Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)
- A law passed in 2002 that allows individuals applying for green cards or visas in family-based immigration categories to remain eligible even after they turn 21, beyond which they are generally considered too old to be 'children' in immigration law
- The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) ensured that her application for a green card remained valid even after her 21st birthday.
- Since the implementation of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), age-out is no longer an issue for some immigrant children.
- Benefiting from the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), the daughter kept her child status for immigration purposes even after turning 21.
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