How to Solve the Problem of #Fairness4Legals

Alongside the DREAM Act, adopt a category of immigration simply based on consecutive years spent in the United States with legal status, similar to the Indefinite Leave to Remain system in the UK.

I am sick and tired of seeing the news and no attention is brought to children of parents that were on legal non-immigrant visas for years but failed to get the green card on time and letting their children age out. The system is so broken, and at this point, I am rather disappointed that my parents did not decide to move to a country such as Canada or the UK, where I most certainly would have established permanent residence by now.

Absolutely no.

There is one for people who are living in the u.s even if illegally. Must have been here before 1972. At some point they will have to move the date, but I believe it is the attorney general who does that. Say they move it to 2001, my arrival date, I would become elegible for a green card.

Nothing in law allows the Registry Date to be moved forward administratively. Otherwise we wouldn't be in this mess.

You talking about overstay?

My situation was similar. Nonimmigrant visa, requested i485 (on time), ran out of status well before we heard back.

Yes, same boat as you @kyungwc


It's a little comforting to see others in same situation.

No, I've been under F2, and currently under F1 status. I'll have to graduate soon and it's either desperately finding a job under OPT, possibly pigeonholing myself, or try to see if I can get into a master's program. I have aged out of being a minor child, so I have to wait 6+ years to get a green card under my parents, but maintaining status in the United States during the wait is my problem. Being a mediocre student is really biting me in the butt right now.

If you look up #Fairness4Legals on twitter, it's referring to how legal immigrants feel the need of an overall immigration reform altogether, because the GC backlogs can get even more ridiculous and DREAMers don't have to wait in such lines to get their green cards if the law passes, and the law applying exclusively to DREAMers without legal status isn't helping with the sentiment either.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigrat...her-categories

I would have qualified under the "private life" section (1) (iv), (v), and currently (vi) if my parents decided to move to the UK instead of the US. There is no direct equivalent of this in the US, and the DREAM act would have been the closest thing had it not exclude aliens that maintained legal status.

you are in the wrong forum.

this place is for dreamers.

you have continuously maintained non immigrant status, now you want immigration relief?

just no.

DREAMers are effected by the backlog too. I also aged out of parents petition. You are lucky you have options such as OPT and student visa. And if you leave the US you won't be faced with the 10 year ban. We all agree the immigration system needs to be reformed, but this forum is for DREAM Act.