The phrase "apply for a deferred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the process of requesting a postponement or delay, often in the context of applications for educational programs or financial obligations.
Example: "I decided to apply for a deferred admission to the university so I could take a gap year."
Alternatives: "request a deferral" or "seek a postponement."
The young immigrants, "once they have been given deferred action, can apply for a driver's license," said Conrado Terrazas, a spokesman for Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, who has tried unsuccessfully to pass a law allowing licenses for illegal immigrants.
Thursday was the final day for certain young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to apply for a two-year renewal on their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections after President Donald Trump announced a phase-out of the program.
Government appointees can apply for a "certificate of divestiture" that allows them to defer paying capital gains taxes for an unspecified time, putting the money instead into "permitted properties".
Barboza expected to apply for deferred action against deportation, or DACA, after a Hillary Clinton victory.
Similarly, allowing parents of citizens and permanent lawful residents to apply for deferred action will enable families to remain together in the United States for a longer period of time until they are eligible to exercise the option, already given to them by Congress, to seek to regularize the parents' status.
Mr Obama has exercised such discretion before: in 2012 he created a programme that allowed illegal immigrants brought to the country as minors (so-called Dreamers) to apply for "deferred action" (ie, the right to remain in the United States without fear of deportation).
Nayeli Manzano, a 17-year-old Dreamer, was one of thousands in Chicago who went to Navy Pier on Aug. 15, 2012, to learn how to apply for deferred action.
The Obama administration had just announced that Dreamers -- young people who came to the U.S. as children -- would be able to apply for deferred action from deportation.
Under the new policy, parents may apply for deferred action if they have children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green-card holders).
Undocumented immigrants who qualify for President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy (DACA) and receive employment authorization will be able to apply for a state driver's license, announced the California DMV.
