405 Additional Information

Listed below is additional information regarding battered aliens. For an alien who is a battered individual or child, a determination must be made that there is a substantial connection between the battery and the need for benefits. A substantial connection between the battery and the need for benefits may be established if it is necessary for the individual to set up a new living arrangement, the individual has never worked or is now unemployed, the battery is such that the individual is unable to work due to physical injury, heightened visibility in the community poses a continued threat, or other circumstances as evaluated/determined by the worker. Any reasonable evidence of battery offered by the individual should be sufficient, including police reports, information from medical or school personnel, social service records or photographs. In addition, the battered individual must establish that s/he no longer lives in the same household with the batterer.