Adjustment of Status Through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) (June 2022)
This advisory gives an overview of the SIJS-based adjustment of status process. It will give step-by-step guidance for both the affirmative process, for young people who are not in removal proceedings, and for the defensive process, for young people who are in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from Immigrant Legal Resource Center on Removal Defense; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
Topics
Removal defense
Adjustment of status
Special immigrant
Children and SIJS
Workflows
Immigration court deadline
Children and SIJS
Naturalization and adjustment
Forums
Immigration court
Jurisdictions
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