USCIS Approves 10,000 U Visas in Fiscal Year 2010
It has been recently proclaimed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that 10,000 U nonimmigrant status petitions have been approved in the financial year 2010. U visa provides victims of crimes immigration protection. This visa also helps strengthen the efforts of law enforcement to fight against those crimes. The approval of these 10,000 U visas is considered as a milestone for this program. For the first time since 2008 after USCIS started issuing U visas, it has approved a maximum of 10,000 U visas per financial year.
According to Alejandro Mayorkas, USCIS Director, the U nonimmigrant status lets USCIS to offer critical immigration protection to crime victims and also allow law enforcement officials to protect crime victims. He also stated that thousands of immigrants have benefitted from this approval through the joint effort of USCIS, law enforcement forces and service providers.
On the first day of the financial year 2011 i.e. on October 1, 2010, the issuance of U nonimmigrant status will be resumed by USCIS. Until Oct. 1, 2010, the new petitions for U nonimmigrant status will be accepted by USCIS and those petitioners who have been conditionally approved will be put on waiting list. Qualifying family members and conditionally approved petitioners can stay back in the United States and also apply for work authorization.
Under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, the U nonimmigrant status was created to reinforce the powers of law enforcement forces to investigate and prosecute crimes, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, kidnapping, murder, and other related crimes. Those crime victims who had been abused either physically or mentally due to the criminal activity and interested in helping the law enforcement authorities in investigation will benefit from this visa. Around 6,000 U visa petitions were approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2009.
Hello sir , I’m a Cameroonian with birth , i will like to ask for the application to obtain a visa ,I’m a young boy of 18 years old , my dream has always to be an American army to defend all the crime and the difficulties that come my way, and make the U.S.A people very proud .hope to here form you soon.
sincerely Nana Thomas