USCIS Announces Online Filing For DACA Renewal Forms – General Immigration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on
April 12, 2022, that individuals who previously received deferred
action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may now
file renewal requests on Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals, online. Such individuals must also
file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and the
I-765 Worksheet, which is required as evidence in support of the
DACA filing. A DACA requestor must first create a free USCIS online
account to submit forms, pay fees, track status, and respond to
Requests for Evidence.

USCIS said that During fiscal year (FY) 2021, USCIS received
more than 8.8 million requests for immigration benefits and other
requests, including 438,950 Form I-821D DACA requests. Since
launching online filing in 2017, the overall number of forms filed
online has increased significantly. In FY 2021, approximately
1,210,700 applications, petitions and requests were filed online, a
2.3% increase from the 1,184,000 filed in FY 2020.

USCIS noted that under a court order, the Department of Homeland
Security continues to accept both initial and renewal DACA
requests, although the agency is prohibited from granting initial
DACA requests at this time.

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