Immigration Evaluations

These psychosocial evaluations consist of 15-20 pages demonstrating the psychological, physical, financial, spiritual and emotional impact of separating families through deportation or country re-location. Some evaluations require the identification of traumatic experiences.These evaluations include: U-Visas, T-Visa, Asylum, Extreme Hardship, Cancellation of Removal, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Each evaluation is approximately 2 sessions of 1.5 hours each.

Pricing for evaluations is approximately $1,500 and may be split in two payments. Sliding scale is available for those in dire financial need.

  • They are waivers provided to immigrants who remained in the U.S without permission. The process requires that the hardship would be greater than what the U.S relative would experience under normal circumstances if the would-be immigrant were not allowed to come or to stay in the United States. The evaluation is completed on the petitioner for emotional, physical, financial, psychological, educational, etc. that will help support the petition.

  • The status is given to victims of crime such as domestic violence, sexual or physical assault. U-Visa asks for the individual to work together with law enforcement to assist in the investigation of the crime.

  • A temporary immigration benefit for victims of human trafficking that have assisted law enforcement with the investigation process of the crime. The individual is allowed to remain in the U.S for four years. Through the evaluation we assess the psychological, emotional, financial, physical, etc. impact of the being a victim of human trafficking.

  • It is required for the person to have a history of good moral character. This process also requires identifying if the family member that legally resides in the United States would suffer if the non-citizen immigrant is admitted back to their country.

  • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provides non-citizen immigrants with a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident spouse, children, or parent to file a petition to remain in the United States without the abuser’s knowledge. The non-citizen immigrant must provide factual information (i.e. police report) that proves the suffering of the violence and domestic abuse. VAWA also applies to male applicants.

  • It is an application that must be completed with your lawyer within one year of arriving to the U.S. if you seek protection for yourself (including spouse and children) due to suffering or thinking you might suffer persecution in your country of origin. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the types of persecution suffered could be related to race, religion, nationality, being a member of a social group, and/or due to having a political opinion. If this application is approved, you may be allowed by the government to stay in the United States.