Dream Act?

<p>Hey guys, i have several questions regarding the Dream act and if whether i am "eligible" for it.</p>

<p>i know its a very controversial issue, but it would be really great if you guys can provide insight.</p>

<p>so i came to the US with my parents in 2000. my father worked for my country's government and we had a diplomatic passport. then my father retired in 2004, and i became "illegal". he went home, and i stayed.</p>

<p>basically, i finished elementary school, jhs and high school here. i wanted to go to college here and was accepted to a school in new york. i went back home, and was given the F-1 visa.</p>

<p>now its 2012 and ive recently graduated from college. i worked hard in college, acquired internships at f500 companies doing finance/accounting work. now im looking for jobs, and have been applying to only f500 companies because i feel that theyre the ones who will most likely give me a visa if im hired.</p>

<p>now ive been having interviews since March, but no luck. i have two interviews next week and hopefully i get an offer with one of them (im much more prepared for my interviews now since its the summer). now im only saying all this because i guess i just want to show that i wasn't really wasting my time, i worked hard.</p>

<p>my OPT starts 6/30, next week.</p>

<p>anyway, i heard about the dream act policy last week and ive been reading about it but it seems like it would only qualify to illegal immigrants. but yet there are some criteria that fit me, like the fact that i came here when i was 10, and became illegal at 14 (since my father retired and our visa and passport expired as well). also i went to school, elementary, jhs and high school, here as well. i guess my problem is that i was illegal, then became legal due to the F-1 visa.</p>

<p>so my questions is, does that qualify me for the "dream act" policy?</p>

<p>the act mentions that illegal immigrants are required to attend or to have attended college, but how can they attend if they dont have a visa?</p>

<p>thanks guys.</p>

<p>It’s all hypothetical as of right now. The Dream Act has been modified countless times since it was first proposed in 2001, and no version has ever made it through the senate. </p>

<p>If it ever becomes law, I’d recommend that you consult an immigration lawyer to discuss your options.</p>

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Many colleges let undocumented students enroll. Provided of course that they can pay the full fees…</p>

<p>I think OP is confusing the Dream Act, a piece of legislation that has no chance of passage in the foreseeable future, with President Obama’s recent declaration that stops the deportation of certain young illegal immigrants for the next two years: “Under the change, the Department of Homeland Security will no longer initiate the deportation of illegal immigrants who came to the United States before age 16, have lived here for at least five years, and are in school, are high school graduates or are military veterans in good standing. The immigrants must also be not more than 30 and have clean criminal records.” It doesn’t sound as if the policy would apply to you, since you are not here illegally.</p>