Training Materials
Dynamics of Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Blended Power and Control Wheel
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/blendedpcwheel - Lifetime Spiral of Gender Abuse
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lifetime-spiral-gender-abuse - CH 01.1 Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Victims (2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/cult-man-ch1-1-dynamicsdomesticviolence2016
- CH 01: Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women (2014) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch1-dynamics-sexual-assault-implications
- Transforming Lives: How the VAWA Self-Petition and the U Visa Change the Lives of Victims and Their Children After Work Authorization and Legal Immigration Status (June 8, 2021)
- https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/executive-summary-final (Executive Summary)
- https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-transforming-lives-abstract-conclusions (Abstract, summary, conclusions)
- Coercive Control in Families, the Impact on Children and Extreme Cruelty (Presentation by Evan Stark)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/coercive-control-extreme-cruelty
Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Victims
- Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Immigrant Victims of Crime (2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-relief-forms-comparison
- Comparing VAWA Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998 (“VAWA HRIFA), VAWA Cuban Adjustment Act and VAWA Self-Petitioning Chart (January 28, 2021)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-hrifa-cubans-self-petition-chart-4-28-20 - Comparing Inadmissibility Waivers Available to Immigrant Victims in VAWA Self-Petitioning, U Visa, T Visa and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases (January 28, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/inadmissibility-chart-vawa-t-u-sijs
- Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children, and Immigrant Crime Victims (2013)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judg-tkit-bchcrdvictimsimmrights10-11-13
Immigration Law of Domestic Violence
- Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases (September 12, 2015)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order-2
Good Faith Marriage
- Good Faith Marriage in VAWA Self-Petitioning Cases (2013)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/good-faith-marriage-vawa
VAWA Self-Petitioning Flow Charts
- Good Faith Marriage in VAWA Self-Petitioning Cases (2013)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/good-faith-marriage-vawa
State by State Charts
- State Law Definitions of Child Abuse
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-k-state-law-definitions-of-child-abuse-chart - Domestic Violence Includes Child Abuse and Child Neglect
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-n-domestic-violence-abuse-and-neglect - Labor Charts: Employment Based U Visa Criminal Activity State Charts
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/comprehensive-charts-tracking-state-laws
U and T Visas
- U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Federal, State and Local Judges, Commissioners, Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers (June 17, 2021)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-u-and-t-certification-toolkit-2 - U visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors (June 15, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-t-visa-toolkit-law-enforcement-prosecutor
- U Visa Helpfulness Checklist (October 21, 2019)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-helpfulness-checklist - U Visa Regulations -Substantial Harm Factors in U visa Cases (January 7, 2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-substantial-harm
- U Visa Quick Reference Guide for Judges (October 14, 2020)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-quick-reference-guide-for-judges - T Visa Quick Reference for Law Enforcement & Prosecutors (March 24, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-quick-refernece-for-law-enforcement-prosecutors
- T Visa Application Flowchart (June 12, 2021)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-application-flowchart - U Visa Application Victim Flow Chart for Judges (October 14, 2020)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-flowchart_judges - DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide Updated November 30, 2015 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-updated-u-certification-resource-guide-2015
VAWA Self-Petitioner, U and T Visa, and Battered Spouse Waiver Legislative History
- Legislative History of VAWA (94, 00, 05), T and U-Visas, Battered Spouse Waiver, and VAWA Confidentiality (June 17, 2015)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa_leg-history_final-6-17-15-sji/
USCIS and DOJ Memos/Guides VAWA Self-Petitioning and Government Documents
- USCIS Webpage: Green Card for VAWA Self-Petitioners (March 4, 2020)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-vawa-self-petitioner-green-card - USCIS: Instructions for I-601 Waivers of Grounds of Inadmissibility (discussing VAWA self-petitions, VAWA NACARA and VAWA HRIFA) (January 27, 2020)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i-601instr-inadmissiblity-waivers-vawa-nacara-hrifa - USCIS: Form I-485 Instructions for Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Contains useful information for VAWA self-petitioners, VAWA HRIFA and VAWA CAA)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/form-i-485-instructions - ICE Memo April 2019 Memo on Continuing Validity of The Crime Victims Witness Protection Memo (April 19, 2019)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-memo-april-2019-memo-on-crime-victims/ - USCIS Policy Manual: Good Moral Character – Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period (April 19, 2019)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-afm-bars-to-good-moral-character - USCIS Memo Disclosures of Certain Information Relating to Criminal Histories of Petitioners to Potential Visa Beneficiaries (May 3, 2016)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/disclosure-criminal-histories/ - USCIS Memo: Eligibility for Employment Authorization for Battered Spouses of Certain Nonimmigrants (March 8, 2016)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/h-visa-765-2/ - USCIS Webpage: Battered Spouse, Children and Parents (February 16, 2016)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscisweb-battered-spouse-children-parents - USCIS Webpage: Questions and Answers: Battered Spouses, Children and Parents Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (July 15, 2015)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-q-and-a-uscis-7-15-15 - DOJ-EORI: Application for Suspension of Deportation (Including VAWA Suspension of Deportation) (July 2015): https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/eoir40-applicaton-vawa-suspension-of-deportation
