Seventh-preference conditional entrants adjusting to permanent resident status (P7-5)
Seventh-preference conditional entrants adjusting to permanent resident status (P7-5)
- 01Immigrant Category
- Refugee/asylum/humanitarian adjustment
- 02Method of Obtaining Status
- Adjustment of status or creation of an LPR record
- 03Applicant Role
- Principal applicant / individual themself
- 04Nature of Residency
- Permanent resident
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.
The AFM lists P75 (P7-5) as retired, but the current USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 7, Part L, Chapter 2, still designates P7-5 as the adjustment code for persons granted conditional entry before 1980-04-01 who apply for LPR status.
Notes on Code and Data SourcesAvailability status (code and pathway assessed separately)
Code status
Refers only to the code: listed as a retired code in the USCIS AFM historical table. See separate explanations for the pathway’s status.
Underlying pathway status
This site has not yet verified through official materials whether this pathway is currently available; the existence of a code is not used to presume that it is open or closed.
Not all of the following working fields have completed legal review. See the newly added verification for the current status of the pathway; unverified fields, such as translated names and legal authorities, are not thereby elevated to verified status, nor does this constitute individualized legal advice.
02One-Sentence Status Summary
Seventh-preference conditional entrants adjusting to permanent resident status (P7-5)
05Pathway Family and Related Immigration Pathways
Pathway family (working classification):Refugee/asylum/humanitarian adjustment
Correspondence to specific subpathwaysUnsubstantiated / Pending Review: This edition retains only the working pathway-family classification provided by the source catalog.
Difficulty-of-Obtaining Scorev1
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06Applicant Role
Source catalog's working classification:Principal applicant / individual themself
07Method of Obtaining Status
Source catalog's working classification:Adjustment of status or creation of an LPR record
08Conditional Resident Status and Permanent Nature of Residence
Unsubstantiated / Pending Review：The source catalog does not specify conditional resident status for each entry.
Residence category (working classification):Permanent resident
09Principal Applicant / Derivative Relationship
This edition includes no documented code relationships; none are inferred from code prefixes or suffixes.
04Time Period and Evidentiary Limits on “Whether It Can Still Be Newly Obtained Today”
Time-period notation:Listed as retired in the AFM; the USCIS PM (Current as of 2026-10-02) still designates it as the adjustment code for persons granted conditional entry before 1980-04-01
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Historical code · retiredStatus not verified
This site has not yet verified through official materials whether this pathway is currently available; the existence of a code is not used to presume that it is open or closed.
Status recorded at the time of the original snapshot (not a conclusion about current status)
- Applies only to persons granted conditional entry under the seventh preference before 1980-04-01 who apply for LPR status today (processed as refugee adjustment); no new conditional entrants are created after the Refugee Act of 1980.
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.
03Official English and Chinese Working Translation
Refugee adjustment (7th
Description in the original official table is truncated and cannot serve as a complete explanation
Working Chinese name (translated): Seventh-preference conditional entrants adjusting to permanent resident status (P7-5)
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.
- P75Listed as retired in the AFM; the USCIS PM (Current as of 2026-10-02) still designates it as the adjustment code for persons granted conditional entry before 1980-04-01AFM-HIST-0589-P75
Refugee adjustment (7th
Description in the original official table is truncated and cannot serve as a complete explanation
- Official Grouping
- Historical LPR COA (then not in use)
- Legal Authority
- Sec. 203(a)(7) of the INA Act
Original Snapshot Notes (Not Current Status)
The original English wording in the AFM is a sentence fragment and is preserved as written. Under the USCIS Policy Manual Vol.7 Part L Ch.2: persons granted seventh-preference 'conditional entry' before 1980-04-01 (the former law applied to persons from Communist countries or the Middle East, and victims of natural disasters) who apply for LPR status today are processed under refugee adjustment provisions (INA 209), with adjustment code P7-5; this is limited to that pre-1980 cohort and is not a marriage-based conditional green card under INA 216.
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:P75
The source contains no other notation differing from the normalized code.
12Sources, Dates, and Review Status (Entry by Entry)
AFM-HIST-0589-P75
USCIS AFM Historical Table of Retired LPR Codes · PDF p.219 (afm23-external.pdf, 229 pages total, ModDate 2024-11-19); USCIS PM Vol.7 Part L Ch.2 (Current as of 2026-10-02, accessed 2026-10-10)
Original snapshot review status:Official historical table entered; the original English text in the AFM cell is truncated; its meaning is corroborated by USCIS Policy Manual Vol. 7, Part L, Ch. 2(As recorded at the time; for current status, see the newly added pathway verification below)
- · Original English text：Description in the original official table is truncated and cannot serve as a complete explanation
- · Chinese name：Working Chinese translation, not subjected to word-by-word legal review
- ✓ Legal Authority：Legal authority checked against the official original text
- · Status in the original snapshot：官方来源之间说法不同，已如实记录（仅指原始快照当时；现行状态见新增通道核验）
- ✓ Applicant Role：Role supported by an official label
- ✓ Method of Obtaining Status：Method of obtaining status supported by an official label
- ✓ Status category：Status category verified
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Status not verified
This site has not yet verified through official materials whether this pathway is currently available; the existence of a code is not used to presume that it is open or closed.
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