DREAM ACT
Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors
The DREAM ACT has 5 basic requirements
If you meet the above criterai, once the DREAM ACT passes, you will then have 6 years within which to obtain a two-year college degree or complete two-yeaers of military service. You can start petitioning for removal of conditional status from your lawful residency 180 days before the 6th year, and can proceed to apply for naturalization. The years spent in conditional permanent residency also appy towards naturalization. Higher Education Assistance
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- You entered the country before the age of 16
- You graduate high school or obtain a GED
- You have good moral character (no criminal record); and
- You have at least 5 years of continuous presence in the US prior to the passage of the bill.
- You are 34 years old or younger
If you meet the above criterai, once the DREAM ACT passes, you will then have 6 years within which to obtain a two-year college degree or complete two-yeaers of military service. You can start petitioning for removal of conditional status from your lawful residency 180 days before the 6th year, and can proceed to apply for naturalization. The years spent in conditional permanent residency also appy towards naturalization. Higher Education Assistance
- The DREAM Act of 2009 (S. 729) repeals Section 505 of the Illegal ImmigrationReform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623) and allows states to give tuition benefits to undocumented students.
- Conditional residency is still lawful green card legal residency,only it is re-evaluated after 6 years and contingent on the requirements described above.Students will be able to drive, work, get federal work study, partake in most activities as legal residents except travel abroad for lengthy periods (an aggregate of 365 days within6 years) and Pell Grants eligibility.*The DREAM Act is likely to be considered alongside a comprehensive immigration bill.** Please note, the DREAM Act does not cancel a final order of removal or deportation.***Also, stipulations may change as amendments are added and removed.
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