Right. You can not 小打小鬧 to cheat the U visa and green card.

U visa is for the victim of the crime and of course, the crime has to exist, and the victim has to have “substantial physical or mental abuse” which means injury or harm to your body, or harm to your emotional or psychological well-being. The factors of “substantial physical or mental abuse” include but not limited to:

- the nature of the injury you suffered;
- the severity of the abuser’s conduct;
- the severity of the harm you suffered;
- for how long you suffered the harm; and
- the extent to which there is permanent or serious harm to your appearance, health, or physical or mental health, including if a pre-existing condition was made worse.