Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Bureau provides care and custody for unaccompanied alien children until they can be safely released to a sponsor, repatriated to their home country, or obtain legal status. ORR funds residential care provider facilities that provide temporary housing and other services to children in ORR custody. Generally, care provider facilities are State licensed (with the exception of those located in states unwilling to consider them for licensure and temporary emergency or influx facilities) and ORR requirements to ensure a high-level quality of care. Services provided at care provider facilities include, but are not limited to, education, recreation, vocational training, acculturation, nutrition, medical, mental health, legal, and case management. The UAC Sponsor Application Packet information collection contains seven instruments that allow ORR to collect information necessary to determine the suitability of potential sponsors for UAC as required by the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 279) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232). The collection was last approved by OMB on February 27, 2026, and expires on February 28, 2029. ORR is proposing revisions to the Spanish translations of the following forms: • Authorization for Release of Information (Form SAP-2) • Sponsor Application (Form SAP-3) • Fingerprinting Instructions (Form SAP-5) • Letter of Designation for Care of a Child (Form SAP-6) • Affidavit of Financial Support (Form SAP-8) The need for these revisions was identified after Division of Sponsor Administration Federal Field Specialists reported that sponsors were experiencing difficulty understanding certain portions of the Spanish-language forms and provided recommended corrections. ORR Policy staff fluent in Spanish reviewed the identified language and made targeted corrections to address translation errors and improve the clarity and consistency of terminology throughout the Spanish-language forms. Information about specific changes are provided in the nonsubstantive change memo.

The latest form for Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet expires 2029-02-28 and is listed under ICR 202609-0970-007.

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Family Reunification Application (Form SAP-3)

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