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Webinar Series: jUly 2011

This is the Eighth and FinaL webinar of our monthly series designed to provide up-to-date information on various vital immigration law topics to practitioners and community advocates.

This webinar reviews how victims of criminal activity (and their qualifying family members) can petition for U nonimmigrant status.  That status allows victims of certain criminal activities to live and work in the United States and to eventually apply for permanent residence.  Participants in the webinar will learn the rules for qualifying for U status and become familiar with USCIS Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status.  Participants will learn what criminal activities a person must be a victim of to qualify for U status, how a victim can meet the requirement that the he or she has been helpful in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity, and how to obtain the law enforcement/government certification necessary to petition for U status.

Webinar topics:

  • Rules for qualifying for U status
  • Criminal activities a person must be a victim of to qualify for U status
  • Tips for filing the corresponding forms

Webinar Presenters

Speaker:

  • Julie Dinnerstein, Esq
     Co-Director, Sanctuary for Families’ Immigration Intervention Project

Moderator:

  • Patricia Wonder, Esq.
    Instructor, CUNY School of Professional Studies



Webinar Resources

Power Point Slides <ppt>


Form I-918 <pdf>


Form I-192 <pdf>


ICE Memo: Adjudicating Stay Requests Filed by U Status Applicants (9/24/2009) <pdf>


ICE Memo: U Status Applicants in Removal Proceedings or with Final Orders of Deportation or Removal (9/25/2009) <pdf>


ASISTA U Visa Materials



Immigration Law Studies Graduate Certificate Program

Professionals from across the country, in many different fields, are faced with immigrant employment and family issues on a regular basis. Increasingly paralegals, social workers, lawyers, community advocates, and government officials are turning to The City University of New York School of Professional Studies to learn about the complex and ever-changing field of immigration law and regulation.

This program is offered through the CUNY School of Professional Studies. For more information visit www.sps.cuny.edu.

Courses:

Introduction to Immigration Law  

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Business Immigration Law

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Proceedings in Immigration Court: The Removal Process and Applications for Relief  

This course will cover what happens once a non-citizen has been charged and placed in immigration removal proceedings (formerly called deportation proceedings). The student will study each step of the proceeding, with the choices that the client and her representative must make in the effort to avoid removal.  (Click here for full description)

Family-Based Immigration Law

Obtain a comprehensive overview of family-based immigration law, including sponsorship of family members for residence and other immigration benefits.  (Click here for full description)

Naturalization and Citizenship

The student will learn the law regarding eligibility for Naturalization under different sections of the I&N Act, as well as when and how one can acquire citizenship at birth, and how one can derive U.S. Citizenship.  (Click here for full description)

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