[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.31]



[Page 595]

 

                     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 C_LIFE Act Amendments Family Unity Provisions

 

Sec. 245a.31  Eligibility.



    An alien who is currently in the United States may obtain Family 

Unity benefits under section 1504 of the LIFE Act Amendments if he or 

she establishes that:

    (a) He or she is the spouse or unmarried child under the age of 21 

of an eligible alien (as defined under Sec. 245a.10) at the time the 

alien's application for Family Unity benefits is adjudicated and 

thereafter;

    (b) He or she entered the United States before December 1, 1988, and 

resided in the United States on such date; and

    (c) If applying for Family Unity benefits on or after June 5, 2003, 

he or she is the spouse or unmarried child under the age of 21 of an 

alien who has filed a Form I-485 pursuant to this Subpart B.



[66 FR 29673, June 1, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 38352, June 4, 2002]