Family-Based Conditional Permanent Residents

Key changes

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding family-based conditional permanent residents (CPRs).
• Consolidates and updates guidance on eligibility, filing, and adjudication of Form I-751, including joint petitions, individual filing requests, and waivers.
• Provides additional guidance on the steps required to change the basis for filing, including for cases involving waivers based on battery or extreme cruelty.
• Clarifies that a noncitizen whose CPR status was terminated for failure to timely file a Form I- 751 may adjust status to permanent residence on a new basis, regardless of whether or not USCIS issued a notice of termination of CPR status before the noncitizen filed an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485) on a new basis.