State: Arkansas

  • Arkansas Immigration and Public Benefits Timeline for Immigrant Survivors

    This document provides a comparison of access to several public benefits programs by immigration status for crime victims in the state. It demonstrates the differences in access to benefits among immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking, and other crimes based on the form of victim-based immigration status the victim has…

  • Arkansas Benefits Infographic – VAWA Self-Petition

    This infographic presents a timeline that helps users understand the VAWA Self Petition as a victim-based form of immigrant relief. It illustrates when a victim who has applied for relief may begin to receive various benefits, such as healthcare, housing, TANF/SNAP, work authorization, permanent residency, and more. One side of the infographic highlights information relevant…

  • Arkansas Benefits Infographic – SIJS

    This infographic presents a timeline that helps users understand Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) as a victim-based form of immigrant relief. It illustrates when a victim who has applied for relief may begin to receive various benefits, such as healthcare, housing, TANF/SNAP, work authorization, permanent residency, and more. One side of the infographic highlights information…

  • Arkansas Benefits Infographic – T Visa

    This infographic presents a timeline that helps users understand the T Visa as a victim-based form of immigrant relief. It illustrates when a victim who has applied for relief may begin to receive various benefits, such as healthcare, housing, TANF/SNAP, work authorization, permanent residency, and more. One side of the infographic highlights information relevant to…

  • Arkansas Benefits Infographic – U Visa

    This infographic presents a timeline that helps users understand the U Visa as a victim-based form of immigrant relief. It illustrates when a victim who has applied for relief may begin to receive various benefits, such as healthcare, housing, TANF/SNAP, work authorization, permanent residency, and more. One side of the infographic highlights information relevant to…

  • Arkansas: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process (Excel chart)

    Excel spreadsheet version of the Arkansas family law jurisdiction and service of process chart, for sorting and filtering. PDF version: Arkansas: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process

  • Arkansas Demographics

    Demographics of immigrant population in Arkansas Data from 2021 updated in 2023

  • Arkansas U visa Certification Law 2015

    This document acts as a state-level legislative bill template mandating that law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges process U and T visa certifications within 90 days, or 14 days for expedited cases. It includes structured legal language for defining qualified officials and requires agencies to publish public guidelines on the application process.

  • Appeal of Nat’l Benefits Ctr. Decision for Form 1-360 Special Immigrant Juvenile Statuus (AAO Dec. 23, 2021)

    In Appeal of Nat’l Benefits Ctr. Decision for Form 1-360A in a Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Case (SIJS), the Administrative Appeal’s Office denied the petitioner’s SIJ appeal because the Arkansas court was not determined to be acting as a juvenile court for purposes of SIJ after his eighteenth birthday. The court stated that SIJ petitioners…

  • Arkansas: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process

    This document contains texts of state family law statutes governing jurisdiction and service of process, including any alternative service rules, across all types of family law cases. in the state. Also available as an Excel spreadsheet: Arkansas: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process (Excel chart)