USCIS Updates Guidance for Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions
Updated: Feb 25, 2024 |
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification to protect immigrant children present in the US who have been subjected to abuse, neglect, or abandonment by one or both parents. To qualify, these children must obtain specific findings from a state juvenile court. The SIJ program provides a potential…