Practice resources
Search immigration practice advisories, sample filings, manuals, brief banks, and government guidance from trusted practitioner sources.
Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual guidance for immigrant and nonimmigrant visa adjudication.
ASISTA's practice advisory library for survivor-based forms of relief, including VAWA, U visa, and T visa issues.
Public landing page for Immigration Equality's practice advisories and alerts, with emphasis on LGBTQ and HIV-related immigration issues.
NIWAP's amicus brief bank organized by topic, with collections covering VAWA, U visa, SIJS, gender-based asylum, and related issues.
Official USCIS policy manual for benefit adjudications, organized by volume, part, and chapter.
Official USCIS archive of policy and procedural memoranda used by adjudicators.
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