Undocumented US- legal canada

[Kaigo 0]

Hey , first time here directed by reddit.

I was brought here as a 13 year old and I am about the turn 18 and my family hasn’t done anything to file for papers for me/ I came with a tourist visa but overstayed . I don’t know what else to do and the American immigration system is depressing and not changing. And I need new options to progress my life. I am fine doing any kind of career to get a job except for prostitution lol. 

 

but I’m also trying to see if I can move to Canada to find a job or life there . 
I’m  planning to go to community college to get a career that is in need in Canda that makes it easier to go there.

im willing to do any stem degree but i am note stem inclined. 
 

does anyone know the process or can explain to me what I need to do to get the undocumented us legal entry to canda permanent resident going on?

 

I would greatly appreciate all advice!

I am currently 17 but by the time I finish community college . I’ll be 19 or 20. I can save up all my money to pay the he fees.

[TBoneTX 45,329]

Welcome to the forum!  Your thread is being moved to the Canada regional forum, where members can answer the country-specific part of your question and perhaps the other part, too.  Good luck.

[NikLR 13,227]

Under what circumstances do you think you can move to Canada? 

I think that leaving before you accrue overstay would be wise. 

[HRQX 4,145]

34 minutes ago, Kaigo said:

I was brought here as a 13 year old and I am about the turn 18 and my family hasn’t done anything to file for papers for me/ I came with a tourist visa but overstayed

If you don't have a qualifying relative (spouse or parent that is a US citizen), then there is no one that can petition you for a straightforward AOS case. You should check eligibility for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status but there are many requirements that must be met: https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fourth-preference-eb-4/special-immigrant-juveniles And you entered the US too late (i.e. after June 15, 2007) for DACA.

56 minutes ago, Kaigo said:

I am currently 17 but by the time I finish community college . I’ll be 19 or 20.

If you don't qualify for one of the Green Card paths, then you shouldn't stay beyond 180 days after your 18th birthday. Doing so will result in time bars: https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-to-admissibility

You may be barred from being admitted to the United States for:

• Three years, if you depart the United States after having accrued more than 180 days but less than one year of unlawful presence during a single stay and before removal proceedings begin;
• 10 years, if you depart the United States after having accrued one year or more of unlawful presence during a single stay, regardless of whether you leave before, during, or after removal proceedings; or
• Permanently, if you reenter or try to reenter the United States without being admitted or paroled after having accrued more than one year of unlawful presence in the aggregate during one or more stays in the United States.

 

Minors: Children do not accrue unlawful presence while they are under age 18.

[Kaigo 0]

25 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Under what circumstances do you think you can move to Canada?

i was thinking for the skilled trades program. I glanced over the webiste but it was a little bit confusing to me for it to make any sense right now.

[Kaigo 0]

23 minutes ago, HRQX said:

If you don't qualify for one of the Green Card paths, then you shouldn't stay beyond 180 days after your 18th birthday. Doing so will result in time bars: https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-to-admissibility

i am very aware of that fact. but i cant go back to my home country causei  have nowhere back to go, If i go back i would be homeless and have no way of continuing my education. ill have to start all over from scratch.

[Kaigo 0]

25 minutes ago, HRQX said:

If you don't have a qualifying relative (spouse or parent that is a US citizen), then there is no one that can petition you for a straightforward AOS case. You should check eligibility for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status but there are many requirements that must be met: https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fourth-preference-eb-4/special-immigrant-juveniles And you entered the US too late (i.e. after June 15, 2007) for DACA.

If you don't qualify for one of the Green Card paths, then you shouldn't stay beyond 180 days after your 18th birthday. Doing so will result in time bars: https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-to-admissibility

You may be barred from being admitted to the United States for:

• Three years, if you depart the United States after having accrued more than 180 days but less than one year of unlawful presence during a single stay and before removal proceedings begin;
• 10 years, if you depart the United States after having accrued one year or more of unlawful presence during a single stay, regardless of whether you leave before, during, or after removal proceedings; or
• Permanently, if you reenter or try to reenter the United States without being admitted or paroled after having accrued more than one year of unlawful presence in the aggregate during one or more stays in the United States.

 

Minors: Children do not accrue unlawful presence while they are under age 18.

i know very well of the US immigration pathways and al my options are out. thats why im tryig to see the canada thing. there are no ways for 18 years old to even get work auhorization if not through marrage and i dont want to do that.

[HRQX 4,145]

36 minutes ago, Kaigo said:

i know very well of the US immigration pathways and al my options are out.

The only potential path would be the passage of the US Citizenship Act of 2021: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-sends-immigration-bill-to-congress-as-part-of-his-commitment-to-modernize-our-immigration-system/ "Applicants must be physically present in the United States on or before January 1, 2021."

[aaron2020 11,651]

Sorry that you are in this difficult situation.

 

Best of luck to you.