§1257 Adjustment of status of certain resident aliens to nonimmigrant status; exceptions

Summary

The Attorney General must change a lawfully admitted permanent resident’s status to a nonimmigrant under paragraphs (15)(A), (E), or (G) of section 1101(a) if the person had, when admitted or later acquired, a work-related status that would qualify them for that nonimmigrant category if they were seeking entry. The change is made under rules the Attorney General sets. On the date of the order, the Attorney General cancels the person’s permanent residence record and their immigrant status ends. The change does not apply if the person asks to keep immigrant status and, in the form the Attorney General requires, files a written waiver giving up all rights, privileges, exemptions, and immunities under any law or executive order that would otherwise come from the work-related nonimmigrant status.