Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant

Purpose of Form :

This petition is used to classify an alien as: 1. An Amerasian; 2. A Widow or Widower; 3. A Battered or Abused Spouse or Child of a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident; or 4. A special immigrant. A special immigrant is defined as one of the following: A. Religious Worker; B. Panama Canal Company Employee, Canal Zone Government Employee, U.S. Government in the Canal Zone Employee; C. Physician; D. International Organization Employee or Family Member; E. Juvenile Court Dependent; F. Armed Forces Member; G. Afghanistan or Iraq national who supported the U.S. Armed Forces as a translator; or H. Iraq national who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. Government in Iraq.

Number of Pages :

Form 12; Instructions 10.

Edition Date :

12/30/09 N. Previous versions not accepted.

Where to File :

Please note that the filing locations have recently changed.

Please review the Filing Chart listed in "Related Links" in the upper right corner of this web page for the most current guidance on where to file your application. 

Filing Fee :

$375

Special Instructions :

There will be no fee for:

• Amerasians; however, Amerasian sponsors must pay the $80 biometrics services fee (Box 2a on the form);
• Self-petitioning battered or abused spouses, parents or children of U.S. citizens or permanent residents (Box 2i or 2j on the form);
• Special Immigrant Juveniles (Box 2c. on the form); or,
• Iraqi Nationals who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. Government in Iraq (Box 2l on the form).
• For all others, the fee will be $375.

Note: Attestation for Special Immigrant Religious Worker Classification

Effective November 26, 2008, all petitioners filing the I-360 petitions for special immigrant religious workers are required to submit the Employer Attestation contained in the Form I-360. If applicable, the petitioner is also required to submit the Religious Denomination Certification contained in the Form I-360. Please refer to the form's instructions for further details.

Note: Widow(er)s of Deceased U.S. Citizens

If you are the widow(er) of a U.S. citizen, a recent change in the law may affect your ability to immigrate.  Section 568(c) of Public Law 111-83 amended the Immigration and Nationality Act so that you may be eligible to immigrate, even if you and your deceased spouse were married for less than 2 years when your spouse died.  This change took effect on October 28, 2009, when the President signed the new law.  As a result, you may now file Form I-360 for Special immigrant classification as a widow/widower, even if you were married less than 2 years when your spouse died.

You must still file your Form I-360 no later than 2 years after the citizen’s death.  If your spouse died before October 28, 2009, however, and you were married for less than 2 years, you can file a Form I-360 for Special Immigrant Classification as a widow/widower, so long as you do so no later than October 28, 2011.

Your eligibility to immigrate as the widow(er) of a U.S. citizen ends if you remarry before you immigrate.

Please note: This is a large file (1.36 MB). We recommend that you not fill out the form from within your web browser, but instead download it to your computer (for PC/Windows users by "right-clicking" on the link below and selecting "Save Target As") and open it from Adobe Reader.

• Download I-360 (311KB PDF)
• Download Instructions for Completing Form I-360 (143KB PDF)
• Download Checklist for Religious Workers (126KB PDF)
• Download G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance (NaNKB PDF)