Includes annotations identifying where the resource guide differs from U visa regulations, regulations preamble and the U visa statute. In this l2019 guide USICS attempted to overrule the prior resource guide on U and T visas that was issued by DHS Headquarters. There remains a debate within DHS as to the whether USCIS could as a matter of law overrule the DHS U and T Resource Guide issued by DHS Headquarters. For training purposes best practices are to continue to treat the 2015 DHS U and T Resource Guide as still having full force and effect in addition to this USCIS resource guide. The statue and regulations and regulations preamble regulatory history take precedence over this USCIS guide where the information contained in this guide differs or is inconsistent with the law and regulations.