MELI
04-14-2008, 09:00 PM
October 23, 2007
Meli
My address
Re: My husband
Case Number: CDJxxxxxxxxxx
Additional Hardship Evidence
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Meli, United State Citizen declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the following is true and correct.
I am writing this letter as additional evidence to my previous hardship letter and in support of the I-601 Waiver of Grounds of Excludability that I have filed for my husband xxxxx on February 16, 2007. The thought that my husband’s waiver might not be approved fills me with great fear, extreme sadness, and emotional and financial trauma. We have been married for four years and four months after our relationship of four years. I have known my husband for almost ten years now. xxxxx has been gone for almost nine months as I write this letter and I miss him so much, it seems he has been gone years and not months. I cannot live my life without him I feel worthless and lonely. He is everything for me, my foundation and my pillar. I made a promise before God to be his wife and to be with him in good times and bad times and I will not break my promise. We both regret that he broke the law by entering the U.S. illegally, but I believe he deserves a second opportunity and I deserve an opportunity for happiness with the man I love in my home country. I don’t want to be in the position of choosing between leaving my family, friends, my life, my home country or my husband. Moving to Mexico would result in many extreme hardships on me not counting or mentioning the hardships I currently have. My major hardships are health, financial responsibilities, personal considerations, and security.
I have a serious medical condition that makes it a severe hardship for me to move to Mexico. I was currently diagnosed with gallstones, enclosed is a copy of the radiology consultation report and copy of the lab results. Gallstones are small substances that develop in the gallbladder. Gallstones can block the normal flow of bile between the gallbladder, the liver, and the small intestine. Gallstones are only treated with surgery; please see enclosed information regarding gallstones and its treatment. When gallstones block the normal flow you have gallbladder attacks. I am having frequent abdominal pain most commonly known as gallbladder attacks. My doctor recommended the only treatment there is, is to have my gallbladder removed. At this point this is an extreme hardship for me because I cannot afford paying for the surgery I need, since my husband is not here to help me financially. I would also need my husband by my side so he can take care of me after the surgery and the recovery process. I would be putting myself in serious danger in Mexico since I can have a gallbladder attack anytime. It terrifies me to think I could have a gallbladder attack in Mexico and not have an emergency room close by, living in a small town and not getting there in time for treatment.
I have also been diagnosed with a left breast cyst of 3.3cm. I have severe pain in my breast and I feel a lot of tenderness. This condition is also an extreme hardship for me.
A cyst is a fluid filled sac within the breast, there is a possibility that the breast cyst may become a tumor or even be at a higher risk of developing breast cancer, please see enclosed information regarding breast cysts. My doctor recommended me to have an ultrasound every six months to see if there are any changes in my breast. Having to deal with this diagnosis alone is intense and stressful. I currently have health issues that require regular monitoring and it makes it an extreme hardship for me to even think of moving to Mexico or to know my husband is not with me. I believe my health would be in serious danger if I relocate to Mexico.
Considering my family and their health history, there are genetic health problems in my family that I need to worry about. I have a great risk for heart disease and diabetes; please see enclosed information regarding diabetes. My grandmother and grandfather died of a heart attack. My father currently has high cholesterol and my mother has high blood pressure. The majority of my uncles and aunts have the horrible illness of diabetes. There is a great chance that I may develop one of these conditions as well. It is important that I have access to good health care and a healthy lifestyle, which would be impossible in Mexico. It would be very dangerous for my health due to the health care system they have in Mexico.
My husband and I want to have children in the future. xxxxx and I have talked about this since we were dating. We had to put our plans on hold until a decision can be reached on the process. I didn’t want to be separated from my husband during our pregnancy or child birth. I don’t want to suffer the extreme hardship of having to give birth to my child in a country that is not my own and where I know it has a high maternal mortality rate. I don’t want to raise our children in Mexico since their educational opportunities are deficient as well as their health care system. This wait on having our own family has also caused me extreme hardship since we have a little bit more than four years of being married. I want to start my own family and get to know my children, but also raise them in my home country in a good and safe environment.
