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(soft chiming) - Hello, everybody, my name is Abraham Bedoy and I am the legal outreach coordinator with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. So today we're gonna do a deep dive into the DACA renewal process, and how exactly you complete a DACA renewal application. So through today's training, we hope to answer the most common questions related to a DACA renewal. So all the practical matters that we sometimes don't have the most clear insight on. Hopefully through today's presentation, we're able to just get more guidance on the more practical parts of submitting a renewal application. Having said that, there's some things that we wanna preface before we do that deep dive. The first thing is that this training by no means should be taken as legal advice or a legal plan. Again, it's just a deep dive into how to fill out the applications, but the next point is if you have any questions related to your DACA case, please feel free to contact a trusted legal service provider. If you have any questions on your eligibility, if you have other options outside of DACA, now more than ever, it's very important that you connect with a trusted legal service provider, whether that be an attorney, or an accredited representative to check what other options you have, or whether you're still, for example, eligible for the DACA program. Just to keep doubling down on that point is if you've had any serious contact with law enforcement, or have any questions about your eligibility for the program, again, we wanna just keep prefacing that it's now more critical than ever to speak with a trusted legal service provider. It's not that a trusted legal service provider is gonna have necessarily the magic solution to your situation, but they just have the expertise to give you the best possible knowledge and the most up to date information so that you can make the most guided decision related to your case or the case of a family member. Having said that, I think it's important to clarify who exactly can renew a DACA status right now. I think there's been a lot of uncertainty in the community on who exactly qualifies for DACA renewal, and hopefully this will give some more guidance on who exactly qualifies for a DACA renewal right now. For those who have had DACA in the past or currently have DACA, right now is a good time to renew that status that you have. So again, if your DACA has expired, or will expire in the next year, or has been terminated by USCIS, you may be eligible to renew your DACA status. Something that we just wanna know as a practical matter. If your DACA has been expired for more than one year, you will need to submit an initial application. So let's say my DACA expired in 2015 and I never renewed it and now in 2020, I wanna submit a renewal. I can't submit a renewal but it's just the process to do so will be a little bit different because you have been out of DACA status for more than a year. Unfortunately, this video is only geared for folks that are gonna submit a standard renewal. So if your DACA has expired for more than a year, please connect with a trusted legal service provider to get more guidance on how to submit an initial application for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Having said that, we're gonna move on to the next slide, which just uplifts what exactly we need to submit a DACA renewal. The first thing is you'll need your current work permit or your approval notice. So it's an either or situation. You can definitely have both, but if you only have one or the other, that's completely okay. Most commonly, folks have their current work permit, but we understand that work permits could get lost, wallets can get stolen. So if you don't have that, please make sure you have your approval notice, because it is a requirement to submit a copy of either of them to USCIS. The next thing is your Social Security number. So if you have a copy of your Social Security number, if you have your actual Social Security card, or if you know it by memory, the application for renewal of your DACA status does ask for that information. So make sure you have that on hand. The next thing is the filing fee. Right now it cost $495 to file a renewal with the Department of Homeland Security for a DACA renewal. So make sure, I'm sorry, not with Department of Homeland Security, with USCIS but make sure that when you submit your 495, it's made out to the US Department of Homeland Security. You can either do that through a personal check, a money order, but just make sure again, it's for $495 made out to the US Department of Homeland Security. The next two items that are numerated on today's training are optional items, but good ideas to have. The first one is a previous DACA application. Many advocates on the ground and folks in the legal sector ask that when you submit a renewal application that you bring a previous DACA application with you to your appointment, just in terms of referencing what you've already submitted to USCIS and to make sure things are consistent. So we're gonna, again, do a deep dive in. One example is for example, they ask you through what port of entry did you enter United States. If you don't remember exactly by memory, it's a good idea to have that previous DACA application to, again, reference it and to make sure things are consistent with the information you have already submitted to USCIS. The next thing is two passport size photos. So if you look at the requirements for DACA, a requirement is to submit some passport size photos, but some advocates and some practitioners have noticed that they have become much more, this is not so much of a strict requirement anymore. Many advocates are submitting DACA renewals without the passport size photos and they're still being processed. We always like to preface is that if applicants wanna make sure they're following the strict guidelines then they should feel comfortable to submit twos passport size photos, but again, many advocates have seen this as an optional thing to include in your DACA renewal application packet. Having said that, now we're gonna transition into actually filling out each application, how exactly you fill each application for a DACA renewal. So there's also a big misconception in the community. Sometimes we think it's just one application, but in actuality there are three applications you are submitting to USCIS when you want to submit a renewal. The first thing is the 821D. The second one is the I-765 and the third one is the I-765WS. These three applications make up the renewal process to submit to USCIS for DACA. So right now we're gonna transition and go through each application in detail. So just to start with the first one, which is an I-821D. This is the consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This is sort of the first application that advocates or recipients should be filling out and if you notice, it's split up into different sections. If you look at the left hand side, it starts with part one and as you continue through the application, it's split up into different sections. Something that I wanna preface before even continuing is then each part, if you read, it says Part One information about you. It has some letters that are indented