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New Executive Action for Parents (Deferred Action for Parental Accountability)

executive action, DAPA, Chicago immigration attorneyWHO CAN APPLY (does not mean you should apply):

  • Parents of residents or U.S. citizens born on or before November 20, 2014;
  • That has been present in the country since January 1, 2010 and were physically present on November 20, 2014;
  • Continues physically present in the U.S. until May, 2015;
  • Has no immigration status;
  • That is not a “priority for deportation.”

SUMMARY OF THE THREE PRIORITIES FOR DEPORTATION:

  • PRIORITY ONE: terrorism, gangs, with felony crimes;
  • PRIORITY TWO: with three minor charges, with “significant” misdemeanors, as DUI, domestic violence or that impose 90 days or more in prison; visa abusers that entered after January 1, 2014;
  • PRIORITY THREE: those with deportation order after January 1, 2014.

BENEFITS OF APPLYING:

  • A pause of being deportable for 3 years;
  • An employment permit if requires to work;
  • Right to travel for purposes of employment, school or humanitarian reasons;
  • Possible residence process for those with immediate relatives U.S. citizens when reentering with “advance parole”;
  • Stop accumulating unlawful presence while is valid.

RISKS IN APPLYING:

  • A “turn yourself in” and “we probably will not deport you” and “likely to give an employment permit ” Nothing more.
  • There is not right to receive it or appeal if it is denied;
  • Those that are suspected of commit fraud in the process will be the first to be deported;
  • May be revoked in January 2017.

REVISION AND RECOMMENDATION YOU WILL GET WHEN HIRE KATZ LAW OFFICE:

  • Our Chicago immigration lawyers will provide you with a list of documents that will give you the most probability to make you eligible with the minimal risk to cause a problem;
  • We send and review your prints to the FBI if you have been arrested;
  • We will review your documents, personal history, current profile and purpose of wanting to apply, and we will provide you with a letter indicating (1) an explanation of the benefits and risks for you personally when (a) applying and (b) is it’s revoked in January 2017; and (2) our opinion on whether or not to apply.
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