🔺 r/DACAuTIN_MANNN·69 days ago
STAYING UP TO DATE
I've been thinking a lot about the importance of staying up to date with everything going on with DACA. Like a lot of us, I got comfortable. I renewed every time and never really paid much attention to what was happening with the program or processing trends. I finally got approved for both my DACA and work permit on 7/29, but I ended up being on a leave of absence from my job for almost 3 months because of the delay. Looking back, I feel like if I had stayed more informed, I probably could have avoided that gap. It still surprises me when I see people asking when they should renew. Even though newer renewals are moving faster now than many of the cases that got stuck between November and April, staying up to date makes the decision easy: renew as early as you can. Even if you lose a couple of months on your current EAD, that's a much better outcome than losing your ability to work for weeks or months. To keep this short, I'll probably stop posting as much here and mostly just lurk to keep up with trends so I never end up in this situation again. I also want to say thank you to this community. You all gave me hope during one of the most stressful times I've been through. Even thoug…