U visa, the Glossary
The U visa is a United States nonimmigrant visa which is set aside for victims of crimes (and their immediate family members) who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse while in the U.S. and who are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity.[1]
Table of Contents
44 relations: Assault, Attempt, Blackmail, Child protective services, Crime in the United States, Criminal conspiracy, Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, Domestic violence, Element (criminal law), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Extortion, False imprisonment, Female genital mutilation, History of slavery, Hostage, Human trafficking in the United States, Incest, Involuntary servitude, Judge, Kidnapping, Law enforcement in the United States, Manslaughter, Murder, Obstruction of justice in the United States, Peon, Perjury, Prosecutor, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual slavery, Solicitation, Stalking, Torture, Travel visa, United States, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Congress, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Labor, United States Department of State, Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Witness tampering.
- United States criminal investigation law
- United States visas by type
Assault
An assault is the illegal act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so.
Attempt
An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur.
Blackmail
Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat.
Child protective services
Child protective services (CPS) is the name of an agency in many U.S. states responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of child abuse or neglect.
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Crime in the United States
Crime has been recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time.
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Criminal conspiracy
In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future.
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Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General was established along with the Department of Homeland Security itself in 2002 by the Homeland Security Act.
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Domestic violence
Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation.
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Element (criminal law)
In most common law jurisdictions, an element of a crime (or element of an offense) is one of a set of facts that must all be proven to convict a defendant of a crime.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.
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Extortion
Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion.
False imprisonment
False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.
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Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.
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History of slavery
The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day.
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Hostage
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
Human trafficking in the United States
In the United States, human trafficking tends to occur around international travel hubs with large immigrant populations, notably in California, Texas, and Georgia.
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Incest
Incest is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives.
Involuntary servitude
Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion, to which it may constitute slavery.
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
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Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.
Law enforcement in the United States
, more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States.
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Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.
Obstruction of justice in the United States
In United States jurisdictions, obstruction of justice refers to a number of offenses that involve unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other government officials.
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Peon
Peon (English, from the Spanish peón) usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer (peon) has little control over employment or economic conditions.
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Perjury
Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.
Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law.
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
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Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another.
Sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will.
Sexual slavery
Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities.
Solicitation
Solicitation is the act of offering, or attempting to purchase, goods and/or services.
Stalking
Stalking is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance or contact by an individual or group toward another person.
Torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment.
Travel visa
A visa (lat. 'something seen', pl. visas) is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
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United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is a federal statute passed into law in 2000 by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton.
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Witness tampering
Witness tampering is the act of attempting to improperly influence, alter or prevent the testimony of witnesses within criminal or civil proceedings.
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See also
United States criminal investigation law
United States visas by type
- A Visa
- Alien of extraordinary ability
- B visa
- B visa in lieu of other visas
- C-1 visa
- C-2 visa
- C-3 visa
- CR-1 visa
- CW-1 visa
- D-1 visa
- D-2 visa
- E-1 visa
- E-2 visa
- E-3 visa
- EB-1 visa
- EB-2 visa
- EB-3 visa
- EB-5 visa
- F visa
- H-1A visa
- H-1B visa
- H-1B1 visa
- H-1C visa
- H-2A visa
- H-2B visa
- H-3 visa
- H-4 visa
- I-1 visa
- J-1 visa
- J-2 visa
- K-1 visa
- L-1 visa
- L-2 visa
- M-1 visa
- M-2 visa
- NATO-1 visa
- O visa
- P visa
- Q-1 visa
- R visa
- S-5 visa
- S-6 visa
- Student migration
- T visa
- TN status
- U visa
- V visa
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa
Also known as U-VISA.