I-360 Map: Which Are Family-Based Pathways, and Which Are Special Immigrant or Other Categories

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Categories on Form I-360

USCIS lists Form I-360 as available for: Amerasians; widows/widowers of U.S. citizens; VAWA self-petitioning spouses, children, and parents; special immigrant juveniles (SIJ); religious workers; Panama Canal-related employees; physicians practicing on 1978-01-09; international organization or NATO-6 employees and family members; members of the U.S. armed forces; Afghan or Iraqi nationals working for the U.S. government; U.S. Agency for Global Media broadcasters; and others.

Thus, “I-360” is not a collective term for green card categories, nor are all I-360 categories family-based immigration or EB-4. This website’s family-based section covers only widows/widowers and VAWA; the remaining categories are cross-referenced in the “Other Green Cards” section.

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SIJ: Not Family Sponsorship

SIJ petitioners must be under 21, unmarried, and physically present in the United States, and must have a state juvenile court order finding that they are dependent on the court or in custody, that reunification with one or both parents is not possible due to abuse, abandonment, neglect, or similar grounds, and that returning to their home country is not in their best interests; some state courts can issue such orders only for those under 18. Visas come from EB-4, and applicants must wait for visa availability under the Visa Bulletin.

After obtaining a green card through SIJ, a person may not petition for any immigration benefit for their biological or prior adoptive parents, even after naturalization and even for a non-abusive custodial parent.

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Amerasians: Specific Countries and Birth Years

The 1982 Act applies to persons born after 1950-12-31 and before 1982-10-22 in South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, or Thailand whose fathers were U.S. citizens; the 1987 Vietnamese Amerasian Act has separate provisions on birth years and the scope of accompanying family members. These are historical special laws, not general family sponsorship.

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T and U Derivative Family Members

T visa principal applicants may petition for derivative T status for qualifying family members; U visa principal applicants use Form I-918 Supplement A to petition for derivative U status for qualifying family members. Subsequent green card applications proceed under T/U rules, not I-130 family sponsorship.

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Other Non-Family-Based Categories

Religious workers, Afghan/Iraqi special immigrants, international organization employees, and others fall under EB-4 special immigrants; see the special immigrant overview in the “Other Green Cards” section. For family members of asylees and refugees, see the article on asylum and refugees.