Basic Requirements
Supporting Documentation
Medical Documentation
Security
Supervisory Sign-off
100

Applicants must have this amount of CPP, in U status, prior to filing their Form I-485.

What is: Three years

100

This document, which demonstrates country of chargeability, is required for all I-485 applicants.

What is:  A birth certificate

100

The designated official who completes the I-693 Form.

Who is the Civil Surgeon

100

The manual available to U based I-485 officers which provides additional information on Form I-485s and Form I-693s

What is: The USCIS Policy Manual

100

This type of correspondence requires 100% review by a supervisor (unless provided specific guidance to the contrary).

What is: denial signoff

200

This schedule, operated by the Department of State, is utilized by officers to determine applicable country specific documents.

What is:  The Reciprocity Schedule

200
Evidence of this eligibility requirement is required for U-1 AOS applicants and may be required, in limited circumstances, for derivative applicants. 

What is: Ongoing helpfulness

200

The required vaccination that is not always available depending upon the time of year.

What is the Influenza Vaccine

200

A required final check conducted by officers on the legal name and DOB on the application.

What is:  JIT Check - (Just in Time)

REMEMBER: if a hyphen is present - you must run the name with and without the hyphen.

200

An arrest and conviction for domestic violence, after the U grant, would require this memo, which also requires SISO sign-off.

What is:  The SISO Concurrence Memo or SISO Concurrence Addendum

300

In regulation, this is listed as the first eligibility requirement for those adjusting status under section 245(m) of the INA.

What is a Lawful admission into "U" status

300

For individuals approved outside the United States, CPP begins to be accrued at this time?

What is:  Date of Admission into the US

300

The age applicants are required to have Syphilis and Gonorrhea testing.

What is the age 15

300

This is a required check in CPMS prior to any final decision.

What is the IVT check in CPMS.

300

This document requires signoff when received without proper annotation of being sealed upon receipt.

What is:  The I-693 Medical Form 

400

This "complete" document is required. 

What is: any passport valid during the U non-immigrant period.

400

The instructions for the Form I-485 (editions dated June 2017 or after) require AOS applicants submit the following certified documentation for any criminal charges, arrests or convictions anywhere in the world.

What is:  Certified police records AND Certified court records.

400

For U visa AOS applicant's, a Form I-693 must be completed and signed by a designated civil surgeon within this period of time, prior to the submission of the I-485 application, if received prior to November 1, 2018.

What is:  1 Year

400

This system is used by I-485 officers to determine if an applicant has active removal proceedings or an outstanding Final Removal order. 

What is:  EARM  or DOJ-EOIRE in PCQS

400

This document requires supervisory signoff when a contractor error is identified?

What is:  CFF 


500

Under 212d14, this ground of inadmissibility is the only ground that can't be waived for "U" non-immigrants.

What is:  212a3E

500

This section of 8 CFR defines Continuous Physical Presence (CPP)?

What is:  Section 245.24(a)(1) of the INA

500

Each applicant for AOS must submit documentation of vaccinations against certain diseases, per this section of the INA.

What is:  Section 212(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the INA

500

If an officer receives adverse information in a TECS resolution and requires additional information, he or she must contact a _______ to reach out to this specific individual in BCU to receive the required information. Must provide both individuals for credit

Who is: A SISO and Guillaume McDowell

500

Files forwarded to this office, an office within USCIS, requires SISO sign-off.  This sign-off is required even if the relocation is requested by the applicant.

Who is:  The AAO Administrative Appeals Office

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