that say, for initial and renewal request. So this application is both used for initial and a renewal requests of DACA, but depending if you're submitting an initial or renewal request is what sections you have to complete. So for example, part one, it says information about you. Both initial applicants and renewal applicants have to fill out this section, but there'll be other parts of the application that will strictly save for initial applications only. So if you've submitted a renewal and you're submitting a renewal right now, you don't have to worry about filling that section out. So again, make sure that when you're looking at each section, you just check if that section even applies to you. So again, today's training is renewal requests. So we will have to fill out this section because again, it's for initial and renewal request. So the first question, I think right now we're talking about, it's asking, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to submit initial request or renewal request. So for our intents and purposes, we're doing a renewal request. So we would go ahead and put an X through this box. Before we continue, I wanna also mention a very important point is that if you're not typing this application, you're not doing this over the computer, please make sure you fill out this application using a black pen. No other form of ink is accepted by USCIS. So make sure that you use a black pen as you're filling out this information. So again, depending on where I stand, I'm doing an initial renewal. For our intents and purposes, it will be a renewal request. The next question is it says, for this renewal request, my most recent period of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals expires on. So here they're asking one does your current DACA status expires. So this is when you would like to pull out your work permit or your approval notice to reference when exactly my current DACA status expires. So what I would do is, I would look at my work permit, and let's say it says it expires December 15th of 2020. I would list 12/20/2020. So just depending on what number is on your work permit is what you're going to fill out right there or, again, if you don't have your work permit, make sure you reference your approval notice. Just as a side note, make sure you honor the guidelines in terms of how to list the date. If you see it gives two days per month, two days for a day, I'm sorry, two numbers for month, two numbers for day, and four numbers for year. So make sure you just honor that to make sure it's consistent with the instructions and the requirements for this application. Moving on to question number three, I think in my opinion, this is probably one of the most confusing questions. It's asking for your full legal name. So this is where you're gonna list your legal name. So this is what is on your passport. What is on your birth certificate, or if you've been married, recently married, you could check what's on your marriage certificate. So if you're you, this is also a good time to reference your previous DACA application to make sure that you're the most up to date and most current legal name is listed. So make sure you list your most current legal name. So for example, if in the last two years, you've been married, and you've changed your maiden name into your now married name, this is where you would list your new name. So again, this is the most current legal name that the government or that, yeah, the government has on you. So make sure you list that information here. Question number four, it's asking about your mailing address. This isn't necessarily where you live, it's wanting to know where they could send all the information related to your DACA case too. So this is where you would list either your P.O. box, your home address, or wherever you feel comfortable receiving mail related to this DACA application. So for some it may be a P.O. box, it may be their home address, or just again, just feel comfortable listing wherever you'd like USCIS send this information to. Moving on to Question number five. Now it's asking a question about, are you now or ever been in removal proceedings, or do you have a removal order issued in any other context? So having a removal order isn't necessarily a bar to applying for DACA, a renewal. Generally speaking, most DACA recipients it's a no for this answer, but if you have or ever have been in removal proceedings, and you feel that you need to answer this question with a yes, before submitting your DACA application, please connect with a trusted legal service provider to make sure that nothing major has changed with your case. Again, it's not necessarily a bar to apply for DACA with the removal order, but it is important that before submitting any sort of DACA application in this context that you connect with a trusted legal service provider, but generally speaking, most DACA recipients will answer this question with a no. If you look at the follow-up questions of 5A, 5B, 5C, D, E, F, and all the way to G, it's all related to whether or not you've been in removal proceedings or have had contact with the immigration court system. So if you've answered this question with a no, please feel free to leave these blank or go ahead and put N/A for not applicable in the appropriate sections. Again, if you answered yes, to this question, it would be a good idea at this point to connect with an attorney or a DOJ accredited rep to just get some more insight about this particular question on the DACA application. As we move on to question number six, again, this is still all under the information about you, and again, like we've talked about this is for both initial and renewal requests, so we are obligated to answer this. Question number six asked about our alien registration number or for short, our A number. Again, you could find that on your work permit or on your approval notice. So make sure you enumerate all those numbers on this section. Question number seven asked for your Social Security number. Please list the Social Security number that was given to you when you first got DACA, so make sure that you fill out the appropriate Social Security number here. Again, if you don't have your card with you, it's fine. If you know it by memory, please go ahead and fill out the Social Security number that was given to you. I'm sorry, not when you first applied for DACA, but whenever you got one from the United States government, make sure you fill it out in this section right here. Question number eight asked for date of birth. I think that's pretty self explanatory, but again, let's honor that. Two numbers for month, two numbers for day and four numbers for year. Number nine asked about gender. Questions number 10 through 12, I think this is also a good time to reference our previous DACA application. Question number 10A ask about the city or town or village of birth. So it's trying to get some insight to know when exactly you were born, not when but where you were born. So just to use an example. Let's say I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, which again is in Mexico. I'm going to list right here, the town that I was born or city I was born was in Guadalajara. So I would go ahead and write out Guadalajara right there, country of birth