"Stricter Standard From August 15" — USCIS Ends Favorable Child Status Protection Act Policy For Green Card Applicants - TheNigeriaLawyer

US Unveils New Green Card Rules for Children

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a policy update clarifying that the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin will now be used to determine when a visa becomes available for calculating age under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The updated guidance, which takes effect for requests filed on or after August 15, 2025, will be applied consistently by both USCIS and the St…

US updates CSPA rule, impacting immigrant children’s Green Card eligibility

Highlights: USCIS will implement a revised CSPA rule on August 15, 2025. Final Action Dates chart will be the only basis for CSPA age calculations. Dates for Filing chart will no longer be used. Change applies to applications filed on or after August 15, 2025. Applicants must file for adjustment of status within one year of visa availability unless extraordinary circumstances apply. Indian EB-2 and EB-3 families are expected to be most aff…

US changes rule on protecting immigrant children from losing green card eligibility

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an important update to its Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) policy manual, effective August 15, 2025. Under the new guidance, visa availability for the purposes of calculating CSPA age will be determined solely using the Final Action Dates chart from the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin. This marks a major change from the previous practice, where USCIS relied on th…

"Stricter Standard From August 15" — USCIS Ends Favorable Child Status Protection Act Policy For Green Card Applicants - TheNigeriaLawyer

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will revise how it determines a child’s eligibility for a green card under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), adopting a stricter standard from August 15, 2025. The CSPA, enacted in 2002, was designed to prevent children from “aging out” of eligibility due to lengthy immigration backlogs. Under U.S. law, applicants must be under 21 to qualify as a “child,” but delays can cause them to lo…

US To Tighten Green Card Age Rules For Children From August 15

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement a stricter standard for determining children’s eligibility for green cards under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) from August 15, 2025. The CSPA, enacted in 2002, was designed to prevent children from losing eligibility due to lengthy immigration processing times. Under U.S. immigration law, an […] The post US to Tighten Green Card Age Rules for Children from Aug…