Other Green Cards

VAWA Green Card

VAWA is the acronym for the Violence Against Women Act, which was passed by Congress in 1994. Among other things, VAWA created special provisions in United States immigration law to protect victims of abuse who are not citizens of the United States. In cases of domestic violence, those requirements for the USC or LPR’s participation in application are often used by an abuser as a form of abuse, gaining power and control over the immigration status of the victim. Therefore, US immigration law allows certain noncitizen victims of abuse to get legal status on their own without involving the abuser to file anything for the victim.

National Interest Waiver Green Card

An Alien may apply for a Green Card in EB2 category and seek a waiver of the offer of employment and waiver of labor certification by establishing that his/her admission to permanent residence in the U. S. will be in the national interest. Such applications are considered national Interest Waiver or NIW in short.