U Visa for Crime Victims and VAWA
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U VISA FOR CRIME VICTIMS
If you are a victim of a crime that occurred in the US, you may be eligible for a visa to live and work in the US and eventually permanent residency. Your family members may also be eligible for the U visa.
You may be eligible for the U visa if
- You are a victim of qualifying criminal activity.
- You have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity.
- You have information about the crime.
- You were helpful or likely to be helpful to law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of the crime.
VAWA VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT AND PERMANENT RESIDENCY
If you are a victim of physical or mental domestic violence by an abusive US citizen or permanent resident spouse, intended spouse or former spouse and were subjected to battery or extreme cruelty, you may be eligible to apply for permanent residency without their assistance.
Law Office of Cara Wilkins represents immigration clients in the US in all 50 states and countries worldwide.
