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"Age Out" arises in a situation when the person applies for adjustment of status, consular processing, or naturalization as a "child", and during the processing of the application the "child" turns the age of 21, and "Ages Out".
Under the immigration laws, a child is defined as an unmarried person under the age of 21. In many instances, alien children are eligible for immigration benefits if they are the children of an U.S. citizen or permanent resident, the children of a beneficiary to an immigrant petition, or the children as a derivative beneficiary of the parent's employment based immigration. In accordance with previous immigration laws, children who turn 21 before their applications for adjustment of status or applications for immigration visa are adjudicated are "Aged Out", and lose their eligibility for a green card, which they would have had, had they not attained the age of 21.
However, the "Child Status Protection Act" (CSPA) has changed the scenarios of "Age Out" preventing these children applicants from "aging out" under certain circumstances.
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