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.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Mar 29, 2022 Direct PDF available

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

National