What is an T Visa?

The T nonimmigrant status is available to admissible aliens who are “victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons who have complied with any reasonable request for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of acts of trafficking in persons and who can demonstrate that they would suffer extreme hardship involving unusual and severe harm if they were removed from the United States.”  (8 C.F.R.§103)  If a law enforcement endorsement is not available (which is primary evidence of the assistance), the Service will accept secondary evidence.  Those that are under 15 years old do not have to show that they complied with any reasonable request to assist law enforcement agencies.

 

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