International graduates in the US can file for Adjustment of Status (I-485) while on OPT, without automatically losing F-1 status. However, filing signals immigrant intent, impacting travel and work.

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Effective December 2, 2024, certain applicants applying for adjustment of status (Form I-485) to permanent residence must now submit the required Report of Immigration Medical Examination and ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a fresh reminder to applicants filing for permanent residency, warning that errors on Form I-485, the key green card application, could ...

On September 8, 2022, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a policy change beginning this holiday season: a final rule that will reimplement the public charge ground of inadmissibility ...