Immigration · Arizona
SIJS in Arizona: The Predicate Order
Arizona SIJS cases live or die on timing. The federal petition needs state court findings first, and the window in which an Arizona court can make them is narrower than in California.
The law itself is federal and works the same way in every state. It is covered in full on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). This page is only the part that changes because you are in Arizona.
What changes in Arizona
- Which court: Findings generally come from an Arizona juvenile or family court, in a dependency, guardianship or custody proceeding.
- Age is the constraint: The practical ceiling in Arizona is tied to the court’s general jurisdiction over minors, which is why a case that would still be viable in California may already be out of time here. If a young person is approaching that age, the state filing is urgent.
- Sequence: Because the state order comes first, the real deadline is the state one — not anything on the federal side.
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