u/HeadCountry229

I Got DEFERRED ACTION AUTOMATICALLY AFTER BIOMETRICS , 14 days after

Hello, brothers and sisters. My lawyer said that once Deferred Action under SIJS is approved, the initial application for a work permit takes between 2 to 6 months to be approved—and that renewals are the ones that take longer. Is this true?

Updated Guidance to Practitioners in Light of Recent

Developments in A.C.R. v. Noem1

February 18, 2026

• SIJS beneficiaries whose SIJS petitions were approved on or after April 7, 2025 and

before June 6, 2025. These youth are entitled to a SIJS DA adjudication that gives

appropriate weight to the SIJS approval and the factors underlying the SIJS approval, as

set forth in the pre-rescission Policy Manual. While the court did not order any timeframe

by which USCIS had to conduct these adjudications, as of February 2026, practitioners

have reported grants of SIJS DA for some young people in this posture—without the

young person having filed any G-325A or separate DA request.

o Again, no Form G-325A or separate DA request is required; USCIS must

automatically adjudicate DA without any action on the part of the SIJS

beneficiary.

So, for that group of individuals approved between April 7 and June 6—according to this memo—they do not need to submit a G-325A Deferred Action petition, since the government is required to evaluate them under the previous policy of automatic discretion rather than by petition. Is that correct?

Brothers, do you think the current situation remains the same as it was on the date this conversation was published a year ago?

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