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USCIS announced plans to update its Manual to reflect the policy changes to the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) made on February 14, 2023. The CSPA is designed to protect individuals with petitions filed for them as children but will ?age? out by turning 21 before their visa becomes available.

If someone applies for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status as a child but turns 21 before being approved for LPR status (also known as getting a Green Card), that person can no longer be considered a child for immigration purposes.

CSPA calculator helps find CSPA age for USA green card. Use I-130 or I-140 details to find if child age can be locked below 21 yrs. USCIS allows both Date of filing and Final action dates.

If the calculated ?CSPA age? is under 21, then even though the person's biological age is over 21, they will still be able to immigrate as if they are under 21. In order to use a CSPA age, they must also ?seek to acquire? within one year (see below for more on the ?seek to acquire? requirement).

The CSPA also covers the children of Legal Permanent Residents (LPR), and the children of the aliens who are in the process of filing immigration petitions.

The applicant's calculated CSPA age must be under 21 years old; The applicant must remain unmarried; and. The applicant must have sought to acquire lawful permanent residence within 1 year of visa availability, absent extraordinary circumstances.

Under the new CSPA rule, the child is not considered to have aged out and would be eligible for a Green Card through his/her parents as the child's age was locked in on the very date of filing, i.e. under the Dates of Filing chart rather than under the old rule locked in under the Final Action chart.

CSPA allows children who turn 21 years old after a refugee application is filed but prior to adjudication to continue to be classified as children and remain eligible for derivative refugee status.