; (2) the child, or the child’s legal representative, requests such work authorization; and (3) any employment in which the child may engage complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). . (d) Adjustment of status early filing for nonimmigrants with approved immigrant petitions Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255 ) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Status as person admitted for permanent residence on application and eligibility for immigrant visa The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Secretary and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, may adjust the status of an alien who was inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States or the status of any other alien with an approved petition for classification as a VAWA self-petitioner if— (1) the alien makes an application for such adjustment; (2) the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant visa and is admissible to the United States for permanent residence; and (3) an immigrant visa is immediately available to the alien at the time the alien’s application is adjudicated. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (n) Adjustment of status application after an approved immigrant petition (1) Application An alien who has an approved immigrant petition may file an adjustment of status application under subsection (a), which, if the alien is otherwise eligible, shall remain pending until a visa number becomes available. (2) Status An admissible alien who has properly filed an adjustment of status application under subsection (a) shall, throughout the pendency of such application— (A) have a lawful status and be considered lawfully present for purposes of section 212