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As a DUI is neither misdemeanor nor felony, the DUI should have no effect upon the renewal of your green card. I assume that there were no aggravating factors. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.

Your DUI may make you ineligible for DACA. However, lease remember that this is still a work in progress and although there are general guidelines currently set out, they can change and expanded or restricted as the process matures. I strongly suggest that you contact an experienced immigration attorney for a face-to-face consultation and give him/her all of the facts surrounding your situation. He/she would then be in a better position to analyze your case and advise you of your options.

The petition that your mother's sister filed is not current according to the most recent Department of State Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin is a monthly report that lets us know when visas are available in what are commonly referred to as the "preference categories." In the Fourth Preference (siblings of US citizens), the State Department is currently processing cases filed on or after May 22, 1996 for beneficiaries who are Mexican nationals. As the petition filed on behalf of your mother was filed in 1997, it is not yet "current." As you did not mention your immigration status, it is difficult to determine whether you might be able to file for them. If you are a US citizen, you could file an immigrant visa petition on their behalf so that they could return to the US. Keep in mind however, that if you are not a US citizen, you cannot file a petition on behalf of your parents. A petition filed by a US citizen on behalf of a parent is not subject to the limitations discussed above as to "preference category" petitions and accordingly no visa backlog exists in this category. Also important to consider is that if your folks were in the US for any period during which they did not have lawful status, that may render them inadmissible to the US by reason of having accrued a period of "unlawful presence" before their departure. Again as your inquiry does not indicate whether your folks were here without status, I cannot provide any response as to this important consideration. My advice? Talk to a competent attorney who can guide you through the process.