(a) Evidence. The applicant must submit evidence that demonstrates:

(1) That they are or have been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons. Except in instances of sex trafficking involving victims under 18 years of age, severe forms of trafficking in persons must involve both a particular means (force, fraud, or coercion) and a particular end or a particular intended end (sex trafficking, involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery); or

(2) If an applicant has not performed labor or services, or a commercial sex act, they must establish that they were recruited, transported, harbored, provided, or obtained for the purposes of subjection to sex trafficking, involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery, or patronized or solicited for the purposes of subjection to sex trafficking.

(3) The applicant may satisfy the requirements under paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section by submitting:

(i) The applicant's personal statement, which should describe the circumstances of the victimization suffered. For more information regarding the personal statement, see § 214.204(c).

(ii) Any other credible evidence, including but not limited to:

(A) Trial transcripts;

(B) Court documents;

(C) Police reports or other documentation from an LEA;

(D) News articles;

(E) Copies of reimbursement forms for travel to and from court;

(F) Affidavits from case managers, therapists, medical professionals, witnesses, or other victims in the same trafficking scheme;

(G) Correspondence or other documentation from the trafficker;

(H) Documents used in furtherance of the trafficking scheme such as recruitment materials, advertisements, pay stubs, logbooks, or contracts;

(I) Photographs or images;

(J) An LEA declaration as described in § 214.204(c); or

(K) Documentation of a grant of Continued Presence under 28 CFR 1100.35.

(b) [Reserved]