Hardship Waivers

Exceptional hardship for J1 waivers
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Exceptional Hardship vs. Mere Separation: Understanding J1 Waiver Requirements

Learn the key differences between mere separation and exceptional hardship for J1 waivers. Discover what counts as exceptional hardship — medical, educational, psychological, or financial — and how to document it. Can hardships combine to strengthen your case? This guide provides insights, examples, and filing tips to help you navigate the 2-year home residence requirement.

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Securing a J1 Hardship Waiver: A Physician’s Path to Keeping His Family Together

Securing a J1 Hardship Waiver can be a complex and emotional journey, especially for individuals with strong family ties in the U.S. This is the story of one of our clients, a physician who successfully obtained a waiver to stay with his U.S. citizen spouse, highlighting his resilience in facing relocation, financial, and mental health…

The Role of Immigration Attorneys in Navigating Complex Cases

The Role of Immigration Attorneys in Navigating Complex Cases

The Role of Immigration Attorneys in Navigating Complex Cases U.S. immigration law can be challenging to navigate in even the most straightforward of cases, but it can be especially daunting in complex cases that involve waivers, or other multifaceted issues such as Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) or Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions. These…

J-1 Waiver Success Stories – J-1 Hardship Waiver and I-612 Case

J-1 Waiver Success Stories – J-1 Hardship Waiver and I-612 Case

In this Article Kaushik  talks about the J-1 exceptional hardship waiver; Here you will learn about two recent successful case studies that our team of immigration attorneys successfully managed these J-1 Visa hardship waivers, approved by USCIS. J-1 Exceptional Hardship Waivers: Hardship to Children Kaushik addresses hardship to children. You’ll want to learn about these…

How to win your Misrepresentation fraud: a 212 (i) waiver approval and success story

How to win your Misrepresentation fraud: a 212 (i) waiver approval and success story

 Hi, there this is Kaushik Ranchod from the Ranchod Law Group. Welcome to our immigration show. Today I’m going to be talking about 212 (i) waivers for fraud or willful misrepresentation. If you’ve committed fraud or willful misrepresentation and are applying for a green card, you may qualify for a 212 (i) waiver. In…

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Two I-601A Hardship Waiver Success Stories

This article is based on a video created by Immigration Attorney Kaushik Ranchod from The Ranchod Law Group. The video is part of the ongoing immigration show where Kaushik shares Immigration Law information, focusing on I-601A and other hardship waivers. Today what we’re going to do is we’re going to talk about a case study…

I-612 Approval Notice for Egyptian with Government Financing on a J-1 Visa

The Timeline of this I-612 Form Application and J-1 Waiver Approval Date of application to wave the foreign residence requirements: October 28, 2019 Date The Department of State received Form I-612 from USCIS: April 07, 2020 Department of State issued a favorable recommendation on: October 06, 2020 Date USCIS issued the approval notice: October 22,…

A J-1 Hardship Waiver success story for Client from Venezuela

Timeline of this J-1 Waiver Date the I-612 Application to wave the foreign residence requirements was filed: March 2, 2020 Department of State received I-613 from USCIS on May 13, 2020 A favorable recommendation was issued by the Department of State on September 23, 2020 USCIS issued a letter of approval for this I-612 application…

J-1 Hardship Waiver Success Story with I-612 Letter of Approval for Doctor from Jordan

J-1 Hardship Waiver Approval for Doctor from Jordan Date we filed Form I-612 for this Client: April 1, 2019. – Department of State received Form I-612 from USCIS on December 09, 2019. – The Department of State issued a favorable recommendation with I-612 Letter of Approval on September 29, 2020. A brief description of the…

I-612 Hardship Waiver Letter of Approval and Success Story for Client from Egypt

This I-612 Hardship Waiver was Filed: May 23, 2019 Date Department Of State (DOS) received Form I-613 from USCIS on: February 12, 2020 Date DOS issued a favorable recommendation: September 29, 2020 We are happy to share this recent success story with the I-612 hardship waiver letter of approval for a client with three U.S….