being that again, using my example, that city is in Mexico, I would put Mexico. Question number 11, it asked for the current country of residence. So, a requirement for DACA is that you have to be continuously residing in the United States since 2007, to be specific June 15, 2007. So this answer must be United States for someone who's submitting a renewal application. So for question number 11, make sure you list it as United States because this is where you should be residing continuously in order to submit a DACA renewal. Question number 12, it asks about the country of citizenship. So exactly, again, hearkening back to my example, this would be a good place to list Mexico. The reason why I keep referencing using previous application because many times we may not know exactly where we were born, but if you're submitting a renewal application, it should have been listed beforehand. So just look down, look at your renewal, your previous renewal application, go ahead and fill out accordingly. Question number 13 asked about marital status, and I think there's often much confusion about what exactly a marital status is. So if you see it says married, widowed, single and divorce. So we need to understand that the status of married is a civil status, it's actually a legal status. So unless you've been through the civil process of getting married, and you went, and you've gone through the court process of getting married, you are still single. So again, married is a civil process. It's a legal status. So if you haven't gone through that process, and you're co-habitating with a partner, go ahead and put single. Again, I think that what we hear in the community meantime is for example, oh, I was married through the church, would I put married or single? I think that's when it would require some follow up. We would then ask well, did you submit any paperwork to the government or to the state, sort of solidifying that marriage, and that would sort of answer that question whether it would be single or married because again, married or marriage is a legal status, it's a civil status, so make sure that you fill out the boxes accordingly. For question number 14, it's asking for any additional names you have used. So this is where we would enumerate other names that we have used in the past. So just again, hearkening back to the example that we used in the previous, in page number one, if you've been married, and you've changed your maiden name, and now you have a new legal name, this is where you could list your previous legal name, just to again, USCIS just wants to know those other names you have used. Your maiden name was another name you use before you got married. So this would be a good place to list those names. If you have other names, so for example, let's say you've changed your name multiple times, or there's been different reiterations of your name, I think on page seven, there is on page seven a place that you could list all other names that have been used by you in the past. So make sure that you list all versions of your name on that page. If they don't fit on again, on question 14. Moving on to question number 15. It's asking about ethnicity. So again, if you're Hispanic or Latino or non Hispanic or Latino, question number 16, it asks about race. I think also, this is a good time to reference a previous DACA application to check what you've listed before in the past and just to make sure it's as consistent as possible. For questions number 17 through 20, it's asking questions about height, weight, eye color, and hair color. A best practice is either referencing your previous applications or your license to make sure that you have just to keep it consistent. Obviously, sometimes weight can fluctuate, so please feel free to change the weight accordingly but if you wanna keep it consistent, again, you can reference a license, your previous application just to make sure we are as consistent as possible. That is all the section for part one. Now as we move to part two, again, I wanna reference it says for initial and renewal request. So this is gonna ask about residence and travel information. Because we're filing a renewal request, we are required to fill out this section because again, it says it's for initial and renewal request. So we are required to dive into this section being that we're doing a renewal of our DACA status. The first question, it's attacking a very important requirement to apply for DACA. It's have you been continuously residing in the US since at least June 15th, 2007 and up to the present time. Just like I had spoken of previously, this is a requirement for DACA. In order to apply for DACA and to be eligible for DACA, an applicant must have been continuously residing in the US since June 15th of 2007. So the answer to this question must be yes. If for some reason you think it's no, if for some reason you think you've broken your continuous residence, this would be a good time to stop and connect with a trusted legal service provider to check if you're still eligible for the program, because, again, this has to be yes before continuing with your renewal request. For most DACA applicants, the answer to this question is yes. As we move on to page number three, it's asking us again, information about where we have lived. So it's asking us about our present address. If you see it as day at this residence from it is where you presently live. I just wanna be clear here is that many times, we think that we have to list every address that we've ever lived at, because that's sort of how the DACA application it required a lot of intensive writing of where we've lived in the past. For a renewal request, you have to list up to your most recent DACA application or through your most current change of address with USCIS. So what I mean by that is, for example, let's say, I submitted a doc renewal two years ago, and I haven't moved since. I've lived in the same address for the last 10 years, the last five years. I don't have to list my previous addresses here. I only have to list addresses that USCIS doesn't know about, whether it be through a previous DACA application or through a change of address. So if you lived in the same house, or last four years or since your last renewal request, you can go ahead and just list that when you move there, and that you're presently living there and the street number and the appropriate information. Again, this is a key point to reference, previous DACA application. So again, let's say I've been living at the same house for last couple years, but I don't remember when I moved there, I can reference my previous DACA application to check what I have already let USCIS know when I moved to that residence. So I think this is a great part that if you don't remember the exact date, you can reference that USCIS, I mean, reference the previous application that you've submitted to USCIS to make sure you're giving the most accurate information as possible. As we move on to travel information, this is where you'll list, if you have left with advanced parole, this is somewhere that you would list that information. If you've never left with advanced parole, go ahead and just put N/A or not applicable, just so the USCIS officer that's reading this information could go through the application