{"id":35931,"date":"2025-03-01T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/?p=35931"},"modified":"2025-03-01T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:00:52","slug":"people-no-pay-fee-file-form-i-485-file-green-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/people-no-pay-fee-file-form-i-485-file-green-card\/","title":{"rendered":"These people will not need to pay the hefty fee to file the Form I-485 to get a Green Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <strong>USCIS<\/strong>, <strong>refugees<\/strong> do not need to pay the <strong>Form I-485 filing fee<\/strong> to get a <strong>Green Card <\/strong>in the United States. What is more, they will not have to pay the fee for the <strong>biometric services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind that the cost of these fees is really high for people who have a low income or who come from countries where the <strong>cost of living<\/strong> is not so high. Thus, it would be a great relief if you qualify for a waiver as a <strong>refugee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>When can refugees apply for a Green Card in the United States?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the United States immigration law, it will be necessary for refugees to submit an application for<strong> lawful permanent resident<\/strong> status once they have been physically present in the<strong> U.S. for at least 12 months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you have been living for a year as a refugee in the United States, you could start the application process to get a <strong>Green Card<\/strong>. This process is known as Adjustment of Status.<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind that there are some requirements you must meet. So it is important to check eligibility for <strong>Adjustment of Status for refugees<\/strong> who want to get a Green Card in the United States.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements for refugees to get a Green Card<\/h2>\n<p>Check the<strong> 7 essential requirements<\/strong> to get a <strong>Green Card<\/strong> in 2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First of all, you must file<strong> Form I-485 properly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Secondly, you must have been <strong>admitted<\/strong> into the United States of America as a refugee <strong>under section 207<\/strong> of the INA.<\/li>\n<li>Third, you must be physically present in the USA the moment you file Form I-485.<\/li>\n<li>The 4th requirement has been mentioned before, you must have been living in the U.S. for at least 1 year. (after your admission as a refugee)<\/li>\n<li>Besides, your refugee status cannot have been terminated<\/li>\n<li>It will be possible for you to file for a <strong>Green Card<\/strong> if you have not yet acquired permanent resident status<\/li>\n<li>Last but not least, &#8220;You are admissible to the United States for lawful permanent residence or eligible for a waiver of inadmissibility or other form of relief.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to USCIS, refugees do not need to pay the Form I-485 filing fee to get a Green Card in the United States. What is more, they will not have &#8230; <a title=\"These people will not need to pay the hefty fee to file the Form I-485 to get a Green Card\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/people-no-pay-fee-file-form-i-485-file-green-card\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about These people will not need to pay the hefty fee to file the Form I-485 to get a Green Card\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-35931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}