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USCIS and State Department enhance Central American Minors Program

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited States
Operative dateApril 11, 2023
CategoryHumanitarian, family
Policy toolEntry exit
Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

USCIS and the State Department updated Central American Minors Program eligibility criteria, expanding access for qualifying parents and legal guardians with certain pending asylum, U, or T applications or petitions.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: USCIS and the State Department updated Central American Minors Program eligibility criteria, expanding access for qualifying parents and legal guardians with certain pending asylum, U, or T applications or petitions.

Official source excerpt

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STATE [CIS No. 2724-22; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2022-0009] RIN 1615-ZB98 Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Central American Minors Program AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State. ACTION: Notice of enhancements to the Central American Minors Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces enhancements to the Central American Minors (CAM) Program by, among other things, updating certain eligibility criteria for program … announced the second phase of the CAM Program reopening, which included extended eligibility to request access to the CAM Program as an additional part of a ``multi- pronged approach to address the challenges of irregular migration throughout North and Central America.'' \62\ Eligibility for completing AORs to request access to USRAP for their qualifying children was extended to parents or legal guardians with pending asylum applications or who were victims of crime with pending U visa petitions,\63\ filed before May 15, 2021. This eligibility date was established as a cutoff to prevent frivolous filings solely for the purpose of gaining access to the CAM Program. This date will be updated to extend eligibility to qualifying parents and legal guardians with pending applications for asylum or U visa petitions filed on or before April 11, 2023. Additionally, requestor eligibility will now extend to parents or legal guardians with pending applications for T nonimmigrant status \64\ filed on or before April 11, 2023. New applications consistent with these new dates and categories of eligibility are contingent upon the approval of an updated Form DS-7699. -------------------------------------- …
Federal Register 88 FR 21694Federal Register 88 FR 21694. USCIS and State Department enhance Central American Minors Program. Effective 2023-04-11.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/11/2023-07592/bureau-of-population-refugees-and-migration-central-american-minors-program

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