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How to get a Green Card Through DACA

opt-1In 2012, the USCIS began granting certain undocumented aliens employment authorization for a period of two-year years under the program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA for short. Approved DACA applicants may also be eligible for Advance Parole, which allows them to travel outside of the United States and to re-enter, provided that it was for humanitarian, educational or employment purposes.

DACA applicants are undocumented – meaning that they did not enter the country with inspection. Generally, undocumented aliens cannot adjust their status and get a green card even if they are married to a United States citizen. Advance Parole under DACA may provide a loophole.

Example:

Valeria was brought to the United States by her parents without inspection when she was 3 years old. She graduated high school in 2010 and was approved for employment authorization under DACA in 2012. In 2013, her grandmother in Mexico and became terminally ill. She obtained Advance Parole under DACA and was able to visit her grandmother for the last time before she passed. She returned to the United States after a two week stay. In 2014, she married her longtime boyfriend, John, who is a United States citizen. Since Valeria was able to provide proof that she re-entered the United States legally in 2013 under Advance Parole, John can petition her for a green card and she can now adjust her status without a ten-year ban or the need for a provisional waiver. She would not be able to adjust her status if she hadn’t visited her grandmother and re-entered under Advance Parole because her only entry prior to that was without inspection.

If you have been approved under DACA, or if you may be eligible, please contact us so that we can arrange a viable strategy for you.

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En el 2012 la oficina de Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS) empezó a otorgar permisos de trabajo a ciertas personas indocumentadas por un periodo de dos años bajo el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA). Las personas que fueron aprobadas bajo este programa pueden ser eligibles para un Documento de Permiso Adelantado (Advance Parole), que les permitirá viajar fuera del país y reingresar a los Estados Unidos; siempre y cuando sea un viaje con propósito humanitario, educacional, o de empleo.

Los solicitantes del programa DACA son indocumentados—simplemente quiere decir que ingresaron al país sin inspección. Generalmente, las personas indocumentadas no pueden aplicar para un Ajuste de Estatus y obtener su mica dentro de los Estados Unidos aunque estén casados con un ciudadano Americano. El documento de Permiso Adelantado bajo el programa de DACA, podría ser una solución.

Ejemplo:

Valeria fue traída a los Estados Unidos por sus padres cuando tenia tres años. Se gradúo de la Preparatoria en el 2010. En el 2012 aplico para el programa DACA y fue aprobada. En el 2013 su abuela se enfermo gravemente y estuvo hospitalizada en Mexico. Valeria aplico para su Documento de Permiso Adelantado bajo el programa de DACA, fue aprobada, y así tuvo la oportunidad de visitar a su abuela antes de que falleciera.

Después de dos semanas de viaje, Valeria regreso a los Estados Unidos. En el 2014, se caso con su novio de la preparatoria, John, quien es ciudadano Americano. Como Valeria tenia un comprobante de que ingreso legalmente a los Estados Unidos en el 2013 con su Permiso Adelantado, John la puede pedir y pueden aplicar para un Ajuste de Estatus sin que Valeria sea sujeta a un castigo de 10 años o la necesidad de un perdón provisional. Sin el Documento de Permiso Adelantado, Valeria no podría ir a visitar a su abuela, y mucho menos hacer un Ajuste de Estatus en los Estado Unidos por que su única entrada anterior fue sin inspección.

Si usted ha sido aprobado bajo el program de DACA, o si usted califica para DACA, llamenos para fijar una estrategia viable para su caso.

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