- USCIS Policy Memorandum Exception to the Two Year Custody and Two Year Residency Requirement for Abused Adopted Children (October 2, 2013)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawaadoptionexception - Congressional Research Service, Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (May 15, 2012)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/r42477/ - USCIS Policy Memorandum Continued Eligibility to File for Child VAWA Self-Petitioners After Attaining Age 21 (September 6, 2011)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-uscismemocontinuedeligibilitychildvawa-09-06-11/ - USCIS Policy Memo: Eligibility to Self-Petition as a Battered or Abused [parent of a U.S. Citizen (August 30, 2011)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-uscismemoelderabuse-08-30-11/ - DHS Memo Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs (June 17, 2011)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-memo-june-17-2011-prosecutorial-discretion-for-victims/ - USCIS Brochure: Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage Based Visa (January 7, 2011)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/rights-available-imm-victims-us/ - USCIS Memo: Approval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative under New Section 204(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (December 16, 2010)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/death-of-qualiying-relative/ - USCIS Fact Sheet: Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage Based Visa (October 27, 2010)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights/ - USCIS Report on the Operations of the Violence Against Women Act Unit at the USCIS Vermont Service Center, Report to Congress (October 22, 2010)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/report-vawa-uscis-vermont-service-center/ - USCIS Executive Summary: Vermont Service Stakeholder Engagement (April 19, 2010)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-uscisstakeholderengagementvt-04-19-10/ - Advance Question/Discussion Topics for VSC Meeting (August 20, 2009)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/questions-discussion-vermont-service-center/ - USCIS Questions and Answers: Filing T, U, and VAWA Petitions with USCIS (July 8, 2009)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-tkit-cis-qa-vawa-t-u-petitions-07-08-09/ - Filing T, U, and VAWA Petitions with USCIS-Questions and Answers (June 30, 2009)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-filing-t-u-vawa/ - Inquiry Process for T, U, and VAWA Applications (May 5, 2009)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/inquiry-process-t-u-vawa/ - USCIS Response to National Network Letter Regarding VAWA Unit Operations (March 18, 2009)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/letter-to-gail-pendleton/ - USCIS Issues Guidance for Approved VAWA Self-Petitioners (April 21, 2008)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscisguidancevawafactsheet/ - USCIS Memorandum Adjustment of Status for VAWA Self-Petitioner Who is Present Without Inspection (April 11, 2008)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/adjust-status-present-without-inspection/ - USCIS Interoffice Memo: Eligibility to Self-Petition as a Battered Spouse or Child of a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident Within Two Years of the Abuser’s Loss of Status (October 31, 2005)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-uscismemoaytesloss-ofabusersstatus-10-31-05/ - USCIS Memo: Clarification of Classes of Applications Eligible for Naturalization under Section 319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (January 27, 2005)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/clarification-eligible-applications/ - Determinations of Good Moral Character in VAWA-Based Self-Petitions Purpose (January 19, 2005)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-good-moral-character-memo-1-19-05/ - USCIS Interoffice Memo: Age-Out Protections Afforded Battered Children Pursuant to the Child Status Protection Act and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (August 17, 2004)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-uscismemoageoutprotectionscspavtvpa-08-17-04/ - USCIS Memo Revised Guidance for the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) (July 2004)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/revised-guidance-cspa/ - USCIS Interoffice Memo: Extension of Validity Period for Notices of Prima Facie Case Issued in Connection with a Form I-360 Filed by Self-Petitioning Battered Spouse/Child (April 8, 2004)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extension-validity-period-primafacie/ - Eligibility to Self-Petition as an Intended Spouse of an Abusive U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (August 21, 2002)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-memo-on-elgibility-to-sp-as-intended-spouse-bigamy-memo/ - Revocation of VAWA-Based Self-Petitions, I-360s (August 5, 2002)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-dojmemorevocationvawabasedselfpetitions-08-05-02/ - Deferred Action Determinations for Self-Petitioning Battered Spouses and Children (USDOJ) (September 8, 2000)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-gov-dojmemocronindeferredaction-09-09-00/ - Field Guidance-Prima Facie Review of Form I-360 When Filed by a Self-Petitioning Battered Spouse/Child (March 27, 1998)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/form1360-filed-self-petitioning-spouse/ - DOJ Memo: Supplemental Guidance on Battered Alien Self-Petitioning Process and Related Issues (May 6, 1997)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-gov-virtuememoguidancesec384-05-06-1997/ - DOJ Memo: Operating Policy and Procedure, Motions for Prima Facie Determinations and Verification Requests for Battered Spouses and Children (1997)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/prima-facie-verification-requests/ - EOIR: Motions for “Prima Facie” Determination and Verification Requests for Battered Spouses and Children (1997)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/prima-facie-verification-requests/ - DOJ Memo: Implementation of Crime Bill Self-Petitioning for Abused or Battered Spouses or Children of U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents (April 16, 1996)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/aleinikoff__letter_implementation_selfpetition/
VAWA Confidentiality
- Quick Reference Guide for Judges: VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Related Case Law (June 12, 2021)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-discovery-cases-judicial - VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (Updated April 4, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history
- Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-bro-3prongsofconfidentiality/ - DHS Broadcast Message on New 384 Class of Admission Code Alerting Personnel of a Victim Protected by VAWA Confidentiality Protections
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-broadcast-class-admission-code/ - VAWA Confidentiality Interlineated Statute (March 31, 2018)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-interliniated/