I-612 Hardship Waiver Letter of Approval & Success Story

J-1 Hardship Waiver Approved with Government Funding from the Dominican Republic Case filed: June 30, 2019 Case approved: June 18, 2020 The Facts for this I-612 Success Story and Approval This Client entered the U.S. on a J-1 Visa with a two year home residency requirement. Client only complied with his work program for a…

J-1 Hardship Waiver Letter of Approval and Success Story (Approval Date 06/24/2020)

Read our Success Stories, See other Letters of Approval Filed: 01/30/2019 Form I-613 Sent by USCIS to DOS on 01/06/2020 DOS Favorable recommendation on: 06/23/2020 USCIS Approval: 06/24/2020 At the time The Ranchod Law Group applied for this exceptional hardship waiver, the client had been in the United States for six years. He has two…

J-1 Hardship Waiver Letter of Approval: I-612 Application Success Story

Date Waiver was Filed: 9-27-17 Date of Approval: 9-09-19 Client is a native of: India Our Indian native client is an accomplished doctor who conducts medical research. To get her J-1 waiver approved, we proved that our client’s United States Citizen relative (her young daughter) would suffer extreme hardship if her mother were to return…

I-612 Hardship Waiver Approval Success Story for Canadian Native

Our Canadian native client is a medical specialist who was pregnant with her first child when she contacted our firm to file her J-1 waiver case. We proved that our client’s United States Citizen husband and his United States Citizen parents would suffer exceptional hardship if she returned to her home country of Canada to…

J Waiver Approval for a Brazilian national married to a U.S. citizen

  More good news on theJ Waiver front! Our client, a Brazilian national, is married to a United States citizen who was working towards his master’s degree, who had a long-standing career with a well-known company, and who ran a small business on the side. With all of these things going on, he had a…

I-612 hardship waiver approval success story and approval letter

The latest success story to come out of The Ranchod Law Group belongs to a Pakistani national for whom we filed a Waivers of the two-year home residency requirement based on exceptional hardship to his United States citizen wife. By working closely with the clients, we were able to successfully demonstrate that his wife would…

J-1 Hardship Waiver Approval for a Dominican national

A 212(e) Hardship Waiver Success Story Our latest success story here at the Ranchod Law Group comes from a Dominican national who was faced with having to go back home without her United States -born husband and child because of her two-year residency requirement. The client sought our services as she had filed the Waivers…

I-612 Waiver Approval and Success Story

Date Filed: 1/2/2018 Date Approved: 2/4/2019 This is a Ranchod Law Group success story, an I-612 application approval for a Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement under Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended. The Ranchod Law Group was able to get the case approved even though there was Government Financing1. The…

212 (e) hardship waiver approved for Client from Lebanon

212(e) Hardship Waiver Success Story for J-1 Visa Date filed: 04/17/2018 Date approved: 12/12/2018 Client is a professional from Lebanon. Client is married to a United States Citizen and the couple recently had a baby in the U.S. Client entered the U.S. as a J1, subject to the two year home residency requirement. The Ranchod…

An I-601A Success Story: Waiver approval for medical extreme hardship

Hi this isKaushik Ranchod here fromThe Ranchod Law Group with Brian and today we’re going to talk about the I-601a Waiver.Before doing so, I want to express our gratitude to all of you that have been checking in every week. For all of our clients, stay tuned because we are going to talk about how…

J Hardship Waiver Approval Success Story for Client from South Asia

Filed: May 22, 2017 RFE: Issued November 17, 2017 RFE Responded to Within Deadline in January 2018 Approved: August 16, 2018 The facts about this case Client is from a country in South Asia. Spouse is on a J2 Visa. The couple has an elementary school aged child. In this case there were a number…

Persecution Waiver With Government Funding

This is Kaushik Ranchod from the Ranchod Law Group and today we’re going to talk about Fear Of Persecution and government funding. We’ve recently got a case approved, where the client received government funding. It was Fulbright Government Funding yet we were able to still obtain an approval. In this situation the client would face…

I-601A Waiver Approved for Mexican Client, Unlawful Entry and Unlawful Presence in the U.S.

