The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1996 (CAA) provides that Cuban nationals or citizens and their accompanying spouses and children are permitted to petition for lawful permanent resident. The CAA also authorizes Cuban nationals and citizens, subject to the discretion of the Attorney General, the right to adjust status in the United States, provided that they have been present in the United States at least one year after admission or parole and are admissible as immigrants. The numerical limitations or caps applicable to most family and employment-based immigration do not apply to adjustments under the CAA. Additionally, the public charge ground of inadmissibility does not apply to applicants filing for benefits under the CAA. Lastly, an applicant for immigration who would otherwise be inadmissible in large part because of arrival at a place other than an open port of entry, is not applicable to an immigrant petitioner under the Cuban Adjustment Act, as long as he or she has been paroled.

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