Adjustment of Status and Green Card Category Asylee Refugee Eligibility People who were granted asylum status by USCIS or a relevant immigration court and have been physically present in the U.S. for at least one year since the grant.
Certain people with accrued unlawful presence in the United States may still be eligible to apply for Adjustment of Status (under 245(i), for example). Such applicants, with properly filed and pending I-485, are considered "present in the US under a period of stay authorized by the attorney...
the United States. Several factors depend on whether an individual’s pending I-485 document will be accepted, such as their marital status, military career, their nationality, and certain acts passed by Congress, and whether or not they entered the United States as a refugee or asylum seeker...