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USCIS Clarifies Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification

10/15/19 AILA Doc. No. 19101593. Special Immigrant Juveniles
USCIS issued three AAO adopted decisions clarifying SIJ classification. USCIS now requires evidence of a court’s intervention to provide relief beyond a statement that the juvenile is court-dependent. The decisions go into effect October 15, 2019, and will apply to pending and future petitions.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19101593.