A Ukrainian mother and her two children fled their home after their city was bombed during the ongoing war. They witnessed violence, lost family members, and spent months in shelters before reaching safety in the United States.

Casa Hogar walks alongside refugees and asylum seekers. In cases of Asylum, my report documents the psychological impact of torture, violence, or other inhumane treatment inflicted by an individual’s government or those the government cannot control. These evaluations help demonstrate the profound emotional and psychological consequences of violence and persecution—offering essential evidence for those seeking safety and protection in the United States.

A woman entered the U.S. on a marriage-based visa. Over time, her spouse becomes emotionally and psychologically abusive—threatening to withdraw immigration paperwork, controlling finances, isolating her from friends, and using fear of deportation to maintain power.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) prevents someone’s immigration status from being used against them as a tool for control. It allows one to self-petition for legal status apart from their abusive U.S. citizen spouse. My report provides a compassionate and credible account of the client’s experiences to authorities—illustrating the impact of patterns of control, fear, and harm. The evaluation helps those experiencing abuse obtain independence, healing and legal protection.

A U.S. citizen father has a young son diagnosed with severe autism and epilepsy, requiring constant supervision, specialized therapies, and emergency care during seizures. The mother, who is the primary caregiver, faces deportation.

In Hardship Waiver cases, my clinical evaluation seeks to prove “extreme hardship” experienced by a U.S. citizen should their qualifying relative face deportation. I assess the social, cultural, financial, medical, and psychological factors experienced by the U.S. citizen, should their family face separation. Immigration Evaluations strengthen waiver applications and ultimately help keep families together. In more urgent cases, an evaluation may also used in Cancellation of Removal cases.

Someone is frightened to leave the U.S. because their trafficker threatens physical harm.

In cases of U Visas and T Visas, immigration evaluations help victims of many organized crime. My assessment serves as evidence that extreme psychiatric harm has been brought upon individuals forced into labor or sex trafficking.