Practice Advisory: Adjustment of Status through SIJS

Adjustment of Status through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Practice Advisory

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.

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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 6th Edition

New in this Edition

Updates on court processes and options for unaccompanied minors and the U.S. immigration detention system for children
In-depth discussion of changes in policy and practice at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services that impact special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS)
In-depth discussion of defending children in removal proceedings while seeking SIJS, including changes in policy and practice related to the Covid-19 pandemic
Updated chapters on asylum, T visas, U visas, VAWA, citizenship, and more for immigrant youth
Two volumes consisting of practical legal content (Volume 1) and multiple practitioner samples (Volume 2)

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