I-601A Waiver was Filed on August 31, 2016 Approved: January 18, 2017 The Facts Our I-601A Client entered the United States in the year 2000 Client is married to a U.S. Citizen The couple has a U.S. Citizen child How we Built and Won the Case The Ranchod Law Group was able to identify many…

I 601a Waiver Approvals » Mexican Client Entered Illegally and is in the U.S. Illegally

I-601A Waiver was Filed on August 31, 2016 Approved: January 27, 2017 The Facts Client was brought into the U.S. illegally from Mexico He was a small child He is married to a U.S. citizen How we Built and Won the Case In order to prove hardship to his wife, if his case were denied,…

I-612 Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement

Related Information: other I-612 Waivers Approved I-612 Approval Notice for Egyptian with Government Financing on a J-1 Visa J-1 Visa Success Story: Egyptian national, Form I-612 Waiver Approval J-1 Waiver Success Story, Client From India I-612 Approval J-1 Hardship Waiver for Egyptian Client with Government Funding I-612 hardship waiver approval success story and approval letter…

How Home Country Conditions Support Hardship Waivers

Home Country Conditions Support Hardship Waivers I-601A Hardship Country Conditions: Video on How Country Condition are Hardship. A hardship waiver application should explain how each and every aspect of a denial could cause exceptional hardship to the United States citizen. This is not limited to how the United States citizen’s health, finances, and education would…

Theme Crucial for Successful I601 Extreme Hardship Waiver Application

A successful extreme hardship waiver should have a strong theme that ties the whole application together. A theme provides a basis for the waiver and structures each argument. While it is important to discuss each factor of extreme hardship: Health Education Finance Special considerations It should not read as a disjointed application. Rather, each of…

Extreme Hardship Waivers: Impact of an Absent Father

Impact of an Absent Father: Extreme Hardship in a Hardship Waiver Application Extreme Hardship Waiver Applications – The psychological impact of family separation When dealing with Hardship Waivers, there is no exact definition of extreme hardship. Immigration law provides a list of factors that are considered in a Hardship Waiver application. Two of those factors…

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Top 5 Reasons Hardship Waivers are Rejected

Vea Pagina en Español Top Five Reasons Hardship Waivers Are Denied At Ranchod Law we file countless hardship waivers on behalf of our clients, including: exceptional hardship waivers for J visa holders extreme and unusual hardship waivers for clients with criminal histories immigration fraud illegal entries into the U.S. We are proud of our proven…

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Conrad 30 vs. J1 Hardship Waiver for Doctors [[VIDEO]]

Vea Pagina en Español Here’s a video for foreign physicians that eplains the difference between two options that doctors have when seeking to avoid the tow-year home residency requirement of immigrating to the U.S. on a J1 waiver: The Ranchod Law Group answers all of your immigration questions. Just call (916) 613-3553 and we will…

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Proving Extreme Hardship: Health

Vea Pagina en Español In September, we discussed an actual case in which health hardships qualified for the extreme hardship waiver. We now return to that topic to explain how to prove an extreme hardship based on health. Certain immigration cases require proof of extreme hardship. Cancellation of removal before the immigration judge and waivers…

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I-601 Waivers – Proving Financial Hardship as an Exceptional Hardship Factor

Vea Pagina en Español This post examines a critical exceptional hardship factor in I-601 waivers: financial hardship. We have previously discussed how health hardships qualified as an exceptional hardship factor in the I-601 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility. Many I-601 immigration cases seeking a Visa, adjustment of status, certain nonimmigrant statuses, or certain…

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Form I-601A: Common Misconceptions about the New Unlawful Presence Waiver

Vea Pagina en Español Sorting Fact from Fiction: The New Unlawful Presence Waiver In March of this year the USCIS (U.S. Immigration) released a provisional unlawful presence waiver (form I-601a). With this waiver, individuals who are inadmissible to the U.S. for unlawful presence (for example, in the U.S. illegally after entering illegally) can apply for…

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Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers and Evidence of Extreme Hardship

Vea Pagina en Español Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver Evidence of Extreme Hardship One of the main requirements to getting approved for a provisional unlawful presence waiver is to prove that a qualifying relative will suffer an extreme hardship if you are barred from reentry into the U.S. Naturally, one of the most common questions we…

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How to Prove “Extreme Hardship” for an I-601A Hardship Waiver

Vea Pagina en Español Starting March 4, 2013, eligible individuals can apply for the new I601a Waivers.This Waivers will allow certain immediate family members of United States citizens who are in the process of obtaining a visa to obtain a provisional unlawful presence Waivers prior to leaving the U.S. This will allow these individuals to…

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