Learn the latest and the most accurate information to assist clients applying for U nonimmigrant status! During this webinar, you will learn about: the new procedures and policies for applying for U visas; details on the definitions, changes, standards, and red flags included in the U nonimmigrant status interim regulations; where waivers are needed and how to apply for them; and strategies for helping clients apply despite prior immigration violations or criminal arrests. Instructor: Sally Kinoshita, Deputy Director/Staff Attorney, ILRC, co-author of the ILRC publications: The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges and principal author of How to Obtain U Interim Relief: A Brief Manual for Advocates Assisting Immigrant Victims of Crime. Deadline to register: May 30, 2008 Please visit our website www.ilrc.org/seminars to register. A webinar is a web conference system that allows you to join ILRC trainings from the convenience of your own office via the telephone and internet. You simply dial a conference call number and click on a web link provided by the ILRC, and you will be able to learn by listening to the instructor’s lecture and watching the computer screen simultaneously.