in a much more quicker fashion. If you look at question number eight, it says have you left the United States without advanced parole on or after August 15th, 2012? This again, is a very important requirement for DACA. The answer to this question should be, no, that you have not left the United States without advanced parole, because if you have left after this date, your eligibility for DACA has been broken. So again on question number eight, if you have left after this date, it's very important that you connect with a trusted legal service provider to discuss other options or discuss how exactly this hurts your eligibility for the program because again, unfortunately, unlawful travel after this date breaks DACA eligibility. Question number nine asked me about information of passport, if you've ever received a passport from any other country. So for example, let's say using my example, let's say I'm a Mexican national, and I have a Mexican passport. I would there list, what country issued your passport. I would put Mexico, the passport number, the expiration date of that document, so on and so forth. Again, if I don't have a passport, please feel free to just put N/A, N/A just as not applicable just so again, the USCIS officer knows and can read through your application in a quicker way. Also for question number 10, it talks about a boarding crossing number. You can reference previous dock applications to check if you have that. If you don't, please feel free to put N/A. As we move on to part number three, I think this is the first part that we could sort of skip some sections. If you see it says part three, for initial request only. We are only doing renewal requests through this training. So this is a section that we should feel comfortable skipping because again, this is only for initial request. Since we're processing a renewal or submitting a renewal, I should say, we should feel comfortable skipping this section, because that's only for initial request. So we can go ahead and skip all of part three. So as you see on page number four, part three has continued. Please feel free to skip all this information because again, you've already submitted this previously, I'm sorry, to USCIS. As we transition into part four, we see that this is a section that's not just required for initial applicants, but also for renewal applicants as well. Through this training, we're gonna go through each question in detail and hopefully answer some common questions because this section is basically trying to extrapolate if we have any sort of serious criminal history, or we potentially pose a threat to national or public security. As a general rule of thumb for this section, your answer to these questions, if for any reason are, yes, please connect with the legal service provider to check if you are still eligible for the program. There are certain criminal convictions that don't necessarily bar you from the DACA program, but it's not advisable for you to proceed on your own or by yourself without having some sort of legal representation or receiving some sort of legal advice from a trusted service provider. So by any means, if any of these questions you feel like it's a yes or it's applicable to you via yes, please don't submit your renewal application but instead, connect with a trusted legal service provider to check how that question applies to you specifically. So let's go to question number one. It says, have you ever been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. It also includes some language about incidents and handling juvenile court in the United States and I think it's very important that it prefaces, it says, do not include minor traffic violations unless they were alcohol or drug related. So if you've been stopped by the police for, let's say, a broken taillight, or you have a speeding ticket, and you've paid it off, and you have no serious criminal history, the answer to this question should be no. Again, if you do have some serious criminal history, let's say you have had some issues with alcohol or you have some sort of felony or misdemeanor and you feel like this answer to this question is yes, please don't proceed submitting this. Connect with a trusted legal service provider to see how this question affects you and your eligibility for the program. Question number two, it asks have you ever been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a crime in any other country than the United States. So here, it's basically asking the same question as number one, but it's trying to get some insight if you've had any issues, criminal issues in another country. So again, this generally should be no, but if it is a yes, connect with a trusted legal service provider. Question number three, it says, have you ever engaged, do you continue to engage or plan to engage in terrorist activity? Again, should be no, but if it's a yes, we've already enumerated what next steps. Are you now or have been a member of a gang, have you ever engaged, ordered or incited, assisted or other words participate in any of the following? So question number five has a couple of sub questions. It's asking, have we ever participate or engage in any of the following acts involving genocide, torture, human trafficking, killing any person, severely injuring any person, any kind of sexual contact or relation with any person who was forced or threatened? Have you ever recruited and listed, conscripted or used any person to serve in or helped in an armed force or group while such person was under the age of 15? Lastly, number seven, have you ever used any person under the age of 15 to take part in hostilities or provide services to people in combat? All these questions, again, if they are no, please feel free to enumerate them with no or mark them with no, but if for some reason you think a yes applies to you, don't move on. Immediately stop and connect with a trusted legal service provider to check about more options and to check if this question may hurt your DACA eligibility. So we're close to completion with this part of the application, the first part, which is the I-821D. So as we move on to question or part number five, we're sort of getting to the last part of the application. It's asking for statement, certification signature and contact information of the requester. So here, we're getting to the part where we're gonna sign off on the application that we have completed. Today's training was geared towards folks that feel comfortable, DACA recipients that feel comfortable submitting and completing their own renewal application. So we're assuming that folks feel comfortable reading and understanding English. So please feel free to check this box that you read and you can read and understand English. If an interpreter was used, please connect with a trusted legal service provider to just get more insight on filling up the rest of this application. Because again, this is just for folks who didn't have to use an interpreter and are submitting it themselves. The next part is the request for signature. This is a very important, request for certification, I should say. This is the part where you need to sign off because you're acknowledging that you're submitting this application to USCIS. So after you've completed your application, make