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CSPA Age Calculator — Child Status Protection Act

Estimate CSPA age for certain family-preference or employment-based derivative beneficiaries using the USCIS rule effective August 15, 2025. The calculator performs arithmetic only; it cannot determine age protection, eligibility, conversion, or a case outcome.

CSPA age estimate

Usually the child's country of birth. The country remains relevant even when stored cutoffs are equal.

Visa-availability date

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For qualifying adjustment cases pending before August 15, 2025, transition review may require the Dates for Filing chart only when USCIS designated that chart for the applicable month. A filing date of August 15, 2025 or later does not corroborate “pending before.”

USCIS alert dated August 8, 2025 (effective August 15, 2025)USCIS Policy Manual, Vol. 7, Part A, Ch. 7

What is this tool?

This tool illustrates the INA § 203(h) arithmetic for listed family-preference and employment-based derivative scenarios. It uses dates supplied by the user and does not decide whether USCIS or the Department of State will protect a person's age.

Who may use it

  • •Derivative beneficiaries in the listed family-preference categories.
  • •Derivative beneficiaries in an employment-based preference case.
  • •People reviewing a possible adjustment-of-status timeline with a qualified professional.

What it does not cover

CSPA rules differ by classification and procedural history. This arithmetic result is not an eligibility decision.

  • •Refugee, asylee, immediate-relative, or unsupported classifications.
  • •Whether the one-year sought-to-acquire requirement was met or excused.
  • •Whether conversion or priority-date retention applies.
  • •Any guaranteed or final case outcome.

Which USCIS visa-availability chart applies?

USCIS announced on August 8, 2025 that, effective August 15, 2025, it generally uses the Department of State Visa Bulletin Final Action Dates chart to determine when a visa becomes available for CSPA age calculations in adjustment-of-status cases.

USCIS continues applying its former policy to qualifying adjustment applications that were pending before August 15, 2025. Under that former policy, Dates for Filing can matter only when USCIS designated that chart for adjustment filings in the relevant month.

A person who did not file adjustment before August 15, 2025 and asks USCIS to excuse the one-year sought-to-acquire requirement based on extraordinary circumstances must show that a visa was available under the former policy before the cutoff and that the filing delay was reasonable under the circumstances. USCIS decides these requests individually.

This USCIS transition policy is not for consular processing. Department of State rules govern cases processed through a U.S. embassy or consulate.

What this calculator can and cannot do

  • It subtracts petition-pending time from biological age using dates you enter.
  • It does not create a universal age lock or establish CSPA protection.
  • It does not decide visa availability, sought-to-acquire compliance, extraordinary circumstances, automatic conversion, priority-date retention, or immigration eligibility.
  • It is limited to listed family-preference and employment-based derivative scenarios. It is not a tool for refugees, asylees, immediate relatives, or other unlisted classifications.
  • A calculated number can still produce an unknown legal outcome.

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