An adjustment of status is the process that you can use to apply for lawful permanent resident status when you aresomeone physically present in the United States. It is a change in the foreign national’s applicant immigration status.

An immigranttion petition is required when a foreign national wants to apply for an adjustment of status. It ascertain asks for determination that the applicant qualifies as an immigrant under a specific category and preference category, which is important because in most categories there is a limited contingent for foreign nationals becoming permanent residents.