The Child Status Protection Act

The Child Status Protection Act brings relief long for children who are excluded migrate with their families because of the age ago.

The State Law Child Protection, often called CSPA became effective August 6, 2002 and benefits children who become adults 21 on August 6, 2002. It is also eligible for a child before age 6 August 2002, a petition is pending August 6, 2002, the petition is approved and a request for adjustment was filed before August 6, 2002, that no final decision has been made before August 6, 2002.

The immigration laws of the United States treat children differently son and daughters. Children are defined as under 21 years old and single. Son and daughters are married or are over 21 years old. Before the adoption of the Child Status Protection Act after reaching age 21, the child becomes either a son or a daughter and is said to have "aged out" benefits of immigration of a child. Under CSPA immediate family of a child, a child petition by a US citizen parent has its age "frozen" for the purposes of competition with the date of the parent application duly made. When the applicant parent is a legal permanent resident who becomes a citizen during the age of the child is "frozen" at the time of the naturalization of the parent company.

If the recipient is married and divorced before the age of 21 years, for this purpose, is "frozen" at the time of divorce.

In all cases, marriage or remarriage of the recipient terminates its status as "child".

The direct beneficiaries of requests for family-based preferences are beneficiaries of those who filed the petition. Often referred to as the primary beneficiary in contrast to recipients derivatives. Any family based petitions are requests from children who are not a close relative, usually the family founded 2A classification for the children of legal permanent resident. The age of the beneficiary is not determined by the filing date of the application, but the date that a visa number is available to the recipient, minus the number of days the petition was pending. The adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident or immigrant visa must be requested within one year of visa availability.

Derivative beneficiaries are the children of the family or employment based visa preference immigration. Examples are children accompanying or following to join their parents or Immigrating setting. The rules for determining the age of the children is the same as for family-based preference petitions. The age of the derivative beneficiary is not determined by the date of filing of the petition as is the case of "immediate family", but the date on which a visa number is available to the recipient, minus the number of days of the request was pending. The adjustment of status or an immigrant visa must be requested within one year of visa availability.

The term "change of state" refers to changing a person's immigration status while in the United States. "Immigration" refers to the completion of the process at a consulate before entering the United States abroad.

The "immediate relatives of US citizens" or often just "immediate family" are immigration or adjustment of status of people on the basis of the relations of parents, spouse or child of a US citizen. Immediate family do not understand the benefits of immigration for spouses and "derivatives" children. Under spouses and children preferred system benefits are given to accompany the principal applicant or follow to join.

The preference system is a complex system of numerical limits on immigration of people in the United States. The system preferences digital system is always subscribed and a waiting list is published by the State Department of the United States every month on its website.

When the child of a request for legal permanent resident 2B as expected based on the family and parents naturalize no automatic conversion request family-based first preference. Any beneficiary who petition the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or US consulate can now request (in writing) that the conversion occurs.

Where there is fear of imminent "age" for a child who is not eligible for CSPA was generally a procedure to expedite the resolution.

Child Status Protection Act does not apply to applicants for nonimmigrant visa applicants NACARA / HRIFA, Asian Americans, the applicant family unit and minor special immigrants.