Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18, adjustments
Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18, adjustments
- 01Immigrant Category
- Employment-based immigration—EB-1 family members
- 02Method of Obtaining Status
- Adjustment of status
- 03Applicant Role
- Spouse (derivative)
- 04Nature of Residency
- Permanent resident
Code source:Code source confirmed
This code appears in an official code table or official announcement; this establishes only that the code exists, not that all fields have been verified or that applications are currently open.
Notes on Code and Data SourcesAvailability status (code and pathway assessed separately)
Code status
The code's presence in official materials proves only that the code exists; it does not indicate whether the pathway is open.
Underlying pathway status
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
Pathway:EB-1 First-Preference Employment-Based Immigration。USCIS EB-1 page: Extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, and multinational managers/executives remain current categories; spouses and children under age 21 may derive status. Evidence valid through 2026-12-31.
- USCIS Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Verification date2026-10-11; independent of the difficulty-of-obtaining-status score; the absence of a score does not affect this status.
02One-Sentence Status Summary
Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18 (adjustment of status within the United States)
05Pathway Family and Related Immigration Pathways
Pathway family (working classification):Employment-based immigration—EB-1 family members
The specific subpathway cannot be determined solely from the code on the card. The following are representative possible pathways, not an exhaustive list.
- Employment-based immigration · derivative spouse · adjustment of status within the United StatesAmbiguous correspondence
Adjusts status within the United States as an accompanying derivative of an employment-based principal applicant in one of E11/E12/E13/E16/E17/E18; E19 alone cannot establish the specific underlying principal pathway.
Derivative spouse based on one of E11/E12/E13/E16/E17/E18; E19 alone does not establish the underlying principal pathway.
Difficulty（Spouse (derivative)）：Difficulty Not yet assessed
Underlying principal pathway:Cannot be determined from this code alone
Difficulty-of-Obtaining Scorev1
This site has not yet established a vetted factual assessment for this pathway; no inference is made from the code number.
An assessment under this site's editorial rules, not a government score, probability of approval, or individualized legal conclusion.Scoring Methodology
06Applicant Role
Legally reviewed characterization:Spouse (derivative)
Source catalog's working classification:Derivative applicants (spouses)
07Method of Obtaining Status
Legally reviewed characterization:Adjustment of status
Source catalog's working classification:Adjustment of status within the United States
08Conditional Resident Status and Permanent Nature of Residence
Conditional resident:No
Residence category (working classification):Permanent resident
09Principal Applicant / Derivative Relationship
EB-1 Derivative Spouse E19 and Six Possible Principal Applicant Codes
E19 is a derivative spouse code for adjustment of status within the United States. Its official definition lists six possible principal applicant codes together, and the source does not distinguish which specific one applies.
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Pathway available
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
USCIS EB-1 page: Extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, and multinational managers/executives remain current categories; spouses and children under age 21 may derive status.
Verification2026-10-11· Valid through2026-12-31 · eb1
- USCIS Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Limitations of the Original Relationship Snapshot
The source is the DHS/OHSS master COA table's directory of definitions and establishes only that the definition exists; OHSS does not provide an active status, and whether the status can still be newly obtained requires separate verification of the governing legal authority.(As of the original snapshot, not a current conclusion)
Set of Possible Principal Applicants / One of ThemReviewed (multiple principal-applicant groupings)
E19isSpousederivative code, whose principal applicant is one member of the following set; the source does not specify which one:
- E11Persons of extraordinary ability (consular admission)
- E12Outstanding professors or researchers (consular admission)
- E13Multinational executives or managers (consular admission)
- E16Persons of extraordinary ability (adjustment of status within the United States)
- E17Outstanding professors or researchers (adjustment of status within the United States)
- E18Multinational executives or managers (adjustment of status within the United States)
The official definition of E19 lists six principal applicant codes together in the same record. E19 alone does not establish which specific principal applicant code—E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18—the derivative status is based on.
- The relationships in this version come only from the verbatim definitions in the source text; no principal/derivative relationship is inferred from code prefixes or suffixes, numerical magnitude, or adjacent numbering.
