Instructions For Petition For U Nonimmigrant Status And Supplement A, Petition For Qualifying Family Member Of U-1 Recipient (Form I-918) (Page 9 of 17) in pdf

Item Numbers 7.a. - 7.f. Indicate whether your family member was or is in immigration proceedings. If you answer

“Yes,” select the type of proceedings. If your family member was in proceedings in the past and is no longer in

proceedings, provide the date of action. If your family member is currently in proceedings, type or print “Current” in the

appropriate date field. Select all applicable boxes. Use the space provided in Part 11. Additional Information.

Item Number 8. Answer “Yes” if your family member is living in the United States and would like an Employment

Authorization Document. If you answer “Yes,” submit Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

Document, separately.

NOTE: If your family member is living outside the United States, he or she is not eligible to receive employment

authorization until he or she is lawfully admitted to the United States. Do not file Form I-765, Application for

Employment Authorization, for a family member living outside the United States.

Part 5. Processing Information

Item Numbers 1.a. - 29.c. You must answer each question on behalf of your family member. If you answer “Yes” to any

of the questions, you must provide an explanation in the space provided in Part 11. Additional Information.

Part 6. Information About Your Qualifying Family Member’s Spouse and/or Children

Item Numbers 1.a. - 12. Provide the requested information about your family member’s spouse and/or children. If you

need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in Part 11. Additional Information.

Part 7. Petitioner’s Statement, Contact Information, Declaration, and Signature

Item Numbers 1.a. - 7.b. Select the appropriate box to indicate whether you read this supplement yourself or whether

you had an interpreter assist you. If someone assisted you in completing the supplement, select the box indicating that

you used a preparer. Further, you must sign and date your supplement and provide your daytime telephone number,

mobile telephone number (if any), and email address (if any). Every supplement MUST contain the signature of the

petitioner (or parent or legal guardian, if applicable). A stamped or typewritten name in place of a signature is not

acceptable.

Part 8. Qualifying Family Member’s Statement, Contact Information, Declaration, and Signature

Item Numbers 1.a. - 6.b. If your family member is in the United States, he or she must verify the accuracy of the

information recorded on this supplement and must also complete this section of the supplement. He or she must select

the appropriate box to indicate that he or she either read this supplement himself or herself or whether he or she had an

interpreter assist him or her. If someone assisted him or her in completing the supplement, select the box indicating

that he or she used a preparer. Further, he or she must sign and date the supplement and provide his or her daytime

telephone number, mobile telephone number (if any), and email address (if any). Every supplement MUST contain the

signature of the qualifying family member (or parent or legal guardian, if applicable). A stamped or typewritten name

or a scanned, faxed, or emailed copy in place of an original signature is not acceptable. A legal guardian may sign for a

mentally incompetent person. If the qualifying family member does not sign or date the supplement, USCIS may return

Supplement A as incomplete.

Part 9. Interpreter’s Contact Information, Certification, and Signature

Item Numbers 1.a. - 7.b. If you and your family member used anyone as an interpreter to read the instructions and

questions on this supplement to you in a language in which you are fluent, the interpreter must fill out this section, provide

his or her name, the name and address of his or her business or organization (if any), his or her daytime telephone number,

his or her mobile telephone number (if any), and his or her email address (if any). The interpreter must sign and date the

supplement.

Form I-918 Instructions 02/07/17 N

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