It is time to clear-up misconceptions about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). It is not true that individuals must be under 31 to be eligible for DACA. Any individual born after June 15, 1981 is within-and shall remain within-DACA's age requirements. Only individuals who were 31 years old or older on June 15, 2012 are ineligible for DACA.
The age requirements apply to initial applications as well as renewals. One of the only things we do know about renewals is that no one will age out. Thus, there currently are individuals in their early thirties who are eligible for DACA, and assuming the program continues on, over time, greater numbers of DACA recipients will be over 31.
However, like a great deal of information in the immigration law arena, some articles and mistakenly claim that people over 30 or 31 don't qualify-this gets the age ceiling wrong and also implies that individuals can age out of eligibility.
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