Can CSPA help if I'm 22?

[Sanish Sabu 0]

Hi everyone, 

 

My family is currently in the process of acquiring our greencard(F4 category). However, last we checked the status, my name was dropped from the website presumably because I'm 22. Do I now apply for availing the CSPA benefit or is it automatically applied? Also, how do I calculate my CSPA age?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm getting really anxious and I feel out of control. Please help!

[NancyNguyen 1,658]

Approval date - Priority date = waiting time

 

Your age - waiting time = CSPA age.

 

CSPA age < 21, you good to go, need to let the embassy / consulate know.

 

CSPA age > 21, sorry you are not protected.
 

You are only 22 (need to be more precise with months and days) so chance is you are protected.

 

Your age is locked in when DS-260 is finished.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

The above is not quite correct, the age is locked when the priority date becomes current. However ability to claim that locked age depends on the DS260 being submitted within a year of PD being current. Most people have submitted DS260 before anyway.

 

@Sanish Sabu you will need to find out the approval date of the petition. There was a time petitions were being approved very fast and there was almost no CSPA protection, right now there is a lot, but it depends on your own priority date and approval date. If you do fall under CSPA then ask NVC to add you back to the case. NVC often gets this wrong (takes off people who qualify, leaves on people who don’t...) The interviewing officer at the embassy will automatically calculate CSPA if it is required. 
 

If you want to give date of birth, priority date, approval date I can calculate for you, or you can use CSPA calculator on website (Google), date visa is available is the first day of month of publication of visa bulletin with PD current in.