OAR 413-070-0570: Purpose

The purpose of OAR 413-070-0570 to 413-070-0574 is to describe when the Department will consider and pursue special immigrant juvenile status for a child or young adult who was brought to the United States by a parent or legal guardian not for the purpose of adoption, does not have lawful permanent resident status, cannot be returned safely to a parent or placed in the country of origin of the child or young adult, and should remain in the United States pending finalization of a permanent plan other than return to parent.