your household size). [fillable field]


[no change]
























61. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

[] Less than a high school diploma. If you select this option, indicate the highest grade of school you have completed. [fillable field]

[] High school diploma, GED, or alternative credential

[] 1 or more years of college credit, no degree

[] Associate’s degree

[] Bachelor’s degree

[] Master’s degree

[] Professional degree (JD, MD, DMD, etc.)

[] Doctorate degree


62. List your skills (for example, certifications, licenses, skills obtained through work experience, and educational certificates).

[Fillable table][1 column x 8 rows]


63. Have you ever received any means-tested public benefit?

Yes

No







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64. If your answer to Item Number 63. is “Yes,” list the specific means-tested public benefit(s) you received, the start and end dates of each period of receipt, the dollar amount of benefits received (if applicable), and the reason you received the benefit.



[Table, 5 columns (Means-Tested Public Benefit Received / Start Date / End Date / Dollar Amount (if applicable) / Reason (Yes/No in each row for this column)), 4 rows]


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Illegal Entries and Other Immigration Violations


65. Have you EVER failed or refused to attend or to remain in attendance at any removal proceeding filed against you on or after April 1, 1997?

Yes

No


NOTE: If your answer to Item Number 65. is “Yes,” attach a written statement explaining why you failed or refused to attend or remain in attendance at the removal proceeding, including any explanation of a reasonable cause for that failure or refusal.


66. Have you EVER submitted altered, fraudulent, or counterfeit documentation to any U.S. Government official to obtain or attempt to obtain any immigration benefit, including a visa or entry into the United States?

Yes

No


67. Have you EVER lied about, concealed, or misrepresented any information on an application or petition to obtain a visa, other documentation required for entry into the United States, admission to the United States, or any other immigration benefit?

Yes

No


68. Have you EVER falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)?

Yes

No


69. Have you EVER been a stowaway on a vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States?

Yes

No

70. Have you EVER knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any alien to enter or to try to enter the United States illegally (alien smuggling)?

Yes

No


71. Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating INA section 274C for use of fraudulent documents?

Yes

No


Removal, Unlawful Presence, or Illegal Reentry After Previous Immigration Violations


72. Have you EVER been excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or have you ever departed the United States on your own after having been ordered excluded, deported, or removed from the United States?

Yes

No


73. Have you EVER entered the United States without being inspected and admitted or paroled?

Yes

No






74. Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the United States? You were unlawfully present in the United States if you were present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary or were present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.

Yes

No


NOTE: If you answered “Yes” to Item Number 74., give the dates of unlawful presence in the space provided in Part 14. Additional Information.


75. If you answered “Yes” to Item Number 74., was a severe form of trafficking in persons at least one central reason for your unlawful presence in the United States?

Yes

No


[no change]



















76.a. Having been unlawfully present in the United States for more than one year in the aggregate on or after April 1, 1997? You were unlawfully present in the United States for more than one year in the aggregate if you count all of the days during all of your stays that you were present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the DHS Secretary or were present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.

Yes

No


76.b. Having been deported, excluded, or removed from the United States?

Yes

No


Miscellaneous Conduct


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

Yes

No


78. Are you accompanying an alien who is inadmissible and who has been certified by a medical officer as helpless from sickness, mental or physical disability, or infancy, and who requires your protection or guardianship, as described in INA section 232(c)?


Yes

No


79. Have you EVER assisted in detaining, retaining, or withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person who has been granted custody of the child?

Yes

No


80. Have you EVER voted in violation of any Federal, state, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation in the United States?

Yes

No


81. Have you EVER renounced U.S. citizenship to avoid being taxed by the United States?

Yes

No


Have you EVER:


82.a. Applied for exemption or discharge from training or service in the U.S. armed forces or in the U.S. National Security Training Corps on the ground that you are an alien?

Yes

No


82.b. Been relieved or discharged from such training or service on the ground that you are an alien?

Yes

No

82.c. Been convicted of desertion from the U.S. armed forces?

Yes

No


83. Have you EVER left or remained outside the United States to avoid or evade training or service in the U.S. armed forces in time of war or a period declared by the President to be a national emergency?

Yes

No


84. If your answered “Yes” to Item Number 83., what was your nationality or immigration status immediately before you left (for example, U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, nonimmigrant, parolee, present without admission or parole, or any other status)?

[Fillable field]






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