USCIShas updated its Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) webpage to confirm that aninterfiling request, a written request to transfer the underlying basis of a pendingadjustment of status application, meets the “sought to acquire” requirementunder the CSPA.
Underthe CSPA, certain derivative, unmarried, child applicants for a Green Card areprotected from the risk of “aging out”, or reaching age 21, before their GreenCard Application is adjudicated by USCIS.
Tobe eligible for protection under the CSPA, an unmarried, child applicant whohas filed Form I-485 must seek to acquire lawful permanent resident statuswithin 1 year of a visa becoming available. This is referred to as the“sought to acquire” requirement.
Previously,the only ways to meet the “sought to acquire” requirement were as follows:
· Filing Form I-485;
· Submitting Form DS-260;
· Paying the GreenCard fee to the Department of State;
· Paying the FormI-864 review fee to the Department of State; or
· Having a FormI-824 filed on one’s behalf.
USCIShas clarified that interfiling is also now included in the list above, as an interfilingrequest meets the “sought to acquire” requirement under the CSPA.