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ok, so maybe this will help some of you that are asking what happens after you fill your DACA app. i dont know that things will happen this way for sure but it might give a sense of what to expect. First, you'll fill your DACA and EAD together and pay the $465 which also includes the biometrics. Second, after you've mailed in your DACA and EAD app, USCIS will send you a letter saying thy have recieved it. Now, you will need to read the letter carefully because USCIS may tell you where to go to have your Biometrics done. Biometrics are just USCIS taking your fingerprints and maybe your picture in order to do your background check. If the first letter doesnt not included this information, the USCIS will send a second letter with this information. After your background check comes back and all is clean, you will given a EAD card. it is usually mailed to you. Once you have your EAD card, you can take it to the Social Security Office and apply for a SSN. you can go to www.ssa.gov and info about what you will need when you apply for a SSN. After you have recieved your SSN, usually takes 10 to 14 days, you can take it to the DMV and apply for a DL and/or State ID Now, like i stated before, this is roughly how the process will go. depending on your case, things may go a little differently. Hope this helps feel free to ask any questions y'all may have,

The Homeland Security Department said Friday that illegal immigrants will have to pay $465 to apply for legal status in the U.S. under President Obama’s administration Dream Act, with the fees going to make sure no taxpayer funds are used. Illegal immigrants will be able to begin applying Aug. 15 under the program announced in June by President Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, which will apply to illegal immigrants age 30 and under who were brought here before age 16. In another key decision, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas said the agency will generally not use the information from the applications to try to deport illegal immigrants who don’t qualify unless they lie on their application, have serious criminal records or are otherwise deemed threats to the country. That move is likely to draw fire from critics who say the Obama administration is knowingly turning its back on illegal immigration, but an administration official, who briefed reporters on condition that he not be named, said they made that decision in order to try to convince illegal immigrants to come forward. “Information contained in the request will not be used for immigration enforcement purposes,” the official said. Driving without a license would not rise to the level of a criminal offense where the information would be used, nor would having worked in the U.S. under a false identify. But gun offenses, sex offenses or drunken-driving convictions would rise to the level where the information would be shared with deportation authorities. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, said the program will push illegal immigrants into the workforce, letting them legally compete with American workers at a time when the unemployment rate is still over 8 percent. He also worried about the guidelines, which he said aren’t strict enough to weed out bad applicants. “The lack of specific standards for employees processing the applications is an open invitation to fraud,” he said Officials couldn’t say how long processing would take since they don’t know the volume of requests or how long background checks will take. The official who briefed reporters said 1,200 illegal immigrants who were already pending in the deportation system have been granted deferred action. The legal status — and a work permit — will last for two years at first, but can be renewed again, meaning those who qualify can remain in the U.S. without fear of deportation, and with the right to work. The specific conditions are that an illegal immigrant: was under 31 years of age on June 15, when the president announced the policy; came to the U.S. before age 16, has been in the country continuously for five years; and has graduated high school, earned a GED or was honorably discharged from the military. Convicted felons and those with multiple misdemeanors would not be eligible. Those are generally the same requirements as the Dream Act — legislation that never passed Congress but that would have granted a full path to citizenship to young illegal immigrants. Mr. Obama’s order does not confer those same citizenship rights. Officials said in very rare cases illegal immigrants who are well below the federal poverty line can request an exemption from the $465 fee. Cesar Vargas, a former law school student who would be eligible for the Dream Act, said the administration’s move was welcome, but not enough. “Of course, the administrative directive is just the first step and we will keep pressuring both Democrats and Republicans to ensure a modern immigration process is enacted next year,” he said. Link:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/3/dream-act-students-will-pay-465-fee-legal-status-d/

the app will be available online which you will need to print and fill out--or you can fill it out, with PDF and then print it out. then you make copies of all the documents that you have--hopefully you've done this already--mail it all in and keep your fingers crossed

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD this is from USCIS website. you dont need to provide the biometrics or background. what will happen is that after you send in you app, they will send you a letter saying where you need to go to have your finger prints taken,

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Tano123: Even if Romney gets to be president, if you applied for DACA and were approved then you'll be fine at least for 2 years, even if he removes it. Yes, he'd veto the DREAM Act which is why we're hoping he wont win. I think you should apply if you qualify. I think we're headed in the right direction and they can't just leave us hanging in the limbo. Lets be positive, we'll be all right. Welcome to the forum and good luck.