What are the requirements for Adjustment of Status?
To qualify for Adjustment of Status, a foreign national must meet certain requirements including the following: He/she 1) must not have entered the country illegally. 2) must have been “admitted” to the United States. 3) must not have been admitted as a “crewman,” in transit through the United States from another country, or as an Exchange Visitor who is subject to the two-year foreign resident requirement if he/she has not fulfilled the requirement or received a waiver to the foreign resident requirement; 4) must not have engaged in unauthorized employment while in the United States (An exception to this rule can be made in the case of an immediate relative of a United States citizen); 5) must be eligible for immigration, e.g. he/she must be the spouse, child, parent, or sibling of a United States citizen, the spouse or unmarried child of a lawful permanent resident of the United States, or eligible under one of the categories for employment-based immigration; and an Immigrant Visa mu