sure you sign here with black ink and use date, again honoring the same guidelines as previously mentioned. Two numbers for day, two numbers for month and four numbers for year. Make sure that you sign this part because if you don't sign, this will be rejected by USCIS. It must be signed in order for it to be processed and adjudicated by USCIS. The next part is requester's information. So this is, since we're the requester, we're requesting the information. I'm sorry, we're requesting this DAC renewal. Make sure that you have numerate your phone number. It's not necessary to fill out, like for example, let's say you don't have a daytime telephone number, you don't have an email, please feel free to put N/A. List whatever applies to you. So if you just have a cell phone number, go ahead and just put your mobile telephone number there. So again, this is a requirement for part five is a requirement to submit a DACA renewal. So go ahead and fill out this section accordingly. Part six, here is where you put the contact information of the interpreter and you have the interpreter sign, but again, since this training is geared for folks who are completing this application pro se, or they're filling it out themselves, please feel free to put N/A on this section because you didn't use an interpreter and it won't be counted against you because it's assumed that you're completing your own. As we're transitioning to page number six, again, it's asking for more information and certification on an interpreter. Because we didn't use an interpreter go ahead and feel free to put N/A on these sections as well. Part seven, it's asking for a declaration and the contact information if someone else prepared this application for you. So let's say you went to an attorney or you went to an accredited representative, this is a section that they would fill out, acknowledging that they completed this application on your behalf, but since you complete it yourself, please feel free to put N/A on the sections because again, you completed this pro se. As we turn to the last page of the application, which is part seven, this is kind of, I like to call it the scratch paper of the application. This is for, if there are any sections that you didn't have enough information. So for example, let's say that you have a lot of names that you have used in the past, you can go ahead and use these sections to fill out the names that you've used. So for example, let's say if I've used one other name in the past, I would fill out the page number where that question was asked, the part number and the item number and I would list the different names I've used in the past. For completion purposes, make sure you also just list your full name. Again, your full legal name and your A number just to make sure the application is complete and it's complete to the best of your ability. Again, this last page, this is just the scratch paper. So if you don't have anything you want to list here, that's completely okay. This is created for folks that have extra information that didn't fit on the other parts of the application. So that is it for the 821D, but just like I have mentioned, a DACA renewal application is not just the 821D, it requires the I-765 and the I-765WS. So we're gonna dive into those applications right now. All right. The second application that we'll be working on today is the I-765. This application is one of two that you submit in order to get a work permit with your DACA status. So if you see it on the top, it says application for employment authorization, but many of the same questions that are asked on the I-821D are also asked on here as well. So as you get to the section, a lot of stuff will seem repetitive, but it's just, again, it's a different application asking for something else, which is the work permit. So again, this is also split up into sections by parts, but if you see it doesn't specify for initial or renewal request. So each part must be completed by both a renewal and an initial application. So we're gonna go through each section individually to make sure we answer all the questions, common questions surrounding the application. So if we see part one, it says, reason for applying. So it's asking why exactly are you submitting an I-765. As you see, there's 1A, 1B and 1C. The first question is an initial permission to accept employment. So accept employment, I'm sorry. So this is for folks who are for the first time applying for a work permit. This doesn't apply to us because we're doing a renewal request. Again, the second question is if you're requesting a replacement of a lost, stolen or damaged Employment Authorization document. So for folks who have lost their work permit and just wanna solicitate another work permit, this would be where they would check it because again, they're just asking for their old one to be replaced. For us, we're asking for a renewal. We're asking for a renewal of our work permit, of our authorization to work. So this is where we would check this box, which is the renewal of my permission to accept employment. So we should be checking the third box. As we transition into part two, which is again, information about you. If you see part two, again, other names, use your full legal name, it's the same idea as the I-821D. Make sure you list your most current legal name, whether that be your passport, marriage certificate, or birth certificate, and list any other names that you've used in the past. What I think is great about the I-765, is on the 821D, for folks that have a lot of names or have used a lot of names in the past, they do have to use that seventh page to list them, but on this application, it allows for more than one option. So you have space for three more options. So I think that's great. If you've used many names in the past that you don't have to use, necessarily use the scratch paper in the back, you could use that it all on one page. As we move on to the next section, part number two, again, it's still asking information about you just like your previous application, or I'm sorry, just like the 821D. It's asking for your mailing address. This is where you want your new work permit card once it's been processed, approved and adjudicated to be sent to. So again, your street number, the city or town state zip code, but if you see question number six, it asks a very important question. It says, is your current mailing address the same as your physical address? For some folks, it is the same. So for example, let's say you feel comfortable receiving your mail at home, you would answer yes and move on. If you for example, put a P.O. box or you have, let's say you're constantly moving and you prefer your items to be sent to a trusted person in your life, and this is not where you currently live, you would click no right here because physical address is where you currently, physically live. So for example, let's say, again, you have a P.O. box where you want everything to be sent, but you're living somewhere else, go ahead and click no right here and enumerate where, I'm sorry, list where you're living right here. Again, if where you live is consistent with your physical address and your mailing address, go ahead and leave it as yes and skip question number seven. You only have to fill this part if