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 | | BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :1 Aliens who legally enter the United States may apply to INS to change their status to lawful permanent residents.\2 The aliens are to file an application (Form I-485) with INS and pay a processing fee of $130. |
 | | As shown in table 2, the number of all permanent resident status applications received monthly in the Central and Eastern regions increased from October 1994 to December 1994, peaked in December 1994, declined in January 1995, and increased in February 1995. |
 | | From October 1994 through February 1995, INS denied 8 percent, or 6,983 of the 88,911 the legal alien applications it completed.\7 On a monthly basis, the denial rate for the applications ranged between 4 and 6 percent for this period. |
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