Instructions For Petition For Qualifying Family Member Of A U-1 Nonimmigrant (Form I-929)

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Instructions for Form I-929, Petition for
Qualifying Family Member of a
Department of Homeland Security
U-1 Nonimmigrant
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
What Is the Purpose of This Form?
General Instructions
A. Type or print legibly in black ink.
The purpose of Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family
Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant, is to request immigration
B. If extra space is needed to complete any item, attach a
benefits on behalf of a family member who never held U
continuation sheet and indicate your full name and Alien
nonimmigrant status. To process your Form I-929, you will
Registration Number (A-Number) at the top of each sheet
need to supply U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
of paper. Indicate the item number and sign and date each
(USCIS) with a signed Form I-929 and the filing fee. In
sheet.
addition, you will need to supply the appropriate supporting
C. Answer all questions fully and accurately. If any item is
documents for your petition. Any non-English language
document must be translated into English.
not applicable or the answer is "none," leave the space
blank.
D. Each petition must be properly signed and filed. A
Who May File?
photocopy of a signed petition or typewritten name in
place of a signature is not acceptable.
A petitioner may file this form with USCIS on behalf of a
family member who does not hold U nonimmigrant status and
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who wishes to immigrate to the United States. You, as the
petitioner, must demonstrate that:
If these instructions state that a copy of a document may be
filed with your Form I-929, submit a copy. If you choose to
A. You became a lawful permanent resident, or have a
send the original, USCIS may keep that original for our
pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent
records. If USCIS requires the original, it will be requested.
Residence or Adjust Status, based on your status as a U-1
nonimmigrant (victim of criminal activity);
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B. Your alien relative is eligible for immigrant classification
Any document containing a foreign language submitted to
based on his or her relationship to you;
USCIS must be accompanied by a full English language
translation which the translator has certified as complete and
C. You can establish that you or your alien relative will suffer
accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or she is
extreme hardship if not allowed to remain in or to enter the
competent to translate from the foreign language into English.
United States; and
D. You can establish that discretion should be exercised in
What Initial Evidence Is Required to Support
favor of your alien relative.
This Petition?
You must file a separate petition for each eligible relative.
You are required to submit the following:
A. Evidence of your lawful permanent resident status or
For Whom May You File?
evidence that you have a pending Form I-485 based on
your status as a U-1 nonimmigrant;
A. If you are under 21 years of age, you may file this petition
on behalf of your:
B. Evidence of your relationship to the alien beneficiary;
1. Spouse;
C. Evidence of extreme hardship to you or your alien relative
2. Unmarried child(ren) under 21years of age; and
if he or she is not allowed to remain in or to enter the
3. Parent(s).
United States; and
B. If you are over 21 years of age, you may file this petition
D. Evidence to establish that discretion should be exercised in
on behalf of your:
favor of your alien relative.
1. Spouse; and
NOTE: Form I-929 cannot be approved for your alien
2. Unmarried child(ren) under 21 years of age.
relative until your Form I-485 is approved based on your U-1
nonimmigrant status.
Form I-929 Instructions 04/13/17 Y
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