OTHER IMMIGRANT VISAS or RELIEF PROGRAMS

  • Diversity Immigrant Visa
  • Returning Resident
  • Cuban Adjustment Act of 1996, Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act or NACARA 1997, etc.

HUMANITARIAN

  • REFUGEE 

Refugee status is a form of protection that may be granted to people who meet the definition of refugee and who are of special humanitarian concern to the United States.

  • ASYLUM

Asylum status is a form of protection available to people who meet the definition of refugee, are already in the United States, are seeking admission at a port of entry.

  • BATTERED SPOUSE, CHILDREN & PARENTS

As a battered spouse, child or parent, you may file an immigrant visa petition under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

  • VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING & OTHER CRIMES

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, is a form of modern-day slavery in which traffickers lure individuals with false promises of employment and a better life.

  • TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS)

USCIS may grant TPS to eligible nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States to stay here for a limited period of time.  Eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in the designated country may also be granted TPS.

  • DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE

Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) is in the President’s discretion to authorize as part of his power to conduct foreign relations and is not a specific immigration status. Individuals covered by DED are not subject to removal from the United States, usually for a designated period of time. 

  • SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILES (SIJ) STATUS

Some children who are here in the U.S. without legal immigration status may need humanitarian protection because they have been abused, abandoned or neglected by a parent. Special immigrant juvenile status is an immigration classification that may allow these vulnerable children to apply immediately for lawful permanent resident status, commonly known as having a Green Card.

  • FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR CUTTING (FGM/C) – MUTILATIONS GÉNITALES FÉMININES (MGF)

FGM/C refers to cutting and other procedures that injure female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The U.S. government opposes FGM/C, no matter the type, degree, or severity, and no matter what the motivation for performing it. The U.S. government considers FGM/C to be a serious human rights abuse, gender-based violence, and, when done to children, a form of child abuse

  • SPECIAL SITUATIONS

When requested, some options may be available to people affected by natural catastrophes and other extreme situations, including: extensions & changes of status, fee waivers, employment authorization, document replacement, expedited processing.