Practice Advisory: Removal Orders Entered Against Special Immigrant Juveniles Harmed by the State Department’s Illegal Action
This practice alert offers strategies for practitioners representing special immigrant juveniles who received removal orders because they lacked an available visa, and whose “final action date”—the date that determines when they have a visa available—was incorrectly calculated because of the State Department’s error.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from National Immigration Project on Removal Defense; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
Topics
Removal defense
Consular practice
Special immigrant
Children and SIJS
Workflows
Immigration court deadline
Children and SIJS
Consular, visa, and 9 FAM
Forums
Cross-forum
Jurisdictions
National