On April 29, 2024, DHS issued final T-Visa regulations that will take effect on August 28th, 2024. This Victim Advocates COP will provide an overview of those regulations, discuss how they impact immigrant victims of domestic violence and child abuse in family law cases, and highlight significant public benefits impact for survivors.

PowerPoint:05.16.24 New T Visa Regs COP Slides 

Human Trafficking

• CAST Advisory: Overview of the 2024 T Visa Final Rule (May 2024)
• Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for ‘‘T’’ Nonimmigrant Status (T Visa Final Rule April 30, 2024)
• CAST Common Hurdles in Distinguishing Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from Human Trafficking (August 2023)
• CAST Understanding the Legal Definition of Human Trafficking (Updated February 2024)
• Policy Manual: Victims of Trafficking (Part B) (May 2024)
• Chapter 11: Human Trafficking and the T-Visa (July 10, 2014)

Public Benefits

• *All State Public Benefits Charts and Interactive Public Benefits Map (2022)

Immigration and VAWA

• Comparing Inadmissibility Waivers Available to Immigrant Victims in VAWA Self-Petitioning, U Visa, T Visa, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases (December 26, 2022) 
• Comparison Chart of U visa, T Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (December 30, 2021) 
• Bench Card on Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality (December 3, 2021)