Revised Interview Waiver Criteria for Form 1-485 Application to Register
Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
This Criteria was issued on Jan 5, 2005.
Current 1-485 Employment Based Interview Waiver Criteria
Generaily, employment-based cases meeting the following criteria are waived interview:
The principal applicant is employed by the same petitioner who submitted the
approved underlying employment-based visa petition.
0 The principal applicant has been approved as an alien of extraordinary ability or alien
of exceptional ability and is otherwise eligible for adjustment of status.
The principal applicant has been approved as an outstanding professor or researcher,
or a multinational executive/manager and has a continuing offer of employment from
the same petitioner who submitted the underlying approved petition.
* Adjustment applicants who received national interest waivers based on performing
primary medical care to a medically under-served area who demonstrate that they
intend to continue according to the terms and conditions of the underlying petition.
Since NIW is employment based immigration petition and it belongs to alien
of exceptional ability, shall the interview being waived for NIW I485? Giving maintening lawful status. Any ideas about this new regulation?
Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
This Criteria was issued on Jan 5, 2005.
Current 1-485 Employment Based Interview Waiver Criteria
Generaily, employment-based cases meeting the following criteria are waived interview:
The principal applicant is employed by the same petitioner who submitted the
approved underlying employment-based visa petition.
0 The principal applicant has been approved as an alien of extraordinary ability or alien
of exceptional ability and is otherwise eligible for adjustment of status.
The principal applicant has been approved as an outstanding professor or researcher,
or a multinational executive/manager and has a continuing offer of employment from
the same petitioner who submitted the underlying approved petition.
* Adjustment applicants who received national interest waivers based on performing
primary medical care to a medically under-served area who demonstrate that they
intend to continue according to the terms and conditions of the underlying petition.
Since NIW is employment based immigration petition and it belongs to alien
of exceptional ability, shall the interview being waived for NIW I485? Giving maintening lawful status. Any ideas about this new regulation?