INTERNATIONAL WAIVERS SUPPORT GROUP

[RichiJenny 14]

His cimt was on four counts of deception. He defrauded a client, which was very wrong. We are in the midst of having a hardship waiver prepared, but it is taking a long time. My attorney keeps telling me it will be ready and then it's not. He said we have a strong case, it's just that I am growing more and more frustrated by the length of time it's taking.

I will check out that i2us.com site. Thanks.

My hardship waiver with my wife took a few weeks to prepare, going at my own pace and was handed in right after the interview.

If you post your questions in the Western Europe / Africa section of the i2us.net You will get help. Its a great community and helped me get a great letter prepared.

[Mintchip 0]

Thanks for the tips. I will take a look. I do realize that these things take time, it's just his constant excuses, delays, and lack of communication I find so frustrating.

[Michele Chirco 0]

I have a question My husband is in the pending 601 category. My Mom illness was my hardship. Unfortunately she has since passed away. How will this affect us

It was basically the only hardship that I used...

[RichiJenny 14]

You have no medical, emotional, financial hardships that you could add?

Family ties etc?

[Used to be broken 143]

My hardship waiver with my wife took a few weeks to prepare, going at my own pace and was handed in right after the interview.

If you post your questions in the Western Europe / Africa section of the i2us.net You will get help. Its a great community and helped me get a great letter prepared.

Your waiver hardships were exactly the right "formula" and your inadmissability was relatively innocuous due to the reason for your overstay, your wife's illness and family circumstances. You also had a relatively short bar, 3 years of which you had been out of the country nearly a year, or one third of it already "served". Your wife's medical condition and the age of her parents and her grandmother which she is the caretaker of took this over the top.

Nothing is typical or even remotely close to the vast majority of waiver cases, the typical process they take and the "players" involved especially those that involve a criminal ground of inadmissability.

Couple that with the quick and attentive response you got from a congressional office (not the norm) and an actual Ambassador working to help the process along,(also rare) and your case is EXTREMELY unique in the time frame of adjudication. In other words you had a horseshoe up your hind end on this. (not to downplay the seriousness of your family situation)

The majority of I601 waiver cases will not go this route, and "self-help" applications in criminal cases, or deportations can go very badly. While its great to study up and help prepare, and attorney should be involved if there is ANY criminal issue. I would add a past asylum claim, deportation or substance abuse case would need the same.

Edited December 28, 2010 by brokenfamily

[Used to be broken 143]

I have a question My husband is in the pending 601 category. My Mom illness was my hardship. Unfortunately she has since passed away. How will this affect us

When you say "pending" do you mean that the paperwork is turned in on the Waiver and you are waiting on a decision from USCIS?

If the answer is yes, wait it out and see what the decision is. You are under no obligation to "update" USCIS on your mothers death. They will adjudicate based on the facts you have given them.

If you haven't turned it in yet, its time to revisit your hardships more closely.

[RichiJenny 14]

Your waiver hardships were exactly the right "formula" and your inadmissability was relatively innocuous due to the reason for your overstay, your wife's illness and family circumstances. You also had a relatively short bar, 3 years of which you had been out of the country nearly a year, or one third of it already "served". Your wife's medical condition and the age of her parents and her grandmother which she is the caretaker of took this over the top.

Nothing is typical or even remotely close to the vast majority of waiver cases, the typical process they take and the "players" involved especially those that involve a criminal ground of inadmissability.

Couple that with the quick and attentive response you got from a congressional office (not the norm) and an actual Ambassador working to help the process along,(also rare) and your case is EXTREMELY unique in the time frame of adjudication. In other words you had a horseshoe up your hind end on this. (not to downplay the seriousness of your family situation)

The majority of I601 waiver cases will not go this route, and "self-help" applications in criminal cases, or deportations can go very badly. While its great to study up and help prepare, and attorney should be involved if there is ANY criminal issue. I would add a past asylum claim, deportation or substance abuse case would need the same.

Although promised assistance - the senators office did NOTHING to aid our situation. The only reason an ambassador got involved was due to the fact i wrote to my own government here. As the govt said they were not recognised by the US offices here, it was protocol for our govt to contact the US Ambassador in order to make further enquiries.

Ive no doubt criminal waivers and the like would really require a lawyers expertise, but the more less serious cases requiring waivers can be handled by individuals.

After all, its primarily about the hardship that the USC will suffer should the beneficiary not be allowed to join the spouse.

In my case the hardships were not going to be hard to prove, it was the actual formatting of the waiver itself. I doubt very much my case is that unique. Maybe different to some, but not a stand alone case thats for sure.

[Michele Chirco 0]

You have no medical, emotional, financial hardships that you could add?

Family ties etc?

Yes I could but how would I be able to add them now?

Yes, but how would I be able to add them now? His file should be going into the review stage soon....

[RichiJenny 14]

Email the USCIS in London, or call the USCIS in London or even send an addendum to your waiver to the Embassy.

If you post it send it to the USCIS, PO Box 2444, London W1a 5WT.

[Michele Chirco 0]

Email the USCIS in London, or call the USCIS in London or even send an addendum to your waiver to the Embassy.

If you post it send it to the USCIS, PO Box 2444, London W1a 5WT.

[Michele Chirco 0]

Thank you so much. While I am asking questions. How should the addendum paper work look? Would you have an example of an add on addendum?

[RichiJenny 14]

No, sorry, just write a brief letter that you want to add some more hardships , and continue your hardship letter.

[Sergi9 110]

Thank you so much. While I am asking questions. How should the addendum paper work look? Would you have an example of an add on addendum?

Make sure you use your case number and plaster it over ever document and make a cover sheet with the case number and tell them you want to add the items in addendum to the existing case.

There is no "format" per say, just add the additional evidence and any letter you write with updated information. If you have not already done so, make a list of mitigating factors that exceeds the number of known aggravating factors in your case, use that as the last paragraph of your letter.

[Michele Chirco 0]

Thank you thank thank you Happy New Year!

[Michele Chirco 0]

When you say "pending" do you mean that the paperwork is turned in on the Waiver and you are waiting on a decision from USCIS?

If the answer is yes, wait it out and see what the decision is. You are under no obligation to "update" USCIS on your mothers death. They will adjudicate based on the facts you have given them.

If you haven't turned it in yet, its time to revisit your hardships more closely.