This fact sheet is an announcement from USCIS regarding guidance for VAWA self-petitioners ability to adjust status to lawful permanent residence. The guidance issued on April 11, 2008, applies to an Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) application for an approved VAWA self-petitioner who entered the United States without having been inspected and admitted or paroled. The April 11, 2008 USCIS guidance provides that the Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) application for an approved VAWA self-petitioner will not be determined to be ineligible for adjustment of status where he or she entered the United States without inspection and admission or parole.