P26Historical archiveHistorical code · retiredStatus not verified

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.

P26◐ Purpose Field Blank in Original TableAdjustment of status or creation of an LPR record
This code does appear in the USCIS historical table, but its use column is blank; no complete official explanation was found in this review. Descriptions in other rows of the same table identify this code as a principal-applicant code (see the original quotation below), confirming that derivative categories once existed for spouses or children of principal applicants under this code; the use of this code itself remains unstated.
The use column in the original table is blank; no corresponding explanation was found in other official materials in this review, and no use is inferred.
Purpose Field in Original Table
(blank)
Legal Authority Field in Original Table
Sec. 245 of the INA Act as amended
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 page215pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.82 · recordId AFM-HIST-0554-P26· Accessed2026-10-11
Reference in the Same Table
- “P23 P2-3 N Sec. 203(a)(8) of the Child of alien classified as P21, P22, P26, I&N Act as amended by or P27 (2nd preference).” (PDF page216page)
Position in the Table
Immediately followingP21 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 blank ×1

Notes on Code and Data Sources

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