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Welcome to My Undocumented Life! A place where we can document our lives as undocumented immigrants. MyUndocumentedLife.org is dedicated to providing up-to-date information and resources for undocumented immigrants. Here, you will find the latest on scholarship opportunities, immigration news, ways in navigating the educational system, and more.
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2015 Opportunity to travel to Mexico for undocumented students with DACA
The California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program is offering 25 undocumented students who have DACA, from colleges and universities in the Los Angeles, CA area, the opportunity to travel to Mexico from December 17, 2015 to January 11, 2016. The following are the… Read More ›
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DACA beneficiaries traveling abroad: Karla’s experience, advice, and timeline!
By KARLA (Interviewed by Carolina) Many of you have wondered what the process is for traveling abroad with DACA. And while I have personally not gone through the process, I am excited to announce that for the coming weeks, we… Read More ›
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Need help paying for your DACA?
The Mission Asset Fund is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco. They have created lending circles as a way to help undocumented youth who live in California and are struggling to afford their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) application. How it works: Participants take… Read More ›
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New report on DACA renewals from the Migration Policy Institute
Many of us who have applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) worried about our renewals two-years after our initial DACA approval. We also worried about having enough money to pay the $465 fee once again, about applying within… Read More ›
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Being undocumented: Advice on starting your own blog from Prerna Lal
Are you thinking about starting your own blog about being undocumented? Or perhaps you already created a blog and could use some motivation? This week, we are happy to feature Prerna Lal‘s experience on, and advice about, starting an immigration-related… Read More ›
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American Political Science Association-Minority Student Recruitment Program
If you are an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a PhD in political science, definitely check out the opportunity to enroll in the American Political Science Association (APSA)’s Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP) database. This database will help political science departments… Read More ›
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The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Every year, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports thirty New Americans, immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. Each fellowship is for up to $25,000 in stipend support… Read More ›
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Support for Undocumented Californians Applying to Health Professional Schools
Are you an undocumented student living in California who will be applying to graduate and/or professional schools this year in a health/science-related field? Pre-Health Dreamers, a project of E4FC, has a new pilot program to help undocumented immigrants residing in California… Read More ›
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Financial Aid for Undocumented Graduate Students
Pre-Health Dreamers, a network and community of over 215 pre-health undocumented students, has put together a one-page document with options to afford graduate school (within and outside of the medical field) as an undocumented student. The document includes helpful information about… Read More ›
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USCIS Recalls Three-Year DACAs Granted AFTER February 16, 2015
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced an expansion of DACA, which among other things, extended the DACA work permit to three (instead of two) years. Thus, USCIS began to issue three-year DACA work permits after the announcement. In total, USCIS… Read More ›
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#DignityDays: Advice about pursuing law, medical, and graduate school as an undocumented student
America’s Voice Education Fund, United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Domestic Workers Alliance have launched a project, #DignityDays, to highlight the work and efforts from activists and leaders across the immigrant community.