Self-Petitioning Under VAWA
VAWA and Other Self-Petitions
Perez & Perez, PLLC
VAWA Assistance • US Immigration • Permanent Residence
If you are an immigrant to the U.S. and your U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse or parent is battering or abusing you, contact the immigration law attorneys at the law offices of Perez & Perez, PLLC . Your status as a battered or abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident gives you eligibility to petition for a change of immigration status under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) without continuing under the domination of your abusive spouse or parent.
Relief for Abused Family Members, Amerasians, and Immigrant Widows or Widowers of U.S. Citizens
Battery or abuse does not always mean physical beating. Abuse can be physical, emotional, or financial. VAWA is the Violence Against Women Act, passed by Congress in 1994, 2000, and 2005, each time with greater protections for victims of domestic violence perpetrated by U.S. citizens or permanent residents. VAWA allows immigrants who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, or human trafficking to obtain immigration relief without their abusers' cooperation or knowledge.
If you are an Amerasian and can prove that your father was a U.S. citizen, you also have the right to petition for yourself to have your immigration status changed. Widows and widowers of U.S. citizens who were married for at least two years before death of the American spouse are also eligible to self-petition for permanent residency.
The immigration lawyers at the law offices of Perez & Perez, PLLC provide VAWA and other self-petition assistance to qualified immigrants. We guide applicants as they file self petitions to remove immigration obstacles.. VAWA also protects immigrant parents who are abused by their U.S. citizen sons and daughters. VAWA protects abused adopted children, and immigrant children who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
To learn how we can help you in your quest to self-petition, contact the immigration law offices of Perez & Perez, PLLC through this Web site or by phone.
