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Thank you for your September 14, 2016 letter regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status and SIJ-based adjustment of status.

On November 22, 2011, then U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the grant of parole on a case by case basis for certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and "stateless" individuals in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), including: An immediate relative of a U.S. citizen. An immediate relative for purposes of this exercise of parole authority is an individual who: Is a legal spouse, an unmarried child under 21 years old, or a parent (regardless of the age of the U.S. citizen child) at the time of adjudication, AND Who was legally present in and residing in the CNMI as of Nov. 27, 2011. A foreign national born in what is now the CNMI between Jan. 1, 1974 and Jan. 9, 1978. These individuals are sometimes referred to as "stateless" because of their unigue situation under the Covenant Act establishing eligibility for U.S. citizenship of individuals born in the CNMI. A child (unmarried under 21 years old) or legal spouse of a foreign national who was born in what is now the CNMI between Jan. 1, 1974 and Jan. 9, 1978 (also referred to as a "stateless" individual). Certain widows and widowers of U.S. citizens.