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Historical Records · Incomplete explanation

This code does appear in the USCIS historical table. Below, the uses, legal authorities, page numbers, and missing portions visible in the original table are listed individually; unverified working fields, such as the Chinese name and applicant role, remain withheld from public display.

Historical File Notes (1original-table records)

The following explains only the text visible in the historical USCIS table; truncations, blanks, and misalignments are identified as they appear, without supplementation or borrowing from adjacent rows. These notes do not change the definition's verification-on-hold status and are not used in related-code determinations or difficulty scoring.

  • M-8◐ Incomplete explanationAdjustment of status or creation of an LPR record

    Refugee-escapee, admitted for … — the original table is truncated after “admitted for”. The legal-authority cell reads “PL 88-648 (July 14, 1960)”; this website has not individually checked the public law number and date, and reproduces them as written in the original.

    The description in the original table is truncated, and its full meaning has not been verified; this website has translated only the visible portion and has not supplied the missing text.

    Purpose Field in Original Table
    Refugee-escapee admitted for
    Legal Authority Field in Original Table
    PL 88-648 (July 14, 1960)
    Status Today
    A retired former code listed in the USCIS AFM historical table; no longer issued under this former definition. Retirement of a code does not mean that the underlying legal pathway has closed; this website has not verified the pathway’s current status.
    Source
    USCIS AFM Appendix 23-7 Historical LPR Code Table (Classes Formerly Used), PDF page212pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.79 · recordId AFM-HIST-0515-M-8· Accessed2026-10-11
    Position in the Table
    Immediately followingZ-2 the row;Indicates only adjacency in the table, not the meaning of this code.

Code source:Official historical code (does not indicate current availability for application)

This code appears in an official USCIS historical code table, establishing that the code did exist; this does not mean applications can still be made under it today.

Definitions Not Publicly Displayed and Reasons:Description in the original official table is truncated ×1

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