T Visa
The T nonimmigrant status (T Visa) is a temporary immigration benefit that enables certain victims of a severe form of human trafficking to remain in the United States for up to 4 years if they have assisted law enforcement in an investigation or prosecution of human trafficking. Under federal law, a “severe form of trafficking” is: Sex trafficking: When someone recruits, harbors, transports, provides, solicits, patronizes, or obtains a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, where the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or the person being induced to perform such act is under 18 years of age; or Labor trafficking: When someone recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
All psychological evaluations include an assessment of abuse and trauma, as these are risk factors for emotional hardship and it helps to establish the severity and longstanding nature of the mental health issues. A history of trauma and/or pre-existing mental health conditions helps document that the person has mental health vulnerabilities that are not related to the immigration problems. At Queens Psychotherapy LCSW P.C., we are guided by case-law and legal standards and work with our clients to identify hardships within numerous categories (i.e., finances, housing, medical needs, academic issues, suicide risk, country conditions, etc.). Then, we assess the impact that these hardships have on emotional and social adjustment. |