Immigration Evals
An immigration evaluation is a mental health assessment provided for someone to submit as part of their immigration
case. It typically involves assessing various aspects of an individual’s background and circumstances to determine their eligibility for immigration. The evaluation may include information about their family, trauma history, and mental health.
Typically, the evaluations are completed within 1-2 sessions for approximately 1 hour each time, either in person or online.
Interpreters are included if necessary.
An evaluation can, oftentimes, be the dealbreaker in an immigration case. It can decide if someone can escape a life-threatening circumstances or if a family can stay together.
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Common types of immigration evaluations include:
Extreme Hardship Waivers and Cancellation of Removal:
US citizen or legal resident can petition for undocumented family member who is at risk
for having to leave the county to remain in the US. In these cases, the U.S. citizen is evaluated to determine
how they would be impacted if their family member was not permitted to stay in the U.S.
Asylum:
Person has fled their home country and has well-founded fear of persecution if
they are to return to their home country. In these cases, the immigrant is evaluated to
determine the impact of trauma they have experienced from the persecution faced in
their home country.
VAWA:
Non-citizen spouses and children who have faced battery or extreme cruelty by
U.S. citizen. In these cases, the immigrant is evaluated to determine traumatic impact
faced by citizen who is U.S. citizen.
U and T Visa:
Undocumented immigrants who are victims of certain crimes, such as
trafficking and domestic violence, in which the crime was committed in the U.S. In these
cases, the immigrant is evaluated to determine the degree to which they suffered
mental abuse resulting from involvement in crime.
