DACA

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DACA renewals, advance parole, and long-term strategy for recipients navigating a shifting legal landscape.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

DACA has been reshaped by years of litigation. New first-time applications are not being adjudicated, but renewals continue and many DACA recipients have other long-term options they have not fully explored. We handle both the renewal itself and the broader question — given your facts, what are your other potential pathways forward.

Public affairs and communications

How We Work With DACA Clients:

  1. DACA Renewals:
    • Form I-821D and Form I-765 filings taking into account the renewal window and current processing times.
    • Review of continuous presence, education or military service, and criminal history before each renewal.

  2. DACA Advance Parole (I-131):
    • Humanitarian, educational, and employment travel requests, with risk assessment on re-entry.
    • Strategic use of advance parole to trigger adjustment eligibility for clients with a lawful entry.

  3. Long-Term Strategy:
    • Marriage-based and other family petitions, adjustment of status after advance parole, and U or VAWA eligibility where facts support it.
    • Honest conversations about whether DACA remains the strongest option or whether another path has opened up.

  4. Transition to Another Status:
    • Adjustment of status through a qualifying marriage or family petition, TPS where applicable, or employment-based options when the facts fit.

  5. Criminal-Issue Review:
    • Review of arrests, charges, and convictions that may affect renewal eligibility or long-term options.

  6. Responding to Litigation Updates.
    • Timing decisions in a legal environment that can shift with each court ruling and administration change.

What DACA Clients Get From Us:
  • Current information on the state of the program — not advice based on where DACA was five years ago.
  • A full look at long-term options, not just the next renewal.
  • Clear-eyed advice about risk: travel, criminal issues, and the program’s uncertain future.

We can help DACA recipients pursue DACA while it is available and plan for what comes next.

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