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Hello everyone my names Gian and I just wanted to share a bit about myself I wish I had signed up earlier but better late than never I suppose. I was born in the Philippines, moved to the United Arab Emirates at the age of 2 with my mother to live with my father who had a job working in Dubai. When I turned 13 my family decided to leave for the US to try for an even better life. We arrived in the states in 1997 I was 14 my younger brother was 4. From what I know my family tried several ways to get us all documented but lots of problems arose and with that our visas ended up expiring. Living undocumented was a tough ordeal I'm sure many of you know but I remember vividly instances of friends and family getting their drivers licenses for the first time and me just siting there wondering when ill ever be able to even do that. It was even harder after high school I just ended up going to a community college for a couple years and due to me not really being motivated due to my situation, I didn't see any way to progress even if I did get a degree, I ended up dropping out. I would spend my time in and out of depression for a couple years trying my best to keep my mind off things by extensively indulging in video games during my down time and helping my mechanic father make ends meet fixing cars. I remember hearing about the dream act and being a little skeptical about when it would pass but lo and behold it finally did, so last September my family hired a lawyer to work on both mine and my younger brothers cases Im 29 and he's 19 now. We both filed our cases together and sent them in on October 16th 2012, on November we both got our biometrics done and then on December my brother had his approved I was so happy for him he finally had a life to look forward to it was a joyous Christmas for sure but there was still mine to wait on. I knew in my heart that I would be approved, my record was spotless I had more than enough evidence to prove everything they needed but it was the longest few months I probably went through. I never really checked on my case status i figured i would just get annoyed checking on it if nothing was going on. Until around the end of march I got a severe urge to do so, I opened up the uscis website and typed in my receipt number. When I read the status my jaw dropped and saw that it was already on card/document production I screamed out loud for my parents and brother to see and hugged them as hard as i could. All our hard work and sacrifice finally came through I was approved on march 28, 2013 and the card was delivered to me on April 3rd. I turn 30 on the 17th and I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present.

be really careful applying for jobs. and when asked if you have felony's or misdemeanors make sure you put them down, i just got rejected for having a misdemeanor driving with out a license last year. A criminal offense can be expunged under certain circumstances. and state. just a heads up. and remember getting DACA approved is not over. rather than the start.

The waiting game is over and today I received two emails from USCIS stating that both apps were approved!

Great news for all us, M. Zuckerberg, as well as many other leaders in Silicon Valley and other industries, have joined us in our fight towards an overhaul of the severely flawed immigration system. Here is his Op-Ed in the Washington Post: http://www.washingto...90a4_story.html

I got my EAD yesterday, went to the DMV early this morning and got my Texas ID without a social. I took my EAD, school Id, and 2 proofs of residency (2 bills in my name). Got my ID without any problems. - Cesar.

http://youtu.be/0lNJviuYUEQ Sad Video!

Thanks for the heads up, while I can certanly appreciate them not hiring someone with a significant misdemeanor it kinda sucks they turned you down for driving without a license. It kinda got me worried about my failing to identify misdemeanor now.. hopefully i wont run into any big issues because of it. Good luck with your next interview and hope you get hired soon.

congratulations on your approval! i'm so happy for you :')

I agree, im married now with a citizen,, and have a pending case and was told by my lawyer to apply for daca, because it will make it much easier when our case continues and it'll help me not to get deported! Most deffentely apply,apply,apply!! lol..

Im pretty sure we're all feeling that way. sometimes i just wanna pull my hair out cause of the stress this is giving me -___- i wanna get my damn work permit already too haha. but things will only get better for us

I cannot wait to hear what they have to say. My family and w everyone's family here deserve a chance. I really hope we can get some kind of priority as dreamers so we can also legalize our parents and siblings. I'm hoping this year we see immigration reform. What makes me nervous is the Obama care health reform coming next year. The new healthcare regulations can lead to more issues for the immigrant community that already struggles to get the basic health care.

I couldn't check my status for like 6 months, until I got an RFE... It was like a blessing in disguise, because although I was still anxious, I couldn't check my status even after calling to find out why... I truly hope you won't be able to...it will ease the burden on your shoulders...

Congrats va98!!