there's a difference in your mailing address and your physical address. Question number eight is asking for other information about you. Again, your A number, your alien registration number, it's the same number on your approval notice, or on your work permit. So go ahead and list that. Question number nine, it ask about USCIS online account number, if any. If you have it, if you have it listed on previous dock applications, go ahead and list it. Most folks don't have it. So go ahead and just leave that blank, and it's okay. It won't be counted against you. Again, feel free to leave this part of the application blank. Question number 10, 11 again, we've talked about this in the previous application, it ask about gender and marital status. We don't wanna take too much time talking about that, but again, understand that single, married, divorced and widowed their all civil statuses and legal statuses, so make sure that you check the appropriate box. Question number 12, it's asking, have you previously filed a form I-765. So have you previously filed this form? Since we're submitting a renewal application, it is a yes, because again, we're submitting a renewal. So we have submitted an I-765 beforehand, because or else we would have never gotten our current work permit. So please feel free to check this box with a yes. So question number 13 asked, has a Social Security Administration ever officially issued a Social Security card to you? So again, if you have a Social Security number, please feel free to click, yes. If you don't, go ahead and put no and depending on what you answer here is how the next question will be answered. So if you've answered yes to this question meaning that you are affirming that the Social Security Administration has given you a Social Security card, question number 13B asks, list your Social Security number. So make sure you list that number in this appropriate section. You could always reference previous DACA application, you could reference, if you know it by memory or if you have your Social Security card on you please list that. Question number 14 asked, do you want the Social Security Administration to issue you a Social Security card? So for most folks, if you have a Social Security card already and you don't want the Social Security Administration to issue a card, go ahead and put no, but if you've lost your Social Security card, or for some reason, want them to issue a copy, go ahead and click, yes. If you see on the note part, it says if you've answered no, to item number 14, skip part to number 18A. If you've answered yes to item number 14, you must also answer yes to number 15. So depending on what you answered to this question is how you're going to proceed. So if you've answered, no, you can go ahead and skip questions 15 and 16 and 17. If you've answered, yes, I have to agree to the consent that the Social Security Administration is going to assign me a Social Security card, and also I have to list my father's name and my mother's name. For most DACA recipients, this isn't really applicable. Most folks do have their Social Security card. So go ahead and put no if you're in that category, but again, if you do, for some reason, want them to issue your Social Security card, you're going to have to answer questions 15, 16 and 17. Having said that, moving on to question number 18, it's asking you about your country of citizenship or your nationality. So again, using my previous example, let's just stick with the same example. Let's say I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, which is in Mexico, I would list Mexico here as my country of birth. Moving onto question number 19. Again, using my example, city, town or village, I would list Guadalajara, because that's the city I was born in. The state that's in Jalisco, in Mexico, and country of birth would be Mexico and the date of birth, my date of birth. So again, keep following the same guidelines. Again, this is a great part to stop if you don't know this exact information to reference your previous DACA application, to check how it was listed beforehand, and make sure it just stays consistent. As we move on to questions number 21 through 26, this is where I think it is very key to have your previous DACA application, because there's an important date that we're gonna be listing moving forward. So again, 21, form I-94, arrival or departure record, please reference your previous application. If you don't have anything listed there, go ahead and leave this one blank and move onto the next question. Question number 21 asked for passport number or most recently issued passport. So again, if you've had a passport, please list that number. Something I forgot in reference in the 821-D and I'm remembering now is, it doesn't matter if your passport has been expired, please feel free to list it. It doesn't matter if it's expired. Again, they're just trying to get information on you. So please go ahead and list that number here. If you don't have one, go ahead and put N/A. Same thing for 21, travel document number. You can reference your previous application. If you don't have one, go ahead and put N/A. Question 21 is asking you about the country that gave you the passport or the travel document. So go ahead and put the country. If you don't have either or, go ahead and put N/A. Same thing for 21. It's asking for the expiration date of either or documents. If you don't have it, you can go ahead and leave this one or put N/A. Question number two is very important. This is something that you must fill out. It's asking for your last arrival into United States on or about, very important, it says on are about. This is probably the most, the biggest reason why we ask folks to bring previous DACA applications because many folks don't remember the exact date of when they entered the United States last. So this would be a good time to reference your application to check what's listed on there. So, for example, it could have been May 15th, of 1994 or June 2nd of 2002, whatever date that is, make sure you list it on here. If you don't remember, I'm sorry, it's okay to put an approximate date, but just make sure that it's consistent as possible. If you don't remember this date, and don't have access to a previous DACA application, again, an approximate is fine, but just make sure you check in with family members or other folks that may potentially have that information to make sure it's as consistent as possible. That may even be calling, if you went to a trusted legal service provider to fill out this application or you went to anybody for that matter, calling them to check if they have a previous application to again, make sure you stay as consistent as possible. Question number 23, again, ask for your place of arrival into United States. This is something that you can extrapolate from a previous application. It could be San Ysidro it could be, again, if you're coming from the Mexico side into the United States, it could be San Ysidro, it could be an airport, it could be different things for different people. So make sure that again, you keep referencing previous applications. So question number 24, it asks about your immigration status at our last arrival. So again, this will be subjective to every person who submits this application. For