USCIS updates policy manual guidance on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)

November 18, 2020

USCIS is clarifying existing guidance on the CSPA in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how the CSPA applies to “derivatives of widows and widowers, guidance for which immigrant petition is used to calculate the CSPA age for adjustment of status applicants, and the one-year “sought to acquire” requirement for permanent residence and how applicants may satisfy the requirement. Specific contents can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20201113-CSPA.pdf