Tag: Can you adjust your status while having a pending asylum application?

Short answer: Yes—but only under narrow, highly fact‑specific circumstances. A pending asylum application typically places you in a protective procedural bubble; exiting that bubble incorrectly can undo hard‑won protections. Yet, for some applicants, adjusting status (“AOS”) is the most direct path to permanent residence. Because immigration law is both federal and dynamic, what was true…