I-687 Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act

The 1986 legalisation application. It is still filed by class members in the long-running CSS, LULAC, and Zambrano lawsuits, who were shut out of the original programme. It is a historic remedy with a very small living population.

USCISEdition 01/20/25Paper only

Fee: $1,240
Fee waiver: Not available
Who files: Late legalisation class members under the 1986 amnesty litigation.
Where to file: By mail to the USCIS office named in the instructions.

Usually filed with

I-690Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility Under Sections 245A or 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
I-698Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident (Under Section 245A of the INA)
I-765Application for Employment Authorization

Part of these processes

Alien registrationEveryone

What changed in 2025 and 2026

Filed only by class members in the CSS, LULAC and Zambrano late-legalisation litigation; the population is small and shrinking.

Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-687. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.