[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR245a.11]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
     PART 245a_ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO THAT OF PERSONS ADMITTED FOR 
 
   Subpart B_Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization 
                               Provisions
 
Sec. 245a.11  Eligibility to adjust to LPR status.

    An eligible alien, as defined in Sec. 245a.10, may adjust status to 
LPR status under LIFE Legalization if:
    (a) He or she properly files, with fee, Form I-485, Application to 
Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, with the Service during 
the application period beginning June 1, 2001, and ending June 4, 2003.
    (b) He or she entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and 
resided continuously in the United States in an unlawful status since 
that date through May 4, 1988;
    (c) He or she was continuously physically present in the United 
States during the period beginning on November 6, 1986, and ending on 
May 4, 1988;
    (d) He or she is not inadmissible to the United States for permanent 
residence under any provisions of section 212(a) of the Act, except as 
provided in Sec. 245a.18, and that he or she:
    (1) Has not been convicted of any felony or of three or more 
misdemeanors committed in the United States;
    (2) Has not assisted in the persecution of any person or persons on 
account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular 
social group, or political opinion; and
    (3) Is registered or registering under the Military Selective 
Service Act, if

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the alien is required to be so registered; and
    (e) He or she can demonstrate basic citizenship skills.

[66 FR 29673, June 1, 2001, as amended at 67 38350, June 4, 2002]