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Hello raw, I attended a community meeting that was set up by immigration lawyers, the first I thing I asked them was if selective service was a requirement to apply for deferred action and their answer was no. You can disregard this post.

Diana: Unless you're not sure or for some reason can't remember if you ever had an encounter with the law, than it is suggested that you get a criminal check just to make sure if you need to contact a lawyer or not. Getting a criminal check yourself is optional. If you never had an encounter with the law, you don't necessarily need to get one. (for what, you know nothing's going show.) Just like Itzel, I will not be getting a background check myself. P.S this info I received from lawyers at a community meeting.

Hello mayra, Your worries and concerns are far understandable considering we're getting so close to the day we've waited for so much. We all want our application process to go smooth and successful. So mayra, from the information I've seen from various sources, it all suggests that we will be getting our applications online, meaning you print them, fill them out. Once everything is ready you then send them to a specific adress depending on your region along with a money order. I've also read, that in the case your application and evidence is being reviewed and the adjudicator finds the evidence insufficient, they will send you a letter to request more evidence. This will obviously delay your application process for review. So the first time you think you're ready to send your app and evidence, be sure you send them as much evidence possible. Note: Official guidelines are to be released the 15th, all information above is not official.

Dreamsearcher, I have seen from multiple sources that the more evidence you can provide the better. However, I have also seen that if you're going to present any evidence, it cannot have fake/false information about you. You're work stub are good evidence to show, something very important to look at is that these stubs show a fake or made up SS# that is not yours. If that's the case, it is not a good idea to show them. It does not matter if an applicant has worked using a fake or made up ss# as long as you don't give them evidence showing fraudulent information. In your case, it is the fake SS# on your stubs. Think of other ways to get evidence, ask your employer to provide the job contract. If you have a bank account, use the monthly statements. Here's a link you might find useful - http://unitedwedream.org/resources/deferred-action/faq/

Itzel, sorry to hear about your experience with those people. I have seen statistics about the amount of potential beneficiaries that are in states such as Texas and California. I'm almost certain that for any organization helping to offer dreamers filing their forms and such, are going to experience an overwhelming amount of people. I live in Massachusetts, I have previously attended community meetings and I can tell you that the number of people is very low. One of the meetings that I attended was announced by the radio and even so, less than twenty people attended. I'm scheduled to attend another meeting this thursday, on a big spanish community. I doubt it will surpass thirty people. But we'll see. Anyway, california and texas as I mentioned have the highest population of "undocumented aliens". Lawyers from those areas known that this means business. So guys, watch out with lawyers. Yes they know the law, but there is no such thing as deferred action lawyer. NO SUCH THING. I will keep everyone posted about what I hear on this upcoming meeting.

Hi Itzel, Do you plan to submit your IDS as they or are you making copies of them?

$34 is a very good price for an agency to translate and notarize a document. I paid $89 dollars for my birth certificate's translation and notarization. When I first began looking for an agency I found one that was charging up to $100. The more they charge it doesn't mean they are greedy or such. Certain agencies just have better credibility than others. When you look for a translation agency or someone providing the service they have to have some sort of certification ( I can't remember the certification) but the USCIS will only accept those translated birth certificates done by certified agencies. Make sure you check the agency you hire, that their work gets accepted by the USCIS. (mines came with a seal, guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS) Just saying...

Hello Tano123, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska are among the U.S 50 states, Hawaii being the 50th state and Alaska the 49th and so on. Assuming that you are granted deferred action and later you're able to acquire a driver's license, that is all you will need to travel there (including the U.S virgin Islands). So to answer your question, no, advanced parole does not apply to U.S states, it does apply however, if you want to travel abroad. Here's a link which lists the necessary IDs to travel within the U.S: http://www.tsa.gov/t..._documents.shtm

klaudiaklau: I am not a lawyer, therefore I cannot give you specific advise as to what you can do. I can only advise you as I previously did, and that is to not submit documents as evidence of physical presence with false/fake information in it. My suggestion, take a good look at your payments stubs. Do they have have the fake SSN you gave to get the job on them? If the answer is not, than you perhaps it may be viable to use them as evidence. If they do have your SSN the best advise I can give you is not to show them, that might work against your application. (again I'm not a lawyer, I'm going by what I know) What you may be able to do, is go to your employer and ask him if he can provide something like a contract of your employment. Very likely that will say that amount of time you have worked for this job. Please NOTE: I am not a lawyer, and everything I expressed is subjective based. Another good advise I can give you is to find a local non-profit organization working to give Dreamers assistance with deferred action. You can also refer to pro bono lawyers in your area to better advise you about your situation, you do after all, need to show evidence. I can tell you personally, I had it planned to show payment stubs as evidence. The stubs however, showed the fake SSN that I initially provided to get the job. So these had to be excluded from my evidence. Peace

