important evidence for your immigration legal case.

Immigration Evaluations

Immigration mental health evaluations for your legal case.

Immigration psychological evaluations can help you tell your story.

Has your attorney suggested getting an immigration mental health evaluation, sometimes called an immigration psychological evaluation? If so, you’re in the right place.

The immigration process can be incredibly difficult and stressful, especially for those fleeing hardship or seeking refuge and a better life. Preparing an immigration case often requires you to relive traumatic experiences and detail intensely personal information to strangers.

On top of that, the outcome is filled with uncertainty. Applicants and their families may wait months or even years for a decision that will profoundly impact their future and safety.

My job is to understand and document your unique struggles. Additionally, I will describe how you have been impacted mentally and emotionally.

Together, we will go through your history, your current life, and your mental health. I will ask questions to understand what you have been through.

I’ll support you in putting words to your experience and emotions.

Do you have one of the following?

A case under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

A U-Visa or T-Visa case

An asylum case

An extreme hardship waiver (you are the US citizen family member)

Here’s what we’ll do together

The evidence presented in an immigration evaluation can often be the deciding factor in the case’s outcome.

It can be hard to get judges and immigration officers to believe your story of harm without physical proof. But there are real emotional and mental scars, even if you can't see them.

My job as your evaluator is to carefully document those invisible wounds. I'll describe your current mental health symptoms and explain how they connect to past trauma.

The report I write is very important. It shows solid evidence of what you've been through. It explains why you act or feel certain ways today.

It talks about your credibility and truthfulness.

It can also explain how being apart from loved ones or moving back to your country of origin could harm you mentally.

I'll also talk in the report about things like how separation from parents can impact children, both mentally and emotionally.

My report puts the puzzle pieces together to help strengthen your case.

My goal is to paint a clear picture of your inner struggles for the court.

The immigration evaluation is about your mental health. It is not about immigration law or country conditions. Because of this, a therapist’s input can be very helpful and beneficial for your case.

My job as your evaluator is to record your mental health needs and explain how they relate to your immigration case. I won't comment on things like conditions in your home country — I'll leave that to your attorney.

If possible, I will highlight any unique parts of your story or situation that make your case different than others.

We will have two separate meetings. During those meetings, I will ask you questions about your life and mental health history. I will write down your exact words and experiences. This will help me understand what you have been through so that I can communicate it to the immigration judge or officer.

I may diagnose mental health conditions if it seems relevant. I will make suggestions for your future mental health care and well-being.

The evaluation for the immigration case will be exhaustive and thorough. I will consult with your attorney’s office so that your assessment is as complete as possible.

The immigration system is daunting, but you don’t have to go through it alone.

My evaluation will amplify your voice so that your unique circumstances are heard and understood.

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What should I expect during an immigration psychological evaluation?

  • I will send you paperwork to complete before our interviews that assess your mental state

  • There is a $300 deposit to hold your appointment time, and that $300 is put towards the full cost of the evaluation ($1200 total)

  • We will meet for 1-2 interviews depending on your type of legal case

  • Each interview is 60-90 minutes long

  • I will ask you questions about your:

    • Life experience in your home country

    • Life experience in the United States

    • Marriage (if applying for a hardship waiver as a US citizen spouse or VAWA)

    • Past and current mental health

  • I will write up a report that include the relevant details (depending on the type of case and your individual situation, the report is 12-25 pages long)

  • You and your attorney will both have a chance to review the report and request edits before I sign it and send it to your attorney

Contact me today to schedule your immigration evaluation.

Questions?

FAQs

  • I am not bilingual; however, I do have experience working with interpreters. I have interpreters I have worked with in the past as a resource for clients, or clients are welcome to hire their own interpreter. The interpreter’s fee is the client’s responsibility.

  • The cost for the assessment is a flat fee of $1,100. It includes everything: two separate 60-90 minute interviews, the 12-20 page writeup, consultation with your attorney’s office, and any revisions requested by your attorney. Payment plans are available and will need to be agreed upon before the first assessment interview.

    Once the two interviews are completed, you can expect the assessment to be completed within 2-3 weeks. For clients who need their assessment to be expedited, the fee for that is $300 and the evaluation wil be presented to your attorney within 7 days of our last interview.

  • Please contact me and ask for a sample. One will be sent to you via email.

  • Getting started is easy! Just contact me with any questions or concerns, or to schedule your immigration evaluation.