New Green Card Rules for non-Nagric children in America: How will it affect Indians?
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new rule for calculating the age of non-citizen children applying for green cards on their parents’ petitions. It has been said that, starting from August 15, the date of final action will be used to calculate the child’s age rather than the current rule of considering the dates to file the date. This means that more children will get out soon.An unmarried foreign child should be under 21 years of age, which is for a family-employed, employment-based or diversity visa based on the approved petition of his parents to obtain a valid permanent status in the United States. If they get out of age 21 more during the immigration process, they are usually not eligible for immigration based on their parents’ petition.The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) helps some children to be eligible for the previous one green card of their 21st birthday, which protects them from “aging” due to prolonged processing delays.In February 2023, the USCIS expanded this safety by allowing dates for chart filing, often beyond the final action dates charts, to determine when the visa is “available for CSPA purposes”. It allows many families to file soon and locks up at the age of a child under 21 years of age.“If an alien is applying for adjustment of a family-based, employment-based priority, or a variety of visas, they should seek to get a legitimate permanent residence within a year, when a visa is available to benefit from CSPA age calculation. It also makes it clear that we demand failure to achieve a foreigner. If a foreigner displays extraordinary circumstances to not apply for adjustment of the situation during the period of February 14, 2023, then the policy before August 15, 2025, we will calculate the CSPA age under February. 14, 2023, policy, “USCIS said.
How will it affect Indian families?
Children can now be 21 years old before reaching the date of final action, and thus they have to switch to a separate petition. Since the rules are to be implemented from August 15, Indian families can adjust the status application as soon as the chart allows the filing chart, especially before August 15, 2025, to lock in more favorable CSPA age calculations.
