Survey about SIJS advocates' experience with the USCIS Contact Center

The End SIJS Backlog Coalition is collecting anecdotes about advocates' experience raising issues in SIJS clients' cases with the USCIS Contact Center.

Survey about ICE/OPLA practices vis a vis SIJS-eligible children

The End SIJS Backlog Coalition is tracking implementation of ICE prosecutorial discretion practices vis a vis children eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status who are in the green card backlog, including ICE implementation of the Victim-Centered Approach Memo and ICE OPLA implementation of the Doyle Prosecutorial Discretion Memo.

Survey about USCIS’s implementation of the SIJS deferred action policy

The End SIJS Backlog Coalition is tracking implementation of USCIS’s deferred action policy for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status beneficiaries who are in the SIJS green card backlog. We are particularly interested in hearing about cases where USCIS denied or terminated deferred action.

Survey about work authorization request decisions for SIJS deferred action recipients

The End SIJS Backlog Coalition is tracking implementation of USCIS’s deferred action policy for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status beneficiaries who are in the SIJS green card backlog. decision—whether approval or denial—on the I-765 application. We are especially interested to hear about any problems or notable trends you have observed with these adjudications.

Survey about SIJS recipients with certain barriers to seeking adjustment of status

Please complete this survey if you have an SIJS client (individual with a pending or approved Form I-360 SIJS petition) who has not yet adjusted status and has one or more of the following obstacles: (1) is outside the United States; (2) has a DHS-issued removal order, or (3) has an EOIR-issued removal order and OPLA has not agreed, or has not timely responded, to your request to join a motion to reopen.