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RIN: 1615-AB81

Publication ID: Spring 2015

Title: Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification and related applications for adjustment of status to permanent resident. Special Immigrant Juvenile classification is a humanitarian protection for children who cannot be reunified with one or both parents is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis found under State law. This final rule implements updates to eligibility requirements and other changes made by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-457. The Department received comments on the proposed rule in 2011 and intends to issue a final rule in the coming year.
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 204 8 CFR 205 8 CFR 245
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1151 8 U.S.C. 1153 8 U.S.C. 1154

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/06/2011	76 FR 54978
NPRM Comment Period End	11/07/2011
Final Rule	04/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Andria Strano Chief, Humanitarian Affairs Division Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of Policy and Strategy, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009 Phone:240 721-3000