PA HB2216

Amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to establish procedures for juvenile courts to issue Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) predicate orders, which are required before immigrant youth can apply for federal SIJS visas created by Congress in 1990

Grants jurisdiction to orphans' courts, custody courts, and juvenile courts to make predicate factual findings for individuals under 21 years of age regarding whether reunification with parents is not viable due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect

Creates a presumption that returning an immigrant juvenile to their country of origin is not in their best interest when a court has awarded custody, appointed a guardian, or adjudicated the juvenile dependent or delinquent

Sets the burden of proof at preponderance of evidence and allows a juvenile's credible testimony alone, without corroborating evidence, to be sufficient for issuing a predicate order

Requires confidentiality of immigration status information, permits courts to issue predicate orders sua sponte, and allows courts to waive service requirements on parents who have abandoned a juvenile for at least six months