He United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for its acronym in English), has various categories to be able to provide faster and more efficient responses to certain applicants. To make known the details of each of them, issues various guidelines on the submission of forms and has just announced changes for certain petitioners.
The agency published a statement on its website announcing the update of its policy manual with the intention of clarifying how certain petitioners for special immigrant youth (SIJ) classification, or their representatives, They must present their documentation.
The change refers specifically to Form I-360, or Petition for Amerasian, Widowed, or Special Immigrant, and, It is basically related to the age of the applicants.
Now, if to the petitioner He is less than two weeks away from turning 21 years old.it is still possible to present the corresponding form to regularize your immigration status, as long as you do it in persondirectly before a local USCIS office, that is, you cannot do it by mail.
Migrants under 21 years of age have access to special conditions.
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Why can minors file Form I-360 with Uscis?
The reason for the change announced by Uscis regarding the submission of a form by someone under the classification of special immigrant youth is provide them with the benefits they are entitled to before they expire.
Uscis explained that minors under the SIJ category who want to regularize their immigration status, for example by obtaining permanent residence based on their circumstances, in this case due to their age, They must apply before turning 21 years old.
The problem is that the authorities have detected that, due to delays in the juvenile courts when issuing judicial determinations, sometimes people are not in time to complete their procedure. With this new announced measure of allowing the petitioners themselves to appear in person at the offices, It will ensure that your case is evaluated on time.
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