Who writes letter for hardship? i601

[vreyna 0]

Hello, I am the petitioner for my fiance who is in the UK.  I was wondering who writes the letter of hardship is it myself or does my fiance have to write it?  

 

 

Thank you

[Going through 5,668]

Any hardship letter should be written by the USC, and should be about the specific qualifying extreme hardships you/any USC children would face----USCIS doesn't care about any hardships the foreign fiancee would face in their home country if separated.

 

You need much more than just the letter though---make sure you have relevant documentation to back up any claims.

Edited July 29, 2018 by Going through

[Crazy Cat 39,375]

I agree with @Going through.  The hardship must be relevant to the USC. 

[vreyna 0]

Thank you so much for your help.

[HoosierEh 21]

My husband, the US citizen, wrote a letter describing his reasons for hardship. 

 

I then wrote my own letter, including the circumstances of my overstay, and explained reasons for hardship that would directly impact my husband (US citizen) today and in the future. 

 

His letter was 2 pages. 

My letter was 12, though I presented my whole case to include a picture and a couple cut and pasted information from our banking/investment (I have no opinion if this helps or not nor can I recommend it others).

 

Believe it or not that was me keeping it simple lol

 

I did not want to over burden them with issues that, in my duress, I saw as major factors when they could take away from the bigger picture.  I wanted the adjudicator to see we are people, made a mistake and deserving of a chance to prove ourselves redeemed.  

 

My I-601 Waiver was approved on June 5 2018 just over a year from my application date.  Staying reasonable and keeping in mind that the adjudicators are people too does help. 

 

Best of luck! 

[vreyna 0]

In your letter detailing the situation did you express remorse? My fiance was due to not notifying status change while receiving benefits for 3 months. He is not sure whether to state  just the facts and include at the end how sorry he was about the whole thing. Or just keep it straight to the facts.

[HoosierEh 21]

49 minutes ago, vreyna said:

In your letter detailing the situation did you express remorse? My fiance was due to not notifying status change while receiving benefits for 3 months. He is not sure whether to state  just the facts and include at the end how sorry he was about the whole thing. Or just keep it straight to the facts.

 

It can be difficult to separate emotions from the facts, I do not believe they expect us too - I look upon them as professionals that can see the facts through the emotion. After all this is a marathon we are on: we have feelings and those of our loved ones involved lol

 

Yes I apologized for my actions and fully accepted the bar I received for my overstay. I approached this with sincerity and I was and am accepting of the consequences. If I was denied a waiver I would have had to truly reconsider my future  ... I had personal beliefs and reasoning for what I did but I subverted US immigration laws and the reality of not being reunited with my husband was the consequence. I told them just that - my apology was my waiver in that sense. 

 

I believe that if your husband wrote a letter on how he truly felt and was not just saying the words that it would come through. Just as I believe they can read through smoke.

 

Oh and as an aside: I let my husband write his letter.  I did not do it for him, I did not guide him or ask to see it or anything and he didn't Google it. If they called him I wanted them to know we were serious and worth the forgiveness. 

 

Good luck! 

If there's anything else please feel free to ask 

 

[vreyna 0]

Thank you so much! I can't tell you how much I appreciate this and I will keep in touch if I have any more questions about the form.  Big thank you once again.