| Description |
1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is Unique About Immigration Evaluations? -- The Referral Question -- The Evaluator -- The Client -- The Adjudicator -- Ethical Considerations -- Note -- Bibliography -- 2 Assessing Hardship for Waivers of Inadmissibility -- Waivers for Unlawful Presence -- Waivers for Curing Certain Criminal Activity -- Waivers for Fraud Or Misrepresentation -- What Is Extreme Hardship? |
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Waivers Based On Humanitarian Purposes, to Assure Family Unity, Or Public Interest -- Alien Smuggling -- Refugees and Asylees -- Waivers Based On Positive Factors -- Serious Crimes -- Permanent Bars and Prior Deportations -- Requests for More Evidence and Notice of Intent to Deny -- How Do Reports and Evaluations Factor Into a Waiver Analysis? Why Is the Evaluator's Role Essential? -- The Evaluation -- Gathering Background Information -- Family and Upbringing -- Trauma History -- Immigration History -- Relationship History -- Quality of Relationship to Applicant -- Children -- Medical History |
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Psychiatric History -- Substance Abuse History -- Employment/Academic History -- Assessing Hardships -- Assessment Measures -- The Report -- Responding to a Request for More Evidence (RFE) Or a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 The Appraisal of Exceptional and Extremely Unusual Hardship for Cancellation of Removal -- Cancellation of Removal for Certain Nonpermanent Residents -- Special Rule Cancellation of Removal -- Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents -- The Psychological Evaluation |
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Assessing Hardship to a Qualifying Relative (Cancellation of Removal for Non-LPR) -- Example #1: Rosa -- Example #2: Claudio -- Assessing Hardship to Self (Special Rule Or VAWA Cancellation of Removal) -- Example #1: Natalia -- Example #2: Marcos -- Assessing Remorse and Rehabilitation (Cancellation of Removal for LPR) -- Example #1: Pablo -- Example #2: Achara -- The Report -- Bibliography -- 4 Evaluating Factors Concerning Protection-Related Relief: Asylum/Withholding of Removal/Convention Against Torture (CAT) -- Affirmative Asylum -- Defensive Asylum -- The Asylum Application |
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Related Forms of Protection for the Persecuted -- Withholding of Removal -- Protection Under Article III of the Convention Against Torture -- The Mental Health Provider's Role in Asylum Cases -- The Evaluation -- Assessing the Psychological Impact of Torture Or Persecution -- Assessing Credibility -- Assessing Exceptional Circumstances -- Assessing Danger to Society -- The Report -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 Evaluations Related to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) -- The Battered Spouse Waiver -- Self-Petitioning for LPR Status -- The Role of the Mental Health Provider -- Extreme Cruelty |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Physical Abuse |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Mental health
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Immigrants -- Psychology
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Immigrants
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Immigrants.
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Immigrants -- Mental health.
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Immigrants -- Psychology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holt, Matthew G
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| ISBN |
9781000559187 |
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1000559181 |
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