some folks, that may mean that you're undocumented. So you would just go put no status, or maybe it's that you had a tourist visa at the time, or a student visa, so it just depends on, it's very subjective from person to person. So just make sure you put your status at your last entry. For most folks, it is no lawful status or no status. So make sure you list that there. For question number 25, it's asking what your current status or category is. For DACA recipients, we like to put, what advocates have advised folks to put it just to put DACA recipient. So for question number five, please feel comfortable to put DACA recipient. Question number, 26 Student Exchange Visitor Information System. If that doesn't apply to you go ahead and just leave that blank. Number 27 is a very important question that we must answer. The I-765, which is the form that we're using right now isn't just for DACA. Many other immigration forms and immigration relief use this form to solicitate work authorization. So this question is asking for how exactly are you asking for work permit, what's your eligibility category? Here, we're gonna list C-33. Again, C, the letter C as in cat, 33. That is a specific category for DACA recipients. Again, you can reference your previous dock application and check that it's C-33, but again, that category is specifically made for DACA recipients. After that questions, 28 through 31 do not apply for DACA recipients. So just go ahead and leave all those questions blank as we move on to the last section. Again, make sure C-33 is listed here, before we move on from questions 28, 29, 30, 31 and onto page number four. So as we transition into page number four, we're looking at part three, which is where folks, it's asking for applicants statement, contact information, declaration, certification and signature. Just like the previous application that we went over the I-82121 D, the I-765 are kind of viewing the application through the same lens. We're assuming that folks are submitting their applications pro se or they themselves. So we're assuming that folks feel comfortable reading and understanding English. So make sure you check this box, affirming that you can read and understand English. 1B and 2 is for folks that are using an interpreter or used a prepare to fill out their application. So if that is you if you if you are using an interpreter or used a prepare, make sure you connect with a trusted legal service provider to just go over the application because this training again is just for folks who are submitting on their own. Applicant contact information. Here, it's asking for the information from the applicant, so your information. So make sure you list again, you don't have to list all three, make sure you just list whatever applies to you. So if you just have a work number or a, I'm sorry, a cell phone number, make sure you list that. If you don't have a telephone number and email address, you can go ahead and put N/A here, just list whatever applies to you. Just like in the I-821D, the I-765 also requires a signature from an applicant. So make sure that you sign and date because if you do not sign and date this application, it will be rejected. We've seen applications in the community that this simple step is missed and the application isn't processed. So make sure you sign again with black ink. Everything must be filled out in black ink, and you put the appropriate date, I'm sorry, the date of the signature with honoring the two numbers for month, two numbers for day and four numbers for year. As we look at part four, again, it's asking for information about an interpreter. Since we're not using an interpreter for our intents and purposes, we could just go ahead and skip that question. Part number four, again, it's continuing to ask about interpreter, mailing address and interpret contact information, we can go ahead and skip that. Part number five, it's asking for prepare. If someone prepared this on your behalf, which in our case, we prepared it ourselves. So we can go ahead and leave this blank as well as we move on to page number six. This question or this section, I'm sorry, is for folks who did have someone prepare it on their own. It would require a signature from the prepare and a date from them, but again, we're preparing ourselves so we can go ahead and skip this page as well. The last page, just like on the I-821D, the I-765 has what I like to call it the scratch paper, the last page. If for some reason you have some information that didn't fit, if you've used more than four names and you have a fifth name, please feel free to use this section as a way to write those names out. To make sure your application is completed to the best of your ability, it's advised that you, again, fill out your full name and your A number on this page. So that is the I-765. Again, there are three applications to submit a DACA renewal. We've done the first two and now we have the last one to go over before we're ready to submit this. So the last thing is a continuation of the I-765. It's called the I-765WS. So it's basically like an extra worksheet. Here is where USCIS wants to know why exactly you're asking for a work permit. So it gives space for folks to give an explanation or provide reason regarding why we need employment authorization. Before we get to that, let's do each part numerically. So starting with number one, again, we're gonna be listing our name over and over again. It's asking for your current legal name. Make sure it's consistent from your 821D, I-765 and I-765WS. That's pretty self explanatory. Moving to part Number two, which is financial information, it's asking about our current annual income. This does not need to be an exact number. So if you have your taxes and you have an exact number, that's great, but if you just got a job or you aren't 100% sure, putting a ballpark number here is completely acceptable. An approximate is completely okay. So just a best practice. So for example, I've met community members in the past that sometimes know what they make on a biweekly basis. What we taught folks is, you know what, you could take that number, multiply it by two for a month and then multiply that by 12. That could give you a accurate representation or pretty accurate representation of what you're making holistically throughout the year. So again, it could just be a ballpark estimate when you submit or when you, I'm sorry, when you enumerate how much you're making or how much your annual income is. The second part is what is your current annual expenses? How much does it cost for you to live in the United States? So this is where you can also just do an approximate. So consider bills, consider housing expenses, schooling expenses and if you have children, what are the expenses that you're using for your children? So again, try to be as encompassing as possible to reflect what your expenses are, and again, it doesn't have to be exact, it just has to be a pretty accurate representation of what your current expenses are. Question number three, it ask for the total value of my assets. So what exactly is an asset for our purposes? So for example, if you have a car, a boat, anything that is an asset to you, that's been fully paid off, and it's under your name, please list the amount, the