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Edu, I called them today to ask about this situtation. Have you had any luck on your side? The CA Dream Act was passed before Deferred Action. The Dream Act became available the first day of 2013 whereas Deferred Action began in August 2012. So I assume that they had not had the time to sort things out in the short amount of time. I want to say that the ITIN number is a way for them to obtain some sort of identity from you. Besides, this is the number that many Dreamers have used for their taxes. But now that many of us now have access to our own SSN a lot of us have rescinded out ITIN. As of right now, the California Dream Act ONLINE application is down for maintenance. So I would not be surprised if this question is changed from ITIN to (ITIN or SSN). Or at least that is what I think would be reasonable. So like I said, I called them today and asked whether I could write my SSN instead. They will contact me next week with an answer. Will keep you posted. ~J.C.

If I am informed correctly, the calgrant is only available for 2 years so use it wisely. Personal advice, or at least what I plan to do, as a community college student I will apply for the 2013-2014 application. This way the cal grant will help me when I am at a CSU/UC. I assume that the financial assistance will be greater at those levels. I'd rather struggle paying for community college which now should be easier especially with the CA Bog Waiver. And Tavo is correct. The online application for the 2013-2014 academic year does not open up until January 14. However, you can download the paper application and mail it as of today. And if you look around the website "http://www.csac.ca.gov/dream_act.asp" you will see that you can begin the 2012-2013 application. Note: 2012-2013. I am assuming that the applciation would be for the concurrent academic year. But as you know, we have already completed one semester, so I don't know if that would count as a year. I would recommend watching this video " Its regarding the CA Dream Act. Its kind of long, but there is some good information.

Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate it.

I am a little confused. The filling fee for Form I-765 is $380 and the biometric service fee is $85. I am not sure wether to send 1 money order in the amount of $465 or two different money orders ($380 and $85). What did you do, and did you have any problems? Was your application aproved? Thanks