---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch12/schII/ptV"
level: "part"
label: "Part V"
heading: "Adjustment and Change of Status"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch12-schII-ptV"
sections_count: 18
---

# Part V — Adjustment and Change of Status

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality › Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality › Subchapter II — Immigration

## Sections

- [§1251. Transferred](/usc/8/1251.md)
- [§1251a. Repealed.](/usc/8/1251a.md)
- [§1252. Judicial review of orders of removal](/usc/8/1252.md)
- [§1252a. Transferred](/usc/8/1252a.md)
- [§1252b. Repealed.](/usc/8/1252b.md)
- [§1252c. Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens](/usc/8/1252c.md)
- [§1253. Penalties related to removal](/usc/8/1253.md)
- [§1254. Repealed.](/usc/8/1254.md)
- [§1254a. Temporary protected status](/usc/8/1254a.md)
- [§1254b. Collection of fees under temporary protected status program](/usc/8/1254b.md)
- [§1255. Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence](/usc/8/1255.md)
- [§1255a. Adjustment of status of certain entrants before](/usc/8/1255a.md)
- [§1255b. Adjustment of status of certain nonimmigrants to that of persons admitted for permanent residence](/usc/8/1255b.md)
- [§1256. Rescission of adjustment of status; effect upon naturalized citizen](/usc/8/1256.md)
- [§1257. Adjustment of status of certain resident aliens to nonimmigrant status; exceptions](/usc/8/1257.md)
- [§1258. Change of nonimmigrant classification](/usc/8/1258.md)
- [§1259. Record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to](/usc/8/1259.md)
- [§1260. Removal of aliens falling into distress](/usc/8/1260.md)