value, the market value of that item. So for example, let's say I have a car, a 2002 model of a certain car, and it's fully paid off, and it's under my name, and I think it's worth probably $2,000. I would list $2,000 here because that's an asset that I currently have. If you don't have any assets, please put a zero here because you don't have any assets. Again, also, if you don't have an income, let's say you're a student, you're a full time student and you're not working, please feel free to put zero here as well. It's not gonna be used against you, you can go ahead and put a zero here, and if you don't have any assets here, you can go ahead and put zero. Annual expenses, we should all have annual expenses. So please put a number here, don't put zero. Try to have an accurate reflection of what your annual expenses are. Moving on to part number three, this is where you're going to explain why you're soliciting a work permit from USCIS. So I know that they've given a lot of space. So if you would like to write, you are free to do so, but putting something simple as, the reason why I'm requesting a work permit is to continue working in United States or to continue my education or to support my family. The reason why I'm requesting a renewal of my employment authorization is to provide for my family and to continue my education. So something sweet, to the point. So we have now just completed the standard applications needed to submit a renewal DACA application. So again, that's the I-821D, the I-765 and the I-765WS. There's an additional application that DACA recipients can submit in their packet as an optional application to get some responses from USCIS via email or text message, and that application is called the G-1145. We're gonna quickly go over that in the case that a DACA recipient, in case you would like to submit one in your packet. So again, the G-1145 is the E-notification of application/petition acceptance. So this application is submitted can be submitted with the DACA renewal, to ask for updates to be sent via email or text message. It doesn't require a lot of information. Again, if you look at the lower part of the application, it just ask for applicants full name, full last name, full first name, if they have a middle name, email address and mobile phone number. Again, this is not a requirement to submit a renewal application, this is just an option. If you would like to receive notifications via email or text message, please feel free to fill out the bottom portion of this application. So now that you've completed your forms to submit a renewal application, I think some common questions are what comes next, what are some next steps I need to take to make sure that my application is processed in the correct way. The first thing is, we always recommend is once you've completed it to make sure you look through each application thoroughly, to make sure it's an accurate reflection and representation of you. So look through all the applications you're submitting, make sure everything has been signed. Make sure everything's spelled correctly and make sure everything's completed in black ink. Once you feel comfortable and once you feel like that's done correctly, we advise that folks take a copy of everything they're submitting to USCIS for personal keepsake. So make sure you take a copy of your applications and keep them for your own personal records. Again, in the future, when you want to reference to previous DACA applications, you have something to reference. So as we're getting ready to submit our renewal application, so let's say we're ready to go, we have the completed applications, the next thing is putting them all in a packet. So what exactly should be in a packet when you're submitting your renewal application? So again, it should be the three applications, the I-821D, the I-765, the I-765WS and if you chose to fill out a form G-1145, that should be included in the packet as well. Additionally from that, make sure you have also included the filing fee of $495 made out to the US Department of Homeland Security. Make sure you have that in your package, and also make sure you have a copy front and back of either your work permit, or your approval notice. The USCIS officer will need to reference both either or of those documents in order to process your application. So again, if you don't have your work permit, you can always take a copy front and back of your approval notice, but that must also be in the packet that you get ready to send off as well. Some applicants like to include a cover letter in their application. So we're going to link some resources of how exactly you can draft a cover letter for USCIS. By no means is it a requirement, but some advocates and some recipients feel comfortable sending a cover letter with their application, but again, it is not necessary. Another question that we get is where exactly do I send it to? Now that I have my packet ready to go, everything's in there, where exactly do I send it to? I think that's a great question and it is gonna depend state by state. So I'm gonna transition now talking a little bit about what address you should be sending it to, depending on where you live. So again, where you send your application will depend primarily on where you live. So it really depends on the state that you live in. So make sure you visit the link to make sure you get the accurate address to where you need to submit your DACA renewal application. Listed here is just an example. Let's say you live in Arizona or California, there are two different lock boxes that you can use depending on how you decide to send your application. So for example, if you're sending your application, just your standard US Postal Services, you have to use the lockbox for that particular form of sending your application but if you decide to use FedEx, UPS or other deliveries, there is a completely different lockbox that is used for Arizona and California and I think this is very important to talk about. I know many DACA recipients choose to go to FedEx or UPS just because they feel safer because they have faster delivery options. Just make sure that when you're filling out your envelope or your packet of where you want to send it to, make sure you list the correct mailing address depending on what address, I'm sorry, on what form, what delivery service you're using, whether that be standard postal services, or other forms of delivery services. With that said, we wanna thank everybody for joining our training today on how to complete a DACA renewal application. If you have any questions related to your case, or any questions related to what was covered today, please connect with a trusted legal service provider in your area just to go over not just the DACA process, but also potentially other legal options. Again, today's video was just a how to video on how to submit or how to prepare a renewal application for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but if for some reason you have any questions or again, if you've had any complications in your case, please feel free to reach out to a trusted legal service provider. Also visit our DACA website or our DACA page on our ILRC website for more guidance and information related to DACA. Thank you so much for your time. Have a good day.