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USCIS Updates CSPA Policy Protecting More Children From Aging Out
In some positive news, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual updating when an immigrant visa number “becomes available” for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen’s age in certain situations under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). For a child to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the United States based on their parent’s approved petition for a family-sponsored or employment-based visa, the child...