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.
- P46◐ 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.
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
- 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 page217pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.84 · recordId AFM-HIST-0569-P46· Accessed2026-10-11
- Position in the Table
- Immediately followingP41 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
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