I have an extreme financial responsibility and many financial hardships. I need my husband with me in the United States since he was the primary financial support and provider in our marriage. I have a monthly mortgage payment of $1,891 of our condominium that we purchased on June 2005 plus the association fee of $210.00. Plus the property tax bill of $3,384.98 a year, the utility bills, my cell phone bill that on average I pay like $250.00 a month, my auto insurance bill of $85.00 a month, and my credit card bills that have risen since my husband left and I still need to pay the rest of the bills. I feel I am going to have a nervous breakdown with so many bills I have and the debts I am getting into. There is no possibility I can make it on my own and there is no possibility I can relocate to Mexico with all these bills. I would have debts that I wouldn’t be able to pay if I move to Mexico and I would destroy my credit. I would loose everything we have worked hard for, which will cause me tremendous suffering.
I am currently employed as an insurance agent at Clamaci Insurance Agency Inc. I earn $13.00 an hour plus commissions, which is hardly enough to maintain my current bills. Not counting that I have to send my husband about $200 a month because since he left in February he hasn’t been able to find a job. My job requires a fire and casualty State of California license from the Department of Insurance and my job skills are very specific to the state of California law. My job skills will not and are not applicable in Mexico. I would loose my state license if I have to move to Mexico since I have to be working as an insurance agent in California and complete the continuing education of fifty fours every two years, please see enclosed information. This would also be an extreme hardship for me to loose my insurance license since I worked really hard to obtain it. I worked and studied long and hard for many hours to achieve my insurance license. I am unable to deal with the possibility that all I did was for nothing.
Relocating to Mexico would cause me tremendous suffering. I would be forced to give up not only my insurance license but I would loose the opportunity for higher education. Currently I am taking an income tax course at H&R Block that commenced on 10/01/2007. My goal is to finish this course and obtain my tax preparation license. If I was forced to relocate to Mexico it would cause a disruption of the current course I am taking. I wouldn’t be able to use the knowledge I am currently learning since the tax laws for Mexico are different than the tax laws in the United States.
I grew up in an extremely close family environment. In any birthday or event all my family is there to support each other. I live next door of my sister’s house and my mother is also one of my neighbors. Practically all of my family members live within 15 minutes away of each other. If I were to relocate I would suffer extremely knowing I wouldn’t be able to spend with them on the holidays, birthdays or special occasions as well as I would suffer If my husband is not by my side on those special events.
This separation from my friends and family would make my life miserable; I would become depressed, lonely, and isolated. I am in continuous contact with my family and friends. I have dinner every night at my mom’s house, which has become a tradition. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see my family or talk to them over the phone. I would miss my mom terrible as well as she would miss me. She relies on my help to call and make her doctor’s appointments and drive her to them. Since she doesn’t speak or understand any English I help her translate whatever she needs or any other of my family members.
Living in Mexico would be intolerable. I would feel extremely lonely and depressed knowing I would have to live in a place where I do not know anything or anyone and it would be totally uneasy on me. It would be impossible for me to go out alone and do daily tasks done in Mexico, for example buying groceries, riding on buses or taxis.
xxxxx’s country has a very bad economy and has a high unemployment and high crime rates. Mexico has high crime levels which would affect my security and wellness. Mexico would also put me at risk of kidnapping knowing I am a United States Citizen. People would think I am a tourist and get the conclusion I have money to steal away from me. I would fear to got out and know I would also be at a high risk of getting raped. Please see the enclosed Consular Information Sheet with all the facts about living in Mexico. Mexico is not a safe country for United State Citizens; it would be intolerable, unbearable, depressing, and stressful for me or any citizen to live in Mexico.
