Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status

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U.S. immigration benefit request USCIS form immigration form

Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, is the application used by certain noncitizen victims of qualifying crimes to request U nonimmigrant (U visa) status from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status canonical	3
Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient	1
USCIS determination of U visa eligibility	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7168932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
Context triple: [U visa, requiresForm, Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status]

A. I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
B. I-190
I-190 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Massachusetts that connects Worcester to the Leominster–Fitchburg area and links to I-290 and Route 2.
C. I-229
I-229 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Missouri that serves as a bypass and business route around downtown St. Joseph.
D. I-229
I-229 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as a bypass route around Sioux Falls in southeastern South Dakota.
E. I-20
I-20 is an American rapper best known as a member of Ludacris's Disturbing tha Peace crew and for his appearances on early-2000s Southern hip hop tracks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
Target entity description: Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, is the application used by certain noncitizen victims of qualifying crimes to request U nonimmigrant (U visa) status from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

A. I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
B. I-190
I-190 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Massachusetts that connects Worcester to the Leominster–Fitchburg area and links to I-290 and Route 2.
C. I-229
I-229 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Missouri that serves as a bypass and business route around downtown St. Joseph.
D. I-229
I-229 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as a bypass route around Sioux Falls in southeastern South Dakota.
E. I-20
I-20 is an American rapper best known as a member of Ludacris's Disturbing tha Peace crew and for his appearances on early-2000s Southern hip hop tracks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. immigration benefit request ⓘ USCIS form ⓘ immigration form ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ U.S. Department of Homeland Security ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Homeland Security
allowsDerivativeFilingVia	Form I-918, Supplement A ⓘ
applicantType	principal U-1 petitioner ⓘ
benefitType	U nonimmigrant status ⓘ U visa ⓘ
categoryCode	U-1 nonimmigrant ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
derivativeBeneficiaries	certain qualifying family members of a U-1 principal ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	crime occurred in the United States or violated U.S. law ⓘ has been helpful, is being helpful, or is likely to be helpful to law enforcement or government officials ⓘ possesses information about the criminal activity ⓘ suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of the crime ⓘ victim of qualifying criminal activity ⓘ
feePolicy	principal petition generally has no filing fee ⓘ
filingLocation	USCIS service center designated in the form instructions ⓘ
filingMethod	paper filing by mail ⓘ
formLanguage	English ⓘ
fullName	Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status ⓘ
governingRegulation	8 CFR 214.14 ⓘ
includesSection	biographic information about the petitioner ⓘ certification requirement via Supplement B ⓘ inadmissibility and criminal history questions ⓘ information about helpfulness to law enforcement ⓘ information about qualifying criminal activity ⓘ
issuingAgencyAbbreviation	USCIS ⓘ linked to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
legalBasis	Immigration and Nationality Act section 101(a)(15)(U) ⓘ Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ⓘ linked to: Trafficking Victims Protection Act
pathwayToStatus	may provide a path to lawful permanent residence for certain U nonimmigrants ⓘ
purpose	to provide information about a noncitizen victim of qualifying criminal activity ⓘ to request U nonimmigrant (U visa) status ⓘ
relatedForm	Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant ⓘ Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization ⓘ linked to: Form I-765 Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient ⓘ linked to: Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
requiresCertificationFrom	judge ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ other authority investigating or prosecuting qualifying criminal activity ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ
requiresEvidence	documentation of victimization and helpfulness to law enforcement ⓘ
requiresSignature	petitioner ⓘ
requiresSupplement	Form I-918, Supplement B, U Nonimmigrant Status Certification ⓘ linked to: Form I-918, Supplement B
shortName	Form I-918 ⓘ
targetGroup	victims of crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other qualifying offenses ⓘ
usedBy	certain victims of qualifying criminal activity who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse ⓘ noncitizen victims of qualifying crimes ⓘ victims who are helpful, have been helpful, or are likely to be helpful to law enforcement or government officials ⓘ
workAuthorizationEligibility	may confer eligibility to apply for employment authorization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U visa → requiresForm → Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status ⓘ

Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status → fullName → Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status ⓘ

Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status → relatedForm → Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient ⓘ

linked to: Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status

Form I-918, Supplement B → submittedWith → Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status ⓘ

Form I-918, Supplement B → isPrerequisiteFor → USCIS determination of U visa eligibility ⓘ