It's late, and you're reading a government website again.
Dahlia answers immigration questions in plain language. It shows you the exact rule it read, when that rule took effect, and what it couldn't figure out.
Every answer shows its work.
You get the answer, the regulation it came from, and the date that regulation took effect, plus an honest list of what Dahlia could not determine from what you told it.
You should be able to check anything you're told about your own life. So you can.
My work permit expires in six weeks and I haven't heard anything about my renewal.
If you filed your renewal before your current card expired, you may keep working under an automatic extension while it's pending, up to 540 days for most categories.
What Dahlia can't determine
Whether your renewal was actually received. Only your receipt notice can confirm that.
If it feels like you're waiting longer than you should be, you're not imagining it.
11.3M
Cases pending at USCIS at the end of the first quarter of FY2026, up 16.5% from a year earlier.
6.3M
Of those are past the processing time USCIS itself considers acceptable, and within its control.
86
Cases USCIS finished for every 100 it received that quarter. That is the eleventh quarter in a row it fell further behind.
What Dahlia will and won't do
Will
- Answer in plain language, in English or Spanish, however you write it.
- Show you the regulation or official guidance behind every answer, with the date it took effect.
- Tell you plainly when it does not have enough information, and what it would need.
- Tell you when your situation needs a real attorney, and help you find one.
Won't
- Predict whether your case will be approved. Nobody can, and anyone who says otherwise is selling something.
- Give you legal advice or act as your attorney.
- File anything on your behalf or contact any agency for you.
- Sell your information, or share it with USCIS, ICE, or any government agency.
What you tell Dahlia stays with Dahlia.
We know exactly what it costs to type your situation into a box. Here is the whole policy, in plain terms.
- Your conversations are encrypted and tied only to your account.
- We never sell or rent your data. There is no advertising business here.
- We do not give your information to USCIS, ICE, or any other government agency. The only thing that could change that is a court order we are legally required to obey. If that ever happens we will tell you, unless the court forbids us from telling you. That is something a court can do.
- You can delete your account and everything in it at any time, permanently.
You can ask the question you've been carrying around.
In English or Spanish, however it comes out. You don't need to know the legal words for any of it.