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Section 245i allows you to get a green card through adjustment of status without having to leave the United States even if you violated or overstayed your status or entered the country unlawfully.

If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The final action date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits.

You have reached the front of the line when your priority date becomes "current." The U.S. Department of State publishes a monthly visa bulletin that lists the priority dates which have become current.

An alien applying for adjustment of status under this part has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she has resided in the United States for the requisite periods, is admissible to the United States under the provisions of section 245a of the Act, and is otherwise eligible for adjustment ...

The Immigration and Nationality Act was enacted in 1952, while Section 245(i) was included by Congress in 1994. Section 245(i) aims to provide undocumented immigrants with a legal means of changing their unlawful status to lawful status and obtaining lawful permanent residence.

Section 245(i) of the immigration law allows certain persons who normally would be ineligible to adjust their status to permanent residence in the United States to do so under certain conditions.

For the purposes of Section 245(i) INA, an application or petition received via private mail service after the sunset date shall be considered the same as a package with an illegible or missing postmark.

The visa bulletin is issued every month by the Department of State. It shows which green card applications can move forward, based on when the I-130 petition that starts the green card process was originally filed.