Can You Regularize Migratory Status if Your Child Was a Crime Victim?

The U Visa is for people who were victim of certain types of crimes within the United States.

It’s important considering that not all crimes will provide a way to regularize migratory status through the U Visa; however, when a person is victim of specific types of crimes, helps the police or some other government dependency with information about the crime which he/she was victim of, and suffered sustantial emotional or physical harms, can obtain a migratory status that could make him/her reach the Permanent Residence through the U Visa.

The U Visa is one of the Humanitarian Visas, same thatm even if entered the country unlawfully, was previously deorted, have several unlawful entries and exits on the record or other problems with the immigration system; can provide a way to regularize migratory status.

Who is the U visa for

The U Visa is not only for people who were victim of specific types of crimes within the United States, but also for parents of under-21 single sons/daughters who were victim of specific types of crimes and went through hardships.

Before these situations, the father or mother can obtain a migratory status that can make him/her reach the Permanent Residence through the U Visa.

It’s not a requirement that the son/daughter is also an immigrant; it could be a US citizen, however, it must be under 21 and, generally, single.

If a son/daughter went through hardships involving specific types of crimes, even if he/she was murdered, there are ways to get a U Visa for his father or mother.

Something frequently mentioned in consultation with attorneys is sons/daughters being victim of sexual abuse, either by a family member or a third-party.

If a son/daughter was victim of sexual abuse, there are ways, by helping the police or the government with information about the crime, to regularize migratory status through the U Visa.

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For people who are eligible and are in this kind of situation, the U Visa will not only give a parent a way to regularize migratory status, but also to the person to whom he/she is married if he/she doesn’t have documents either, and to other underage sons/daughters.

If passed through extreme hardship of these kinds, it’s recommended to consider that the U Visa not only applies for people who were victim, in first person, of specific types of crimes within the United States, but also to parents of single underage sons/daughters who went through hardships in the United States.