VAWA Confidentiality Protections and U-Visa Certification for Immigrant Survivors (April 4th, 2025)

PowerPoint Presentation

VAWA Confidentiality

Letters That Promote ICE Compliance With 2025 Policies and Statutes

ICE Courthouse Enforcement Guidance 11072.3 Jan.2025, VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, and DHS Implementation Policies 

Statute, Policies, Legislative History, and Regulatory History

ICE 2025 Victim Policy 11005.4 VAWA Confidentiality Statues and DHS Implementing Policy

Resources on Civil Immigration Enforcement At Courthouses

Interlineated VAWA Confidentiality Statute

VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History, and Implementing Policy (2.23.17)

Legislative History of VAWA (94,00,05), T and U-Visas, Battered Spouse Waiver, and VAWA Confidentiality (January 5, 2023)

Benchcards, Brochures, and Tools

Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality

Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Tips to Protect the Privacy of Immigrant Survivors (January 2023)

FAQs for Victims’ Lawyers: The Central Role of Federal Immigrations Laws and the Confidentiality Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in Protecting the Safety and Privacy of Immigrant Survivors (January 2023)

VAWA Confidentiality Materials List

VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery

VAWA Confidentiality: Criminal and Family Case Discovery (October 1 & Nov. 12, 2024)

VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Materials

Bench Card on Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality (December 3, 2021) 

U and T Visas

U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkits

U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist

USCIS, T Visa Certification Resource Guide

U and T Visa Training Materials (July 12, 2024)

U Visa Certifications, T visa Declarations, and Continued Presence: Range of Potential Certifiers at the Local, State, and Federal Government Levels (December 30, 2021) 

U Visa Certification and T visa Declaration Toolkit for Federal, State and Local Judges, Commissioners, Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers (June 17, 2021) 

U visa Certification and T visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors (August 30, 2021) 

Child Protective Services Agency Toolkit: U Visa Certification, T Visa Declaration, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Violence Against Women Act Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrant Children (July 8, 2024) 

U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Adult Protective Services (APS) (October 19, 2023) 

Tools for Prosecutors

Training Tools for Prosecutors on the U Visa, VAWA, and Criminal Court Discovery

Hennepin County Attorney’s Office U Visas and T Visas Certification Policy (March 7, 2024)

U and T Visa Training Materials (July 12, 2024)

U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist