Immigration Evaluations

We specialize in comprehensive evaluations to help you and your attorney identify the psychological distress you or your family would experience if you were deported.

An in-depth psychological assessment is essential when applying for asylum due to psychological hardship, emotional distress, or cognitive impairment.

How we can help

We take a collaborative approach and work with you, your family, and your attorney when we complete your evaluation. Our in-depth assessment will identify the psychological impact and distress that deportation will have on you and your family.

A Psychlogical evaluation can be beneficial for the following situations:

• Extreme Psychological Hardship
• Political Asylum
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
• Citizen Examination Waiver (N-648)
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• U-Visa
• T-Visa

What to expect

Our immigration evaluations typically involve:

• A clinical interview with you and close members of your family. The interview will help us understand important psychological, medical, and social background information, and your current cognitive and psychological functioning.
• Consultation with your attorney to determine the type of waiver that will be best suited for your case.
• A review of medical, psychological, and other collateral documents that help us have a better understanding of your psychological and emotional functioning.
• We will administer psychological and neuropsychological tests to objectively assess for mental health diagnoses and/or cognitive impairment.  We will administer and interpret paper and computer-based tests to assess for:
  • General intellectual abilities
  • Higher level executive skills such as reasoning and problem solving
  • Attention and concentration
  • Language comprehension and communication
  • Visual-spatial skills and perception
  • Memory impairment
  • Motor and sensory skills
  • Mood and personality
  • Psychological diagnoses
• After we complete the evaluation, we will write a comprehensive report that integrates our findings and give it to your attorney.