- “Principal applicant / derivative” describes only the classification in the source directory at the time permanent resident status is obtained; it does not mean that, after becoming an LPR, the principal applicant retains any ongoing control over family members' status.
- The OHSS master table establishes only the existence of a definitions catalog; it does not automatically establish that status under the code can still be newly obtained today.
- Relationships marked “Source-linked · pending review” have not yet undergone completed independent legal review and are listed solely according to the original source text.
04Time Period and Evidentiary Limits on “Whether It Can Still Be Newly Obtained Today”
Time-period notation:OHSS master table combining current and historical entries (status not identified by OHSS)
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Pathway available
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
USCIS EB-1 page: Extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, and multinational managers/executives remain current categories; spouses and children under age 21 may derive status.
Verification2026-10-11· Valid through2026-12-31 · eb1
- USCIS Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Status recorded at the time of the original snapshot (not a conclusion about current status)
- The source does not provide an active status; whether the status can still be newly obtained requires item-by-item verification of the governing legal authority.
Fields that were unverified at the time of the original snapshot remain unchanged. See the newly added pathway verification for current status; other fields are not thereby elevated to verified status.
Annual Card Issuance Statistics (Independent Facts, Not Used in Scoring)
No reliable data currently available.
03Official English and Chinese Working Translation
Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18, adjustments
Working Chinese name (translated): Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18 (adjustment of status within the United States)
10Same-Code / Cross-Era Notice
The source does not flag any risk of cross-era confusion.
The same code may have different meanings in different eras. The source and era are preserved for each entry below; entries are not merged across eras, nor does their inclusion indicate current validity.
- E19OHSS master table combining current and historical entries (status not identified by OHSS)OHSS-0134-E19
Spouses of E11, E12, E13, E16, E17, or E18, adjustments
- Official Grouping
- Immigration for Employment
Original Snapshot Notes (Not Current Status)
The OHSS page does not provide an active/status field; the existence of a source does not mean the pathway is currently open.
11General Limitations for Existing Holders
- Discontinuation of a code does not automatically revoke LPR status previously lawfully obtained; an individual's status still depends on subsequent facts.
This page compiles code reference materials. It does not constitute legal advice or determine any individual's current immigration status.
01Code and Original Source Notation
Normalized code:E19
The source contains no other notation differing from the normalized code.
12Sources, Dates, and Review Status (Entry by Entry)
OHSS-0134-E19
DHS/OHSS COA master table · accessed 2026-08-12
Original snapshot review status:Official English and working Chinese fields reviewed; whether the pathway is open remains subject to separate verification against legal sources(As recorded at the time; for current status, see the newly added pathway verification below)
- ✓ Original English text：Verified as matching the official English original
- · Chinese name：Working Chinese translation, not subjected to word-by-word legal review
- · Legal Authority：No official basis found during this review (field retained, unverified)
- · Status in the original snapshot：Current availability was not officially confirmed in the original snapshot only; see the added pathway verification for current status.
- ✓ Applicant Role：Role supported by an official label
- ✓ Method of Obtaining Status：Method of obtaining status supported by an official label
- · Status category：Listed in the official LPR code table (conditional status not separately verified)
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Pathway available
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
USCIS EB-1 page: Extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, and multinational managers/executives remain current categories; spouses and children under age 21 may derive status.
Verification2026-10-11· Valid through2026-12-31 · eb1
- USCIS Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Reviewed Sources
- DHS/OHSS Immigrant Classes of Admission · DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics
Every fact in this overlay comes from published coa_codes / pathway_variants / coa_pathway_map / issuance_statistics / sources rows in this repository's supabase/migrations; no conclusions that have not undergone review are added. 2026-10-10 correction: the official labels for RR6/RR7/RR8 were changed to the original wording of FY2024 Table 7, and the citation was changed to that table (the OHSS master COA table does not contain RR codes); annual figures are official approximate values rounded to the nearest 10.
Derivative spouse code; the underlying principal pathway may be any of E11/E12/E13/E16/E17/E18, and a single principal pathway cannot be assumed.
READING NOTES / Scope of Reading