You are probably referring to the policy change where people in F, J, and M status now accrue u201cunlawful presenceu201d when they are out of status after August 9, 2022. whereas before, people in F and J statuses, who are almost always admitted for u201cD/Su201d on their I-94s, do not automatically start accruing u201cunlawful presenceu201d even if they go out of status and stay past the end of their programs for years.The answer is NO, it has absolutely no effect on people who are doing Adjustment of Status in the US. u201cUnlawful presenceu201d is not by itself relevant in the eligibility or adjudication of Adjustment of Status, so a change to the definition of when u201cunlawful presenceu201d starts to accrue or how much u201cunlawful presenceu201d will have accrued does not change who can do Adjustment of Status in the US.Someone in the Immediate Relative category (spouse, parent, or unmarried under-21 child of a US citizen) is eligible for Adjustment of Status if they entered the US legally. Whether they are out of status or whether they have accrued u201cunlawful presenceu201d is completely irrelevant. Under the new policy, someone in F or J status now starts accruing u201cunlawful presenceu201d when they go out of status, but even if they have gone out of status for years, and thus have accrued years of u201cunlawful presenceu201d, they are still 100% able to do Adjustment of Status in the Immediate Relative category. This is no different from how someone in a status like B-2 visitor or H-1b worker who are admitted until a certain date on their I-94s (and who thus start accruing u201cunlawful presenceu201d after staying past the date on their I-94s) are 100% able to do Adjustment of Status in the Immediate Relative category after staying past the date on their I-94s for years.In other categories, eligibility may be affected by being out of status. For example, in family-based categories other than Immediate Relative, one is ineligible for Adjustment of Status if one is out of status, or has ever been out of status in the past. In employment-based categories, one is ineligible for Adjustment of Status if one has been out of status for more than 180 days since the most recent admission. All of these things are about being u201cout of statusu201d, not u201cunlawful presenceu201d. The recent policy change did not change anything about when someone is u201cout of statusu201d, and thus has no effect on Adjustment of Status in any of those categories either. People who, in past years, were out of status in F or J status but who werenu2019t accruing u201cunlawful presenceu201d, still couldnu2019t do Adjustment of Status in those categories because they were out of status.What u201cunlawful presenceu201d matters for is the unlawful presence bans u2022 if you accrue 180 days/1 year of u201cunlawful presenceu201d and then leave the US, you trigger a 3-year/10-year ban, respectively. Note the key condition u2022 leave the US u2022 if you havenu2019t left the US, you donu2019t have this ban. People doing Adjustment of Status in the US havenu2019t left the US, so arenu2019t affected by this. This change in policy only affects people who (after August 9, 2022. go out of status for a long time and then leave the US. It does not affect people who do Adjustment of Status in the US.