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NOTE: Please read these instructions carefully. If you need more space to complete an answer, use a separate sheet(s) of paper.
Write your name and Alien Registration Number (A #), if you have one, and your Personal Identification Number (PID), if you have
one, at the top of each sheet and indicate the number of the item to which the answer refers.
Use Form I-566 to provide necessary information to DOS,
DOD, NATO/HQ SACT and USCIS to establish your eligibility
to request certain immigration benefits. Such benefits may
be available to:
An eligible dependent of an A, G or NATO nonimmigrant
requesting employment authorization.
An A, G or NATO nonimmigrant requesting a change to
another nonimmigrant status; or if you are currently in
another nonimmigrant status and have been offered a
position that requires you and any dependents to be
reclassified as an A, G or NATO nonimmigrant; or
An A, G or NATO nonimmigrant requesting adjustment to
lawful permanent resident.
Form I-566 generally accompanies other forms. There is
no filing fee for the I-566.
When Should I Use Form I-566?
Use Form I-566 to facilitate the application process for various
benefits that may be available to you if you are in, or wish to
be in, A, G or NATO nonimmigrant status. This form provides
information needed to identify you and the person from whom
your status is, or will be, derived (the principal alien). Form
I-566 assists government agencies and organizations in the
exercise of their responsibility to adjudicate applications for
immigration benefits, including requests for employment
authorization and change or adjustment of status. The
government agencies and organizations involved in the
process are the:
Department of State (DOS);
Department of Defense (DOD);
North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Headquarters,
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (NATO/HQ
SACT); and
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
You must use this form if:
1. You are applying for employment authorization as an
eligible A-1, A-2, G-1, G-3, G-4 or NATO 1-6 dependent.
(Definitions and eligibility requirements may be found in 8
CFR 214.2(a), 214.2(g) and 214.2(s)); or
2.
You are applying for a change or adjustment of status to,
or from, A, G or NATO status.
Definitions.
A # - Alien Registration Number assigned to an alien's
administrative file.
8 CFR - Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations.
Certifying officer or official: A chief of a diplomatic mission,
international organization director or authorized deputy,
NATO member state official or NATO/HQ SACT Legal
Advisor who is authorized to certify information about an
applicant.
PID: Personal Identification Number. This is the number
provided to eligible A and G nonimmigrants by the DOS.
Principal alien: A nonimmigrant admitted to work exclusively
for a foreign government, international organization, or NATO
in A, G or NATO status from whom family members derive
their A, G or NATO status.
Statement from prospective employer: A statement on the
employer's letterhead identifying the dependent. It must
describe the position offered, duties to be performed, the
salary offered, hours to be worked and verify that the
dependent possesses the qualifications for the position. The
statement must include the phone number, name and original
signature of the person making the statement.
Statement from school: A statement on the letterhead of the
dependent's post-secondary school that identifies the
dependent, certifies that he or she is a full-time student,
identifies the courses being taken, the credit hours being
carried and provides the expected graduation date. The
statement must include the phone number, name and original
signature of the school official making the statement.
Statement from physician: A statement on the letterhead of
the dependent's physician identifying the dependent and the
certifying physician. It must identify the dependent's
condition, describe the symptoms, provide a prognosis and
certify that the dependent is physically/mentally unable to
establish, re-establish or maintain a home of his or her own.
The statement must include the phone number, name and
original signature of the physician making the statement.
DOS Forms.
DS-2003, Notification of Appointment of Foreign Diplomatic
Officer and Career Consular Officer.
DS-2004, Notification of Appointment of Foreign Government
Employee.
Form I-566 Instructions (Rev. 03/30/06) N
I-566, Interagency Record of Request -
Instructions
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
A, G or NATO Dependent Employment Authorization
or Change/Adjustment to/from A, G or NATO Status