This is not mentioning what I would have to go through while living in a small town.
xxxxx’s town does not have any phone lines nor cemented streets. I would suffer boiling water in order to take a shower since they do not have water heaters. It torments me just to think about the life style Mexico has and I do not want to go thorough that suffering and agony.
xxxxx extremely regrets the entry without inspection he had and anything he has caused with his attendance in this country. He strongly wishes a second opportunity to become a positive, helpful, and legal permanent resident of the United States. He is a really good person and husband. I need him with me or I believe I will go crazy; I cannot stand this separation anymore. I cannot sleep at nights thinking about him, thinking if he is ok, and thinking when will this nightmare end. I am so extremely stressed out and depressed since he left. I do not find any point in my life, I feel worthless. Nothing inspires me to continue with my life if he is not here with me. I am truly and sincerely suffering extremely hardships without xxxxx.
I want to have children and keep our home in the United States. If he is given the opportunity he will be a good citizen and a wonderful father. We have many hopes and dreams in my country. Please allow us to live in my country and continue to enjoy all the benefits my country has and allows. I plead you to consider my hardships that would occur to me, a United State Citizen. I depend on xxxxx a lot and I need to have him with me in the United States. I am very proud of my country and I don’t want to believe or even imagine my country would separate me from my husband, the man I love and need. Please allow xxxxx to come home and give us the opportunity to live as a married couple and start our own family in the safety and security the United States offers. I know you may be tired of reading so many letters everyday, but I plead you to consider our case and our lives and grant us this pardon. I really appreciate your time and your consideration and I impatiently will wait for your response.
Sincerely,
Meli
My first hardship letter was prepared by the notario that was helping us with our case and I didn't make a copy of it. I wrote this letter when I began getting knowledge of how a letter had to be written and I send it on October along with copies of all my bills, my lab reports, family members letters, a letter from my employer and my husband's employer. My waiver got denied on 03/04/2008 for failure to prove extreme hardship.
Please review my letter and give me any suggestions on how I can make it stronger and/or any advice. I am currently waiting for a new consular interview.
Meli
My address
Re: My husband
Case Number: CDJxxxxxxxxxx
Additional Hardship Evidence
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Meli, United State Citizen declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the following is true and correct.
I am writing this letter as additional evidence to my previous hardship letter and in support of the I-601 Waiver of Grounds of Excludability that I have filed for my husband xxxxx on February 16, 2007. The thought that my husband’s waiver might not be approved fills me with great fear, extreme sadness, and emotional and financial trauma. We have been married for four years and four months after our relationship of four years. I have known my husband for almost ten years now. xxxxx has been gone for almost nine months as I write this letter and I miss him so much, it seems he has been gone years and not months. I cannot live my life without him I feel worthless and lonely. He is everything for me, my foundation and my pillar. I made a promise before God to be his wife and to be with him in good times and bad times and I will not break my promise. We both regret that he broke the law by entering the U.S. illegally, but I believe he deserves a second opportunity and I deserve an opportunity for happiness with the man I love in my home country. I don’t want to be in the position of choosing between leaving my family, friends, my life, my home country or my husband. Moving to Mexico would result in many extreme hardships on me not counting or mentioning the hardships I currently have. My major hardships are health, financial responsibilities, personal considerations, and security.
I have a serious medical condition that makes it a severe hardship for me to move to Mexico. I was currently diagnosed with gallstones, enclosed is a copy of the radiology consultation report and copy of the lab results. Gallstones are small substances that develop in the gallbladder. Gallstones can block the normal flow of bile between the gallbladder, the liver, and the small intestine. Gallstones are only treated with surgery; please see enclosed information regarding gallstones and its treatment. When gallstones block the normal flow you have gallbladder attacks. I am having frequent abdominal pain most commonly known as gallbladder attacks. My doctor recommended the only treatment there is, is to have my gallbladder removed. At this point this is an extreme hardship for me because I cannot afford paying for the surgery I need, since my husband is not here to help me financially. I would also need my husband by my side so he can take care of me after the surgery and the recovery process. I would be putting myself in serious danger in Mexico since I can have a gallbladder attack anytime. It terrifies me to think I could have a gallbladder attack in Mexico and not have an emergency room close by, living in a small town and not getting there in time for treatment.
