Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ)
Some children who are here in the U.S. without legal immigration status may need humanitarian protection because they have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent. Special immigrant juvenile status is an immigration classification that may allow these vulnerable children to apply immediately for lawful permanent resident status, commonly known as having a Green Card.
The immigration lawyer requested a continuance because she was awaiting to receive notice of the respondent's special immigrant juvenile status application.