Highlights of May 2023 USCIS Engagement on VAWA, U, and T issues with AILA + Coalition Partners
CAST attended USCIS’s May 8, 2023 Engagement on VAWA, U, and T issues where representatives from the USCIS Office of Policy & Strategy (OP&S), Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS), and Public Engagement Division discussed issues relating to T visas and other humanitarian remedies. Key take-aways for T visa practitioners are below.[1]
Read moreHighlights of April 2023 Engagement with USCIS on T Visas
On April 17, 2023, CAST moderated a panel focused on T visas with representatives from the USCIS Office of Policy & Strategy (OP&S) and the Vermont Service Center (VSC) at the annual Freedom Network Conference. Key takeaways for T visa practitioners are as follows:
Read moreSocial Security Number Denials and Delays
T visa holders are experiencing denials and significant delays in obtaining their Social Security number due to system errors within Social Security Administration (SSA).
Read more2022 T nonimmigrant (I-914) AAO decisions
CAST conducted a wrap-up of 2022 T nonimmigrant (I-914) AAO decisions that have been uploaded to AAO’s non-precedent decision repository as of December 28, 2022.)
(Note: New cases are uploaded daily/weekly, so this may not complete for all AAO appellate adjudications in 2022 at the time of this posting.)
You can view the 2022 decisions, along with prior AAO decisions, via CAST’s Airtable.
Here’s the data CAST has compiled of the 2022 decisions available through December 28, 2022:
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