I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
ALERT: We may reject your Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status; Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for a Qualifying Family Member of a U Nonimmigrant; and Form I-918 Supplement B, U Nonimmigrant Status Certification; if you leave a field blank, unless the field is optional. Optional fields include the safe mailing address as well as fields you should only complete if you answered yes to a previous question. You must provide a response to all other questions, even if the response is “none,” “unknown” or “n/a.” We will reject a Form I-918 or a Form I-918A that has, for example, an empty field for middle name, for current immigration status or for information pertaining to a spouse or child.
Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
Certain classes of aliens are exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility (such as refugees, asylees, certain self-petitioners under the federal Violence Against Women Act, petitioners for U visas, nonimmigrants on U visas seeking to adjust status, applicants for T visas, and certain nonimmigrants on T visas seeking to adjust status).
Therefore, petitioners who file Forms I-918 and I-918A are not subject to the final rule. For more information about the classes of aliens who are exempt from the inadmissibility on the public charge grounds final rule, please see the Policy Manual. For more information on the final rule, please see our public charge and fact sheet webpages.
If you are an alien and are a victim of a qualifying criminal activity, use this form to petition for temporary immigration benefits for yourself and your qualifying family members, as appropriate.
Form Details
Dates are listed in mm/dd/yy format.
| If you are filing because: | Then file your Form I-918 at: |
|---|---|
You are: An alien and a victim of a qualifying criminal activity. Use this form to petition for temporary immigration benefits for yourself and your qualifying family members, as appropriate | If you live in: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Texas, Washington or Wyoming file at: USCIS Nebraska Service Center For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS Nebraska Service Center Attn: I-918 For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Nebraska Service Center If you live in: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, Wisconsin or outside of the United States file at: USCIS Vermont Service Center USCIS Vermont Service Center |
Biometrics services may be required at no cost to you.
Please do not submit this checklist with your Form I-918. It is an optional tool to use as you prepare your form, but does not replace statutory, regulatory, and form instruction requirements. We recommend that you review these requirements before completing and submitting your form. Do not send original documents unless specifically requested in the form instructions or applicable regulations.
If you submit any documents (copies or original documents, if requested) in a foreign language, you must include a full English translation along with a certification from the translator verifying that the translation is complete and accurate, and that they are competent to translate from the foreign language to English.
Did you provide the following?
- Your completed Supplement B Certification
- Evidence you are the victim of qualifying criminal activity
- Evidence you have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse
- Evidence you possess information concerning criminal activity, and that the criminal activity is qualifying and violated United States law or occurred in the United States
- Evidence you have been, are being, or are likely to be helpful to a certifying official in the investigation or prosecution of qualifying criminal activity
- A personal statement
- If you are inadmissible, an application for a waiver of inadmissibility on Form I-192, with appropriate fee or request for a fee waiver
- If you are filing Form I-918, Supplement A for a qualifying family member:
- Credible documentation of the claimed relationship
- An explanation of why required documents are not available (if applicable)
- If your qualifying family member is inadmissible, an application for a waiver of inadmissibility on Form I-192, with appropriate fee or request for a fee waiver.
Principal U Nonimmigrants: You are authorized to work once we have approved your underlying petitions for U nonimmigrant status. We will automatically issue an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) when we approve your petition. You do not need to file a separate Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.
Derivative U Nonimmigrants: If you reside inside the U.S., you are authorized to work once we approve the derivative petition for U nonimmigrant status. However, you will not automatically receive an EAD. You must file Form I-765 to request an EAD.
We can only issue employment authorization for principals and derivatives after we approve the underlying U nonimmigrant status petition, regardless of when you file Form I-765.
Statutory Cap
If the statutory cap is reached in a fiscal year and we use the waiting list process described at 8 CFR 214.14(d)(2), petitioners for U nonimmigrant status and derivatives in the U.S. can apply for an EAD based on deferred action. We will only approve these EADs after DHS has deferred action in your case, regardless of when you file Form I-765.