Can someone with DACA apply for citizenship?

Some Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients may be able to apply for permanent resident legal status. You may be able to petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an immigrant visa if you have an immediate relative like a spouse with U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residence.

Can DACA leave the country?

USCIS will only grant advance parole for travel outside the United States to DACA recipients pursuant to the new guidance, which provides for a determination that parole is for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. In other words, persons with DACA status can’t travel for any reason.

Does DACA provide a pathway to citizenship?

DACA does not provide a path to permanent residency (a green card) or citizenship. According to USCIS , DACA does not provide lawful status. Rather what it does is to provide an individual with the assurance that he/she will not be removed from the United States for a period of two years.

Can DACA recipients become citizens?

But without the DACA program that would be nearly impossible because DACA recipients cannot apply to become the U.S. citizens and can’t become residents despite what many people think.

How can DACA become citizens?

As the start time for a permanent resident status has never applied to the DACA recipients, they will never get to 5 years resident status to qualify unless they have married a US Citizen, and then get only 3 years to wait under the current law. Thank you for the A2A, Brenda.

Are DACA eligible for citizenship?

DACA recipients cannot apply for US citizenship because they can’t become permanent residents. They do not have a path to permanent residency because they don’t qualify for that, let alone citizenship. It is not as simple as them not applying for citizenship. They have to qualify first and most of them do not.