DACA/ DEFERRED ACTION DOCUMENT CHECKLIST

IDENTITY DOCUMENTS:

  • Passport
  • Birth Certificate
  • National identity document from your country of origin bearing your photograph and/or fingerprint
  • Any U.S. government, immigration or other document bearing your name and photograph, such as: Employment Authorization Document (work card), expired visas, driver’s licenses, state identification card or other identification issued in the U.S.)
  • School issued or military identification card or form bearing your photograph and,
  • Any other identification document you think relevant

DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT YOU CAME TO THE U.S. BEFORE YOUR 16TH BIRTHDAY:

  • Passport with an admission stamp indicating the date you entered the U.S.
  • I-94/I-95/I-94W Arrival/Departure Record
  • Any INS, USCIS, Immigration Court or DHS document stating your date of entry such as a Notice to Appear or Order to Show Cause
  • Travel records, such as airline, bus or train tickets showing your dates of travel to the U.S.
  • School records from the schools
  • Hospital or medical records
  • Official records from a religious entity Any other documentation you believe relevant

DOCUMENTS SHOWING YOU WERE IN UNLAWFUL STATUS AS OF JUNE 15, 2012:
(Not applicable if you entered the U.S. without inspection (illegally) and have never been in removal/deportation proceedings)

  • I-94/I-95/I-94W Arrival/Departure Record showing the date your authorized stay expired
  • Final order of removal, deportation or exclusion issued by the Immigration Court (Executive Office for Immigration Review) as of June 15, 2012
  • Charging documents such as Notice to Appear or Order to Show Cause placing you into removal or deportation proceedings, or
  • Any other document to show that as of June 15, 2012, you were present in the U.S. after your lawful status had expired

DOCUMENTS SHOWING YOU WERE PRESENT IN THE U.S. ON JUNE 15, 2012:

  • Rent receipts, utility bills (such as gas, electric, phone, etc.), receipts or letters showing the dates during which you received those services
  • Employment records.
  • School records
  • Hospital or medical records
  • Official records from a religious
  • Military records
  • Money orders receipts for money sent in or out of the U.S
  • Your parents tax returns
  • Any other relevant document

DOCUMENTS TO SHOW YOU MEET THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS :

  • School records from the schools you are currently attending
  • Your U.S. high school diploma or certificate of completion
  • Your U.S. GED certificate, or
  • Any other relevant documentation

DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY RESIDED IN THE U.S. FROM JUNE 15, 2007 AND UP TO THE PRESENT DATE:

  • Rent receipts, utility bills (such as gas, electric, phone, etc.), receipts or letters showing the dates during which you received those services
  • Employment records.
  • School records
  • Hospital or medical records
  • Official records from a religious
  • Military records
  • Money orders receipts for money sent in or out of the U.S
  • Your parents tax returns
  • Any other relevant documents

FILING FEES AND PASSPORT PHOTOS:

  • Form I-821D: There is no filing fee for this form
    Form I-765:    $465.00
  • Filing fees cannot be waived.
  • Filing fee exemptions are available in very limited circumstances.
  • 2 passport photos