Immigration Evaluations

An important component of the process is the immigration evaluation, which examines the mental health of someone involved in an immigration case. This evaluation significantly influences immigration decisions, hearings, and outcomes. It is crucial to comprehend its objectives, effects, and how to locate a qualified professional to conduct these evaluations. For further details, call (214) 814-2554.

I offer evaluations throughout Texas via my secure online office or in-person evaluations in Dallas at a reasonable flat fee that includes sessions, testing, interviews, and report.

Available Evaluations

Extreme / Exceptional Hardship / 601 (A)

If you're required to head back to your home country for two years, or if your U.S. citizen spouse, fiancée, parent, child, or green card holder had to leave the U.S. to be with you, they'd face some serious challenges. These could be psychological, social, cultural, economic, educational, career-related, political, religious, or even due to mandatory military service or health issues. Plus, there might be a business in the U.S. that wouldn't survive without you, or your family might not be able to keep up their jobs if they moved with you.

Purpose of Clinical Evaluation

The psychological evaluation is there to figure out what kind of hardships your family would deal with if the waiver isn't approved.

Political Asylum

Applicants for political asylum often endure extreme deprivation, abuse, and torture due to political, religious, or ethnic persecution, prompting them to flee to the United States.

Purpose of Clinical Evaluation

Immigration evaluations in asylum cases document mistreatment and assess its psychological impact, including PTSD, severe anxiety, or depression.

It's crucial to evaluate the severity of the original trauma, ongoing psychological symptoms in the U.S., and potential long-term effects. An immigration evaluation therapist can document the mental health aspects of your case alongside legal aid.

Spousal Abuse: VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) applies to both men and women, specifically involving foreign nationals married to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. It allows immigrants to seek legal status independently if they allege domestic abuse, even after divorce, provided it's related to domestic violence. Abuse must involve extreme cruelty, including verbal threats, restraint, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, rape, molestation, incest (if underage), and forced prostitution.

Purpose of Clinical Evaluation

Therapists must understand the abuse's nature, severity, and impact on victims. The evaluation provides a safe space to discuss these experiences, aiding in healing and empowerment beyond the immigration case.

U-VISA

The U-Visa is a way for immigrants, even those without papers, who’ve been through serious crimes in the U.S., to get legal status. Some of these crimes include things like sexual abuse, domestic violence, forced labor, sexual exploitation, kidnapping, trafficking, and rape. With a U-Visa, you can live and work in the U.S. for up to four years. After three years, you can even apply for a green card if you have a U-Visa.

Purpose of Clinical Evaluation

The purpose of the psychological evaluation is to figure out how much physical, mental, or emotional harm the experience caused. If you’re applying for a U-Visa, you need to be ready to help the police or the District Attorney’s Office with their investigation or the prosecution of the criminal.