[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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 LAWFUL 

TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS UNDER SECTION 245A OF THE 

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT--Table of Contents

 

   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 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]