I have also been diagnosed with a left breast cyst of 3.3cm. I have severe pain in my breast and I feel a lot of tenderness. This condition is also an extreme hardship for me.
A cyst is a fluid filled sac within the breast, there is a possibility that the breast cyst may become a tumor or even be at a higher risk of developing breast cancer, please see enclosed information regarding breast cysts. My doctor recommended me to have an ultrasound every six months to see if there are any changes in my breast. Having to deal with this diagnosis alone is intense and stressful. I currently have health issues that require regular monitoring and it makes it an extreme hardship for me to even think of moving to Mexico or to know my husband is not with me. I believe my health would be in serious danger if I relocate to Mexico.
Considering my family and their health history, there are genetic health problems in my family that I need to worry about. I have a great risk for heart disease and diabetes; please see enclosed information regarding diabetes. My grandmother and grandfather died of a heart attack. My father currently has high cholesterol and my mother has high blood pressure. The majority of my uncles and aunts have the horrible illness of diabetes. There is a great chance that I may develop one of these conditions as well. It is important that I have access to good health care and a healthy lifestyle, which would be impossible in Mexico. It would be very dangerous for my health due to the health care system they have in Mexico.
My husband and I want to have children in the future. xxxxx and I have talked about this since we were dating. We had to put our plans on hold until a decision can be reached on the process. I didn’t want to be separated from my husband during our pregnancy or child birth. I don’t want to suffer the extreme hardship of having to give birth to my child in a country that is not my own and where I know it has a high maternal mortality rate. I don’t want to raise our children in Mexico since their educational opportunities are deficient as well as their health care system. This wait on having our own family has also caused me extreme hardship since we have a little bit more than four years of being married. I want to start my own family and get to know my children, but also raise them in my home country in a good and safe environment.
I have an extreme financial responsibility and many financial hardships. I need my husband with me in the United States since he was the primary financial support and provider in our marriage. I have a monthly mortgage payment of $1,891 of our condominium that we purchased on June 2005 plus the association fee of $210.00. Plus the property tax bill of $3,384.98 a year, the utility bills, my cell phone bill that on average I pay like $250.00 a month, my auto insurance bill of $85.00 a month, and my credit card bills that have risen since my husband left and I still need to pay the rest of the bills. I feel I am going to have a nervous breakdown with so many bills I have and the debts I am getting into. There is no possibility I can make it on my own and there is no possibility I can relocate to Mexico with all these bills. I would have debts that I wouldn’t be able to pay if I move to Mexico and I would destroy my credit. I would loose everything we have worked hard for, which will cause me tremendous suffering.
I am currently employed as an insurance agent at Clamaci Insurance Agency Inc. I earn $13.00 an hour plus commissions, which is hardly enough to maintain my current bills. Not counting that I have to send my husband about $200 a month because since he left in February he hasn’t been able to find a job. My job requires a fire and casualty State of California license from the Department of Insurance and my job skills are very specific to the state of California law. My job skills will not and are not applicable in Mexico. I would loose my state license if I have to move to Mexico since I have to be working as an insurance agent in California and complete the continuing education of fifty fours every two years, please see enclosed information. This would also be an extreme hardship for me to loose my insurance license since I worked really hard to obtain it. I worked and studied long and hard for many hours to achieve my insurance license. I am unable to deal with the possibility that all I did was for nothing.
Relocating to Mexico would cause me tremendous suffering. I would be forced to give up not only my insurance license but I would loose the opportunity for higher education. Currently I am taking an income tax course at H&R Block that commenced on 10/01/2007. My goal is to finish this course and obtain my tax preparation license. If I was forced to relocate to Mexico it would cause a disruption of the current course I am taking. I wouldn’t be able to use the knowledge I am currently learning since the tax laws for Mexico are different than the tax laws in the United States.
