Pub. L. 109-162, tit. VIII, subtit. B, sec. 811
DEFINITION OF VAWA SELF-PETITIONER.
SEC. 811. DEFINITION OF VAWA SELF-PETITIONER. Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(51) The term ‘VAWA self-petitioner’ means an alien, or a child of the alien, who qualifies for relief under—“(A) clause (iii), (iv), or (vii) of section 204(a)(1)(A); “(B) clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B); “(C) section 216(c)(4)(C); “(D) the first section of Public Law 89–732 (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) (commonly known as the Cuban Adjustment Act) as a child or spouse who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty; “(E) section 902(d)(1)(B) of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1255 note); “(F) section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act; or “(G) section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208).”.