Immigration Evaluations
Expert Evaluations to Strengthen Your Client's Case
As an immigration attorney, you might be facing:
- Difficulty finding reliable professionals for mental health evaluations.
- Challenges in presenting strong evidence for your client’s case.
- The need for culturally sensitive and trauma-informed evaluations.
Without thorough evaluations, your client’s case may lack the necessary support, risking denial.
Our expert immigration evaluations provide the essential support and documentation for your client’s case.
Detailed, accurate assessments tailored to immigration needs.
Reports that clearly articulate the impact on your client.
Culturally sensitive and trauma-informed approaches.
HARDSHIP
A hardship waiver, often referred to in immigration contexts as an “extreme hardship waiver,” is a provision that allows specific individuals who are otherwise ineligible for immigration benefits to obtain relief by demonstrating that their removal or denial of their application would cause extreme hardship to a qualifying relative who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. This waiver can apply in various situations, including inadmissibility due to unlawful presence, criminal history, or misrepresentation.
Mental health evaluations can highlight how the applicant’s qualifying relative (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, parent, or, in some cases, child) would suffer extreme hardship if the applicant were removed from the U.S. or denied their application.
VAWA
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provides a way for certain battered immigrants to apply for legal status in the United States without the cooperation or knowledge of their abusive spouse, parent, or child. VAWA applies to both women and men and is designed to offer protection to victims of domestic violence, allowing them to escape abusive situations and seek safety and independence.
Mental health evaluations will help establish the psychological impact that the verbal, physical, or sexual abuse had on the individual.
ASYLUM
An asylum is a form of protection granted to foreign nationals who have fled their home country due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on specific grounds. Those granted asylum can stay in the United States and may eventually apply for permanent residency and citizenship. The applicant must have experienced persecution or have a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Mental health evaluations will establish the mental health consequences of prior abuse or persecution. This assessment will also help determine how the abuse will continue to impact the individual in the future.
N-648
Form N-648 is used to request an exception to the English language and/or civics testing requirements for naturalization. The exception is based on a medical condition that has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months. The applicant must have a physical, developmental, or mental impairment that makes it impossible to comply with the English and/or civics requirements. A licensed medical professional (medical doctor, osteopathic doctor, or clinical psychologist) must certify the disability or impairment and its impact on the applicant’s ability to meet the testing requirements. Conditions that can cause cognitive deficits include dementia, traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, or an intellectual disability.
Mental health evaluations can help determine if the applicant’s claims are valid and how their cognitive impairment will impact their ability to take the examination.
U VISA
The U Visa is a nonimmigrant visa in the United States designed to provide legal status to non-citizen victims of certain crimes who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity. The applicant must have been a victim of a qualifying criminal activity, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, involuntary servitude, abduction, blackmail, extortion, or other related crimes.
Mental health evaluations can help establish that the applicant has suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of the crime.
T VISA
The T Visa is a type of visa offered by the United States to victims of human trafficking. It provides a way for these victims to remain in the U.S. to assist in the investigation or prosecution of human trafficking cases and offers protection and support to help them rebuild their lives. The T Visa is part of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. The applicant must be a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, which includes sex trafficking or labor trafficking.
Mental health evaluations will establish the mental health consequences of the physical, sexual, emotional, and labor abuse that the applicant endured while they were being trafficked. In addition, mental health evaluations can demonstrate that the applicant would suffer extreme hardship involving unusual and severe harm if removed from the United States.