I grew up in an extremely close family environment. In any birthday or event all my family is there to support each other. I live next door of my sister’s house and my mother is also one of my neighbors. Practically all of my family members live within 15 minutes away of each other. If I were to relocate I would suffer extremely knowing I wouldn’t be able to spend with them on the holidays, birthdays or special occasions as well as I would suffer If my husband is not by my side on those special events.
This separation from my friends and family would make my life miserable; I would become depressed, lonely, and isolated. I am in continuous contact with my family and friends. I have dinner every night at my mom’s house, which has become a tradition. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see my family or talk to them over the phone. I would miss my mom terrible as well as she would miss me. She relies on my help to call and make her doctor’s appointments and drive her to them. Since she doesn’t speak or understand any English I help her translate whatever she needs or any other of my family members.
Living in Mexico would be intolerable. I would feel extremely lonely and depressed knowing I would have to live in a place where I do not know anything or anyone and it would be totally uneasy on me. It would be impossible for me to go out alone and do daily tasks done in Mexico, for example buying groceries, riding on buses or taxis.
xxxxx’s country has a very bad economy and has a high unemployment and high crime rates. Mexico has high crime levels which would affect my security and wellness. Mexico would also put me at risk of kidnapping knowing I am a United States Citizen. People would think I am a tourist and get the conclusion I have money to steal away from me. I would fear to got out and know I would also be at a high risk of getting raped. Please see the enclosed Consular Information Sheet with all the facts about living in Mexico. Mexico is not a safe country for United State Citizens; it would be intolerable, unbearable, depressing, and stressful for me or any citizen to live in Mexico.
This is not mentioning what I would have to go through while living in a small town.
xxxxx’s town does not have any phone lines nor cemented streets. I would suffer boiling water in order to take a shower since they do not have water heaters. It torments me just to think about the life style Mexico has and I do not want to go thorough that suffering and agony.
xxxxx extremely regrets the entry without inspection he had and anything he has caused with his attendance in this country. He strongly wishes a second opportunity to become a positive, helpful, and legal permanent resident of the United States. He is a really good person and husband. I need him with me or I believe I will go crazy; I cannot stand this separation anymore. I cannot sleep at nights thinking about him, thinking if he is ok, and thinking when will this nightmare end. I am so extremely stressed out and depressed since he left. I do not find any point in my life, I feel worthless. Nothing inspires me to continue with my life if he is not here with me. I am truly and sincerely suffering extremely hardships without xxxxx.
I want to have children and keep our home in the United States. If he is given the opportunity he will be a good citizen and a wonderful father. We have many hopes and dreams in my country. Please allow us to live in my country and continue to enjoy all the benefits my country has and allows. I plead you to consider my hardships that would occur to me, a United State Citizen. I depend on xxxxx a lot and I need to have him with me in the United States. I am very proud of my country and I don’t want to believe or even imagine my country would separate me from my husband, the man I love and need. Please allow xxxxx to come home and give us the opportunity to live as a married couple and start our own family in the safety and security the United States offers. I know you may be tired of reading so many letters everyday, but I plead you to consider our case and our lives and grant us this pardon. I really appreciate your time and your consideration and I impatiently will wait for your response.
Sincerely,
Meli
My first hardship letter was prepared by the notario that was helping us with our case and I didn't make a copy of it. I wrote this letter when I began getting knowledge of how a letter had to be written and I send it on October along with copies of all my bills, my lab reports, family members letters, a letter from my employer and my husband's employer. My waiver got denied on 03/04/2008 for failure to prove extreme hardship.
Please review my letter and give me any suggestions on how I can make it stronger and/or any advice. I am currently waiting for a new consular interview.