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Waiver approval for client found inadmissible to U.S. because of criminal convictions

The Facts of this Success Story

• Client lives in a country in Southeast Asia;
• is engaged to a U.S. citizen;
• The U.S. citizen filed for her visa to come into the U.S.
• she was denied her visa and found inadmissible for “a crime involving moral turpitude.”

Our Client had two prior criminal convictions.

In order to win the case we had to prove client’s U.S. citizen fiancé would suffer extreme hardship if her Waiver were denied. In order to prove exceptional hardship The Ranchod Law Group argued that due to his ties to the U.S., his career, his medical needs, and the country conditions abroad, relocation would result in exceptional hardship.

We are so happy and honored to have been able to help this couple begin this new stage of their life together in the U.S.

Recent Success Story for a Guatemalan national

A recent I-601a success story can be found with a Guatemalan national who is married to a United States citizen, and who has two U.S. citizen children.

By employing our Hardship Matrix, we were able to prepare a strong case for this family.

• Our client is the main provider for his family, and his absence would have caused certain financial trouble and exceptional hardship for his wife and children.
• His wife, the qualifying relative, has medical bills due to ongoing medical issues.
• Additionally, an evaluation of his wife’s mental health revealed that she suffered from depression and psychosomatic symptoms—largely stemming from our client’s lack of status¹ in the United States.

We worked closely with this family to gather compelling evidence to demonstrate exactly why our client’s absence from his family would result in exceptional hardship. Our Legal Team worked to ensure the client’s case was filed with no stone unturned. Our hard work and dedication resulted in an approval for this client, and they are one step closer to their green card!

If you would like to find out more about extreme hardship waivers, and if you would qualify, please contact our office today at (916) 613-3553.

definition of “lack of status”:
Lack of status refers to persons who:

1. Have overstayed a visa for work, visit or study.
2. Have worked or studied in the United States without authorization
3. Have entered the United States without a valid passport or travel document

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The Facts about this Success Story

Our client is the husband of a U.S. citizen and father to two U.S. citizen children.

Working with our law office, we were able to identify numerous extreme hardships to USCIS to help win the Waiver.

• A deep dive into the citizen spouse’s medical history revealed a rare condition and our office researched Mexico’s medical system to show that this condition would not be covered by foreign health insurance.
• The citizen spouse, also known as the qualifying relative, has good employment, but we demonstrated the significant student loan debt it took to get there and why she depends on our client’s joint income to repay this debt.
• Among other hardships, we further highlighted the citizen spouse’s psychological impacts of not just being separated from our client, but also raising 2 children in the United States as a single mother.

Our dedicated team of immigration lawyers and experts, was able to show enough evidence of exceptional hardship to secure a successful outcome in under three and a half months, at a time when immigration is averaging five to seven months for these Waivers!