• AAO Denies Preference Visa, No Evidence of Extreme Hardship (Jan 14, 2000)

• Aytes Memo Responds to CIS Ombudsman's Recommendation on Improving the Process for T & U Visa Applicants (May 29, 2009) (.pdf - 79 KB)

• Aytes Memo on Adjustment for VAWA Self-Petitioners (Apr 21, 2008) (.pdf - 58 KB)

• Aytes Memo Revises AFM Regarding U Visas (Apr 2, 2008) (.pdf - 1123 KB)

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• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter July 14, 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 14) (Jul 14, 2006) (.pdf - 86 KB)

• Transition Document Submitted to the Obama/Biden Policy Transition Team Regarding Actions to Enhance Protections for Noncitizen Victims of Crimes (Feb 6, 2009) (.pdf - 59 KB)

• Summary of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3402) (Dec 23, 2005) (.pdf - 90 KB)

• Summary of VAWA 2005’s Immigration Provisions, Prepared by Legal Momentum (Dec 21, 2005) (.pdf - 70 KB)

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• BIA Finds LPR Eligible for Special Rule Cancellation of Removal as a Battered Spouse (Sep 23, 2009) (.pdf - 258 KB)

• CA10 Discusses Grounds for Contesting Removal under the Visa Waiver Program (Aug 10, 2006)

• CA10 Affirms VAWA Cancellation Denial (Jan 9, 2006)

• CA9 Remands VAWA Cancellation Case (Jun 3, 2005)

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• Congress Passes Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7311) (Dec 15, 2008)

• Senate Passes FY09 Budget Resolution; Considers Immigration-Related Amendments (Mar 14, 2008)

• Senate Passes Violence Against Women Act of 2005; Please Continue to Oppose Ill-Advised Amendments (Oct 5, 2005)

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• Text of the Enrolled Version of S. 3693 (PL 109-271) (Aug 21, 2006) (.pdf - 88 KB)

• President Signs Bill Containing VAWA 2005 Provisions (Jan 6, 2006)

• Text of Enrolled Version of H.R. 3402, Containing VAWA 2005 (Jan 6, 2006) (.pdf - 445 KB)

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• Relief from Removal Under VAWA Web Recording (May 20, 2009)

• DOS to Hold Meeting for Guide on Nonimmigrant Visa Application Process and Rights of Trafficking Victims (May 6, 2009)

• DOJ Seeks Comments on Certification of Compliance for STOP VAWA Formula Grant Program (Jun 22, 2006)

• DHS Requests Comments on Form I-918 (Jun 2, 2006)

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• DOJ Commemorates Fifteen Years of the Violence Against Women Act (Sep 15, 2009) (.pdf - 51 KB)

• Q&As on Filing T, U, and VAWA Petitions with USCIS (Jul 8, 2009) (.pdf - 74 KB)

• USCIS Announces Revised Version of Form I-914 for T Nonimmigrant Status (May 6, 2009) (.pdf - 216 KB)

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• Stakeholder/USCIS Q & As (1/26/10) (Jan 29, 2010) (.pdf - 77 KB)

• VSC Helpful Filing Tips (Nov 23, 2009) (.pdf - 334 KB)

• Chicago Chapter-USCIS Chicago District Office Liaison Meeting & Supplementary Minutes (9/24/09) (Sep 29, 2009) (.pdf - 44 KB)

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• The § 237(a)(1)(H) Fraud Waiver (June 1, 2009) (Jun 1, 2009) (.pdf - 58 KB)

• ABA Releases Guidance on Representing Trafficking Victims (Jan 7, 2009)

• Questions & Answers on Ethics Issues (Jun 7, 2005) (.pdf - 143 KB)

• Text of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Sep 13, 2005) (.pdf - 1615 KB)

• AILA Comment on U Nonimmigrant Status Interim Rule (Nov 19, 2007) (.pdf - 83 KB)

• AILF-AILA Comment to May 21 NACARA Rule (Jul 26, 1999)

• DOS Releases 2006 Trafficking In Persons Report (Jun 6, 2006)

• INS 'Mail-Order Bride' Report (Mar 9, 1999)

• Approved I-360 Petition Based On VAWA (Jan 12, 1999)

• Letter from Reps. Lofgren and Conyers to Attorney General Mukasey (Jan 31, 2008)

• Lofgren Letter to USCIS Regarding Adjustment of Status Under VAWA (Dec 13, 2007) (.pdf - 126 KB)

• Dissenting Views on the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (HR 4437) (Dec 14, 2005) (.pdf - 98 KB)