#               I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

**ALERT: Important Reminders Regarding the DACA Renewal Process**

We continue to adjudicate the majority of DACA renewal requests within 120 days and make every effort to efficiently process these requests as we receive them. USCIS Historical Data shows the median processing time for DACA renewals and associated Employment Authorization Documents in fiscal year 2023 was 1 month, and less than 2 months for the first quarter of FY 2024.

As USCIS has long recommended, we strongly encourage DACA recipients to submit your DACA renewal request to us between 120 and 150 days (4 to 5 months) before the expiration date located on your current Form I-797 DACA approval notice. Filing during this window reduces the risk that your current period of DACA and employment authorization will expire before you receive a decision on your renewal request. Please note that filing earlier than 150 days before your current DACA expiration date will not result in a faster decision. For additional information on DACA, including the requirements for renewal, please visit uscis.gov/DACA. 

**ALERT:** On Jan. 31, 2024, we published a final rule in the Federal Register that adjusts the fees required for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees will be effective April 1, 2024.

Applications and petitions postmarked on or after April 1, 2024, must include the new fees or we will not accept them.

What to Know About Sending Us Your Form

The new filing fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later. If you are filing an acceptable prior form edition on or after April 1, 2024, you must include the new filing fee.

**ALERT: Court decisions regarding DACA.**

On Sept. 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the DACA Final Rule unlawful and expanding the original July 16, 2021 injunction and order of vacatur to cover the Final Rule. However, the court maintained a partial stay of the order for “all DACA recipients who received their initial DACA status prior to July 16, 2021.” See the Memorandum and Order (PDF, 1.35 MB) and Supplemental Order of Injunction (PDF, 72.53 KB).

Accordingly, current grants of DACA and related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) remain valid until they expire, unless individually terminated.  In accordance with this decision, USCIS will continue to accept and process DACA renewal requests and accompanying applications for employment authorization under the DACA regulations at 8 CFR 236.22 and 236.23, as it has since October 31, 2022. We will also continue to accept initial DACA requests, but in accordance with the District Court’s order, we will not process initial DACA requests.

Current valid grants of DACA and related EADs will continue to be recognized as valid under the Final Rule. This means that individuals with DACA and related EADs do not have to submit a request for DACA or employment authorization until the appropriate time to seek renewal.

Please see the DACA Litigation Information Page for important updates and information related to court rulings on the DACA policy.

Use this form to request that we consider a renewal of your deferred action status on a case-by-case basis.

Deferred action is an act of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal of an individual. Individuals who receive deferred action will not be removed from the United States for a specified period of time, unless the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chooses to terminate the grant of deferred action. Individuals filing Form I-821D must also file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-765WS, Worksheet (PDF, 246.96 KB).

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In this video, you can learn how to file your Form I-821D and Form I-765 online:

## Form Details

Form I-821D  (PDF, 539.36 KB)

Instructions for Form I-821D  (PDF, 324.73 KB)

Form I-765 (MUST be filed with your Form I-821D)  (PDF, 455.64 KB)

Instructions for Form I-765  (PDF, 387.63 KB)

Form I-765 Worksheet  (PDF, 246.96 KB)

04/01/24. Starting June 3, 2024, we will accept only the 04/01/24 edition. Until then, you can also use the 10/31/22 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions. The new filing fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later. If you are filing an acceptable prior form edition, you must include the new filing fee.

Dates are listed in mm/dd/yy format.

If you complete and print this form to mail it, make sure that the form edition date and page numbers are visible at the bottom of all pages and that all pages are from the same form edition. If any of the form’s pages are missing or are from a different form edition, we may reject your form.

If you need help downloading and printing forms, read our instructions. 

Where you file depends on your state of residence; check our Filing Addresses for Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals page for the correct mailing address.

You can find the filing fee for Form I-821D by visiting our Fee Schedule page.  

The fee is effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, and later.  

You also must include the filing fee for Form I-765.

You can pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check or pay by credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

**When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request.**If you pay by credit card or debit card, you cannot later dispute the payment. Use our Fee Calculator to help determine your fee.

If you are submitting multiple forms, pay each filing fee separately. We are transitioning to electronically processing immigration benefit requests, which requires us to use multiple systems to process your package. We may reject your entire package if you submit a single, combined payment for multiple forms.

**Filing Tips for Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals**

Complete **all sections** of the form. We will reject your form if these fields are missing:
                    - Part 1 – Information About You                       - Initial Request or Renewal Request
                      - Expiration date of most recent period of DACA (renewals only)
                      - Family Name
                      - U.S. Mailing Address
                      - Alien Registration Number (renewals only)
                      - Date of Birth
                    - Part 4 – Criminal, National Security, and Public Safety Information (for initial and renewal requests)                       - Questions 1 – 7 must be marked “Yes” or “No”

**Filing Tips:** Review our Tips for Filing Forms by Mail page for information on how to ensure we will accept your form.

**Do not forget to sign your form.**We will reject any unsigned form.

**Replacing a Lost, Stolen, or Damaged Employment Authorization Document (EAD)**

If you are a current DACA recipient and **only** need to replace a valid EAD because yours was lost, stolen, or damaged, file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and select box 1.b. Submit the properly completed Form I-765, evidence that you are a current DACA recipient (such as your most recent DACA approval notice), and the filing fee to the filing address for the location where you live.

For purposes of a request for a replacement of a lost, stolen, or damaged EAD, **do not** file Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, with the Form I-765. If you submit Form I-821D when you are filing to replace a lost, stolen, or damaged EAD, we will deny your Form I-821D and we will not refund the $85 filing fee for Form I-821D.

**E-Notification:** If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that we have accepted your form at a USCIS lockbox, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and clip it to the first page of your form.

                      - Filing Tips for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
                      - DACA Litigation Information Page
                      - Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Fee Exemption Guidance
                      - DACA Frequently Asked Questions

04/08/2024

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