Alright, so maybe I should've learned a little about this before actually making the post. I'm glad I learned about it early enough before the actual date of the application this august 15. So what is Selective Service? Here's what I learned: Selective service is basically the governments way of knowing how many people they have in case of the need for a draft. Everyone has to do it, because there are so many federal and important forms such as the fafsa that require you fill it out. Filling it out will only mean that you're name is in the huge pool if there ever is a draft again, and trust me there will not be. Everyone does it and it's not something to be scared of, you wont go to war, its just so the army knows how many healthy young americans they have for the draft if that uneventful day ever happens. I thought I should share with all of you who like me, didn't know what this was in the first place. This of course only applies to Males who are from the ages of 18 to 26. Here is the link to their website: https://www.sss.gov/default.htm I've read that even if you're undocumented you're required to sign up, it's the law they say. Also, for us undocumented folks you cannot sign up online, that is because we don't have a valid SSN. You may sign up at your nearest U.S post office. If you're like me asking; "why do I have to sign up for this, if I'm undocumented?" Well, I guess its the law... Again, here's the link where I found this as another little requirement to prevent any problems when filling your deferred act application. http://dreamrelief.org/resources/required-documents/ To not confuse anybody, this applies to males between the ages of 18 to 26 years old.

Hi klaudiaklau, You're concern is understandable, especially considering that you got this job using a fake SSN. You're not alone though, there are thousands of people here in the U.S (including myself) working with a fake SSN. As itzel said, working under these circumstances should not affect you or make you ineligible to apply. I want to advise you of something important. Since you mention that you have had this job for six years, I assume that you plan to use the payment stubs received from your job to provide as evidence that you've lived in the U.S the past five years. BEWARE, payment stubs usually contain the SSN that you provided to the employer, what one should not do is submit evidence/documents to the USCIS with false information! Here's a link that you can refer to: http://unitedwedream.org/resources/deferred-action-faq/

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kokyamador: The way I see it, you're in one of those cases where the best thing you can do is to get yourself a lawyer. It's a risk if you've got a record. Get a lawyer he will asses your case and chances. Peace

Finding a good paying job is going to be my priority, save enough money and eventually return to school! Would really like to get a car too.

I won't tell you that this entire process is going to come off as being any cheap. The cost of of both, the work-permit and biometric check are already know, however, the cost for deferred action is not known until august 1st. You should expect everything to be pricy and save as much as possible just in case. The cost for deferred action that you were given of $465 is false though.

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But girl, I get that you're going by this one article that Dream has posted... And I absolutely agree that this is not going to come off being cheap. I already read that article dream posted, I completely understand it and there is nowhere on that article that says the cost of the deferred act application. That article only says what its already known, and that is the fees to the work-permit and the biometric check. What I'm trying to point out is that there is NO KNOW FEE for the deferred act application. This is going to come to light august 1st. I think you're misunderstanding the article by saying that the fee for deferred action is going to be $465. The article is all true, but you are misunderstanding it. I have read from different sources where up to the minute information is given, and there is nowhere I mean nowhere that you see a price for deferred action.

To my understanding, that amount of $465 is the total cost of the work-permit added with the cost of biometric $85. The deferred application cost is unknown till august 1st.

I'm the one those people who since the announcement was made, I been keeping myself informed with everything that's going. I use this forum as well as the main site (adreamact.com) to keep me up to date, as well as various other sources. I frequently log on to both sites whenever I'm free, and yes at first it irritated me a bit that even after a month of the announcement, people still seemed to be completely lost asking the same questions, when information has been released all over the news from nearly every source. Most of these people though, are all teenagers. I don't mean to be offensive or anything but that's just how most teenagers are. I just say; "inform yourself".

Hello Dramer.2012, If you've already looked at the the basic requirements, you'll see that one of the prerequisites to be eligible is that you have lived in the U.S five continuous years beginning June 15, 2007. You've also mentioned that you entered the country being 16 years of age. Truth is, if you don't have necessary documents to prove to them that you entered the country at 16 years of age or younger and, that you've lived five continuous years in the U.S than I do suggest you get yourself an attorney. What I believe truly matters, is that you can provide evidence to them that you have physically been here and entered the country at the required age(16 or younger). You should know what you can provide to them. Best of Luck