VAWA Self-Petition

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• Pro Bono Institute “Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition” Training Module

• Resources for Foreign-born Student Victims

• September 27, 2019: Kensington, MD, Maryland Service Providers Meeting

• September 5-6, 2024 Dallas, Texas LETTAC: Investigating and Prosecuting Cases of Intimate Partner Violence Involving Immigrant Crime Victims and Leveraging U and T Visa Programs

• State STOP, VOCA, FVPSA Administrators Training Materials

• Support and Training Materials for STOP, VOCA and FVPSA State Grant Administrators (December 12, 2022)

• Training Materials: Education (Last Updated- February 2022)

• Training Materials: Immigration Relief for Immigrant Crime Victims and Immigrant Children

• Training Tools for Prosecutors on the U Visa, VAWA and Criminal Court Discovery (June 2023)

• U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkits (Last Updated July 25, 2025)

• VAWA Self-Petition: Protections for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Abuse by Abusive Spouses and Parents (Webinar – April 22, 2020, with Materials, Questions and Answers)

• VAWA Self-Petitioners Comparison Charts & Interlineated Statutes: VAWA NACARA (Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act), VAWA HRIFA (Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act), and VAWA CAA (Cuban Adjustment Act)(April 22, 2020)