Adjustment to lawful resident status of certain nationals of countries for which extended voluntary departure has been made available.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 8

(a) (1) (2) (3) (i) No single absence from the United States has exceeded 45 days, and the aggregate of all absences has not exceeded 180 days between July 21, 1984, through the date the application for temporary resident status is filed, unless the alien can establish that due to emergent reasons, his or her return to the United States could not be accomplished within the time period allowed; (ii) The alien was maintaining residence in the United States; and (iii) The alien's departure from the United States was not based on an order of deportation. (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (b) (ii) An alien who fails to file an application for adjustment of status to that of a temporary resident under § 245A.4 of this part during the time period, will be statutorily ineligible for such adjustment of status. (2) (A) An alien who is a national of Poland, Uganda, Ethiopia, or Afghanistan, (other than an alien who entered as a nonimmigrant) who establishes that he or she entered the United States prior to July 21, 1984, and who has thereafter resided continuously in the United States, and who has been physically present in the United States from December 22, 1987, until the date of filing the application. (B) An alien who is a national of Poland, Uganda, Ethiopia, or Afghanistan, and establishes that he or she entered the United States as a nonimmigrant prior to July 21, 1984, and whose period of authorized admission expired through the passage of time prior to January 21, 19

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 8:§ 245a.4