§1257 Adjustment of Status of Certain Resident Aliens to Nonimmigrant Status; Exceptions

Summary

If a person was lawfully admitted for permanent residence and either when admitted or later gets a job classification that would, if they were seeking entry, qualify them for a nonimmigrant status under paragraph (15)(A), (E), or (G) of section 1101(a), the Attorney General must change their status to that nonimmigrant category under rules the Attorney General makes. On the date the Attorney General orders the change, the Attorney General must cancel the record of their admission for permanent residence, and their immigrant status ends. The change does not apply if the person asks to keep their immigrant status and, in the form the Attorney General requires, signs and files a written waiver giving up all rights, privileges, exemptions, and immunities that would otherwise come from having the occupational nonimmigrant status.