New CILA SIJS AOS Resource
2021 has been a busy year for adjusting status (AOS) based on special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS). After years of waiting for priority dates to become current, the Department of …
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CILA Published in the Juvenile Justice Update
CILA Senior Staff Attorneys Yasmin Yavar and Vickie Giambra had their article, “The Impact of Unaccompanied Children on a Juvenile Justice Practice,” published in the Fall 2019 edition of Juvenile …
Adjusting Without Jurisdiction: A Cautionary Tale
Feeling anxious about visa availability for your client with an approved SIJ petition? Long wait times for visa availability to adjust status for SIJ beneficiaries from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, …
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Certification, Backlogs and Visa Retrogression: Advocating for SIJ beneficiaries to remain in the US to adjust status
We have heard from many of you over the past several months that it has become increasingly difficult to obtain a continuance in immigration court for your Special Immigrant Juvenile …