# Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

Where you file your Form I-485 depends on your eligibility category. Review the information below to see where you should file your application.

**Applications that are not mailed to the correct address may experience processing delays.**

Use the applicable address in this section if you are filing as:
                    - A spouse, parent, or unmarried son or daughter (under age 21) of a U.S. citizen and you are the beneficiary of an approved, pending or concurrently filed Form I-130;
                    - A beneficiary of an approved Form I-130;
                    - A spouse or child of an immigrant who has applied for adjustment of status or has been granted lawful permanent residence (a Green Card) through a family-sponsored visa category that allows derivative status for spouses and children; or
                    - A beneficiary of an approved Form I-129F who was admitted to the United States as a K-1 nonimmigrant and married the U.S. citizen petitioner within 90 days, or their K-2 dependent.

Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page, which lists the address where you must your file your application, based on where you live.

If you are the beneficiary of an pending, approved, or concurrently filed Form I-360 under 1 of the following categories:
                    - Amerasian;
                    - Widow(er) of a U.S. citizen who died within the past 2 years;
                    - Special immigrant juvenile; or
                    - Special immigrant armed forces member,

Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page, which lists the address where you must your file your application, based on where you live.

Use the applicable address in this section if you are filing with:
                    - A pending or approved Form I-360 for an international organization employee or family member.                       - You must include a copy of your Form I-797, Notice of Action, showing we accepted or approved your Form I-360; or
                    - An approved Form I-360 for:                       - A special immigrant religious worker;
                      - Panama Canal Company employment;
                      - U.S. government in canal zone employment;
                      - A special immigrant physician; or
                      - An international broadcaster.                         - You must include a copy of your Form I-797, Notice of Action, showing we approved your Form I-360 for any of these categories; or
                    - A pending or approved Form I-140.                       - You must include a copy of your Form I-797, Notice of Action, showing we accepted or approved your Form I-140.
                    - An approved Form DS-1884 for:                       - Certain employees or former employees of the U.S. Government abroad.

**ALERT:**As a reminder, VAWA self-petitioning abused spouses, children, and parents must file Form I-485 and Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, at the Nebraska Service Center.

Use the applicable address in this section if you are filing with:
                    - Asylum status;
                    - Refugee status; or
                    - Status under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act as a dependent.

If you are filing in this category, you must send:
                    - Your application to the immigration court;
                    - A complete copy of the application to the appropriate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Chief Counsel; and
                    - Complete copy of the application and filing fees to:

USCIS Texas Service CenterAttn: EOIR6046 N Belt Line Rd.Suite 485Irving, TX 75038-0017

For more information, read the Pre-Order Instructions (PDF, 279.49 KB).

This does not apply to applicants in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings who have been charged as an “arriving alien” or are filing for adjustment of status based on T nonimmigrant status or U nonimmigrant status. We have exclusive jurisdiction over these adjustment of status applications. Please see instructions above to determine the USCIS filing locations for these adjustment of status applications.

                    - An applicant, including the spouse or child of a qualifying Cuban principal applicant, who is eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of Nov. 2, 1966 (Select the first box labeled “The Cuban Adjustment Act” under  1.f. Special Programs Based on Certain Public Laws in Part 2  of Form I-485. Do not select the second box labeled “The Cuban Adjustment Act for battered spouses and children” unless you are an abused spouse or abused child.);
                    - A registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on continuous residence in the United States since before Jan. 1, 1972;
                    - A diversity lottery winner eligible to file Form I-485;
                    - A public interest parolee from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries filing Form I-485 under Pub. L. 101-167 (the “Lautenberg Amendment”);
                    - A registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on birth in the United States to a foreign diplomat officer;
                    - A former diplomat filing Form I-485 under section 13 of the Immigration Act of 1957; or
                    - An applicant who is a beneficiary of a private bill.

Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page, which lists the address where you must your file your application, based on where you live.

03/29/2024

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