USCIS Issues Updated and Comprehensive Guidance on T Visa Adjudications

 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing updated and comprehensive guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on adjudicating applications for T nonimmigrant status (or T visas) submitted by victims of human trafficking, including clarifying how applicants establish eligibility.

Our policy guidance (PDF, 339.32 KB) clarifies the physical presence eligibility requirement, the age-based exemption from the requirement to comply with law enforcement requests, and how the agency evaluates involuntary servitude claims. Read more at: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-issues-updated-and-comprehensive-guidance-on-t-visa-adjudications

Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.