Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")

Many people get lawful permanent resident (LPR) status ("Green Card") through family members. You may be eligible to get an LPR status as:

• an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, this includes spouses, unmarried children under the age of 21, and parents of U.S. citizen being petitioned by children 21 years of age or older;
• a family member of a U.S. citizen fitting into a preference category, this includes unmarried sons or daughters over the age of 21, married children of any age, and brothers and sisters of U.S. citizen petitioners 21 or older;
• a family member of a green card holder, this includes spouses and unmarried children of the sponsoring green card holder;
• a member of a special category, this can include battered spouse, parent or child (VAWA), a K nonimmigrant, a person born to a foreign diplomat in the United States, a V nonimmigrantor a widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen.