Workplace U Visa Resources
CASES
Successful AAO Appeals Substantial Abuse / Harm - Workplace Crimes
AAO Approval (Witness Tampering):
L- T- (Jan. 5, 2015) [PDF]
C- A- (Dec. 19, 2015) [PDF]
F- G- (Dec. 19, 2015) [PDF]
Y- A- G- (Dec. 19, 2015) [PDF]
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Immigration Status for Victims of Workplace Crimes [PDF]
NIPNLG workshop at 2014 National Lawyers Guild Convention in Chicago, IL. Features Sheerin Alemzadeh, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Southern Poverty Law Center, Sonia Parras Konrad, ASISTA, and Trisha Teofilo Olave, National Immigration Justice Center. (Sept. 7, 2014)
CLE PRESENTATION
Humanitarian Visas for Victims of Workplace Crimes [PDF]
National Immigration Project and University of Houston Law Center Joint CLE in Houston, TX.
Features Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Southern Poverty Law Center and J.J. Rosenbaum, New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice and National Guestworker Alliance. Moderated by Ellen Kemp, NIPNLG. (April 10, 2015)
PRACTICE MANUAL
National Employment Law Project's U Visas for Victims of Crime in the Workplace [PDF]
This comprehensive, 200-page manual includes in its appendices the USDOL and state U visa certification protocols. (May, 2014) For more recent developments, including the revised U Visa protocol issued by California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (CA DFEH) and the US Department of Labor's 2015 changes to U Visa and T Visa protocols, see below.
FEDERAL AGENCY PROTOCOLS & RELATED EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
USDOL Original U Visa Protocol (2011)
USDOL Protocol Addendum (2015)
Additional USDOL Information
Expansion of U Visa Certification and Addition of T Visa Certification
USDOL Fact Sheet (Nov. 2014)
USDOL Protocol Addendum (2015): U and T Visa Certification Protocol (Apr. 2015)
USDOL Q&A on U and T Visa Certification Process and Protocols (Apr. 2015)
USDOL Fact Sheet on U and T Certification Protocol (Apr. 2015)
DFEH Directive 317
Find Your Regional USDOL U and T Visa Coordinator
Link to USDOL Entry Page on U and T Certifications
EEOC U Visa Protocol
NLRB U Visa Protocol
NLRB Updated Memo on Immigration Status (Mar. 2015)
EXECUTIVE ACTION: Interagency Working Group on Immigrant Workers' Rights
USDOL Fact Sheet on New Interagency Task Force on Immigrant Workers' Rights (Nov. 2014)
Interagency Task Force 6-month Action Plan (May 2015)
STATE AGENCY U VISA PROTOCOLS
CALIFORNIA:
Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DEFH), Revised U Visa Protocol (Sep. 2014)
Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), U Visa Protocol (July 2013)
ILLINOIS:
Illinois Department of Labor Policy Memorandum, U Visa Protocol