Instructions For Petition For U Nonimmigrant Status And Supplement A, Petition For Qualifying Family Member Of U-1 Recipient (Form I-918) (Page 2 of 17) in pdf

B. You have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of having been a victim of qualifying criminal

activity;

C. You possess information concerning the qualifying criminal activity of which you are a victim;

D. A Federal, state, or local government official investigating or prosecuting a qualifying criminal activity certifies

(using Supplement B, U Nonimmigrant Status Certification) that you were, are, or are likely to be helpful to the

official in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal act of which you are a victim; and

E. The criminal activity of which you are a victim violated the laws of the United States or occurred in the United

States (including Indian country and military installations) or the territories and possessions of the United States.

(1) United States means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of

the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(2) Indian country refers to all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way running

through the reservation; all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States, whether

within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a

state; and all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way

running through such allotments.

(3) Military installation means any facility, base, camp, post, encampment, station, yard, center, port, aircraft,

vehicle, or vessel under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, or any

other location under military control.

(4) Territories and possessions of the United States means American Samoa, Swains Island, Bajo Nuevo (the

Petrel Islands), Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll,

Navassa Island, CNMI, Palmyra Atoll, Serranilla Bank, and Wake Atoll.

2. Principal Petitioner filing for a qualifying family member, or currently holding U-1 status and filing for a qualifying

family member. You must also demonstrate that:

A. If you are under 21 years of age on the date your petition is received by USCIS, the qualifying family members

for whom you are filing are your:

(1) Spouse;

(2) Unmarried children under 21 years of age;

(3) Parents; and/or

(4) Unmarried siblings under 18 years of age.

B. If you are over 21 years of age on the date your petition is received by USCIS, the qualifying family members for

whom you are filing are your:

(1) Spouse; and/or

(2) Unmarried children under 21 years of age.

General Instructions

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provides forms free of charge through the USCIS Website. In order

to view, print, or fill out our forms, you should use the latest version of Adobe Reader, which you can download for free

at If you do not have Internet access, you may call the USCIS National Customer Service

Center at 1-800-375-5283 and ask that we mail a form to you. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) call: 1-800-767-1833.

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