Marie
06-26-2007, 07:38 PM
Resources for your extreme hardship/I-601 waiver packet:
Tips for Writing the HSL (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=83)
Laurel Scott's Memo on the I-601 (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showpost.php?p=709&postcount=1)
Some Supporting Document Tips (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3142)
Help for HIV Waivers (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=96)
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HSL Courtsey of Maekju
Here's Maekju's approved HSL for CIMT. It was approved in 6 weeks 4 days in Seoul, Korea.
From: USC on behalf of SKC
Case# XXXXXXXXXXX
Ref: XXXXXXXXX
To: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
C/O American Embassy
Unit# 15550
APO, AP 96205-5550
I USC, declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the forgoing is true and correct.
Subject: Hardship Letter
SKC has been denied a visa under section 212(a)(2)A(ii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. She is seeking relief under the discretionary waiver I-601.
USC is SKC’s husband and a citizen of the United States. They met in December 1997 while USC was working as a contractor for the U.S. Army in South Korea. They dated for four years and were married in October 2003. USC’s employer’s contract in South Korea ends July 31, 2005. His company offered him a position in Colorado Springs, CO. USC and SKC planned to move to Colorado Springs, CO. with SKC’s two children and his father buy a home and harmoniously raise their family.
USC writes this letter in support of the waiver.
Because of his commitment to their marital bond, USC would be compelled to move to his wife’s country and in doing so will suffer extreme and unusual hardship.
There are several interacting hardships:
MEDICAL
From: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/hypertension/htm/_no_50_no_0.htm
USC has hypertension. Hypertension is also called the “Silent Killer” because it often has no symptoms and can cause serious diseases or death if left untreated.
Hypertension can cause a stroke which can lead to paralysis, speech problems, and even death. Blockage of blood vessels in the kidney can lead to kidney failure. This will lead to death unless dialysis is performed three to five times a week to clean the blood. Blockage of blood vessels in the eye can lead to impaired vision and even blindness. Blockage of an artery of the heart leads to a heart attack, where the part of the heart that was supplied by the blocked artery dies. This weakens the heart and can even lead to death.
USC monitors his blood pressure several times a day and takes medication daily (Exhibit A). If he moved to his wife’s country, he would have to quit his job and therefore wouldn’t have health insurance to cover medical expenses in South Korea. He would have to pay cash for medication to control his hypertension and, if need be, other medical services. He would not have the financial resources to get proper medical care. His hypertension would go untreated and could cause serious diseases mentioned above putting him in a life threatening situation.
FAMILY TIES
USC has no family ties in South Korea except for his wife and her two children. He is an only child and has one surviving parent, his father who suffers from multiple medical problems that are progressively worsening. His father suffered a massive stroke which paralyzed his complete right side and confined him to a wheel chair. His father is now seventy eight years old, diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and needs dialysis treatments three times a week to survive. His father also has problems with a vascular disease in his legs and non healing ulcers on his feet and ankles. These require frequent dressing changes and regular appointments at the wound care center for debridement (Exhibit B).
While USC was working in South Korea, his uncle helped care for his father. His uncle is also elderly, has his own health issues and works full time. USC’s’ uncle must sometimes miss hours from work to take USC’s father for his doctors’ appointments and run daily errands. His uncle is finding it harder to be a dependable source of transportation for USC’s father’s doctors’ appointments and run daily errands (Exhibit C).
When USC returns to the U.S., his father will be living with him and will depend on him to take him to the doctor for his dialysis treatments and appointments at the wound care center. When his employer needs him to travel in performance of his job duties, his wife would be there to care for his father. If USC moved to his wife’s country, his father would not have dependable transportation for his dialysis treatments and non healing wounds. If his father misses one of his dialysis treatments, he would suffer kidney failure which would result in death.
USC’s father greatly depends on him and they both enjoy a strong father son relationship.
By moving to South Korea, USC would suffer enormous psychological and emotional stress. His hypertension could exacerbate increasing his chance of suffering a stroke, heart failure, or possibly death.
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
USC is employed by Company Inc. in Palm Bay FL. He’s a Field Service Engineer specializing in Strategic Aerial Reconnaissance Systems for the U.S. military. His profession is extremely specialized. There are not many companies worldwide that manufacture these systems and the employment resources that possess the necessary skills to operate and maintain these systems are extremely small. Special security clearances granted by the U.S. government are required to perform his duties. Additionally, he is called on to travel to U.S. military bases world wide in performance of his duties. These skills, by their very nature, are not transferable to other countries.
At age 54 and with his profession being such a narrow field, finding employment even remotely related to his career in South Korea would be impossible. By not being a Korean citizen, he would not be granted the necessary security clearances. He doesn’t speak or write Korean. If he found any work at all, he would only be eligible for entry level or minimum wage type work.
If USC moved to South Korea he would suffer extreme and unusual hardships. The loss of his career that took him over twenty years to build would be devastating for him (Exhibit D). Not only would he lose his tenure and security clearances but also the excellent benefits such as health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, vacation, etc and it would be impossible for him to ever recover his standing in his current profession.
FINANCIAL
As a result form USC’s previous marriage; he pays a total of $1553.00 per month in alimony and child support payments (Exhibit E). If he moved to South Korea, he would be unemployed and could not meet his lawful financial obligation to his ex spouse and pay child support. Therefore, he would be subject to criminal charges in his own country.
He could not pay his credit debt which would ruin his credit rating and his credit cards would be revoked. Paying with cash isn’t always possible. Cash on hand may not be readily available in case of medical emergencies or serious accidents. If USC returned to the States, he would not be able to buy a home, rent or buy a car, etc. His ability to find a job to support his family would be severely limited.
USC has one child in college and another one starting this year (Exhibit F). At present he gives the one in college an allowance of $900.00 per month (Exhibit G). His children depend on this allowance to continue their studies, pay rent, utilities, and other living expenses. If he moved to his wife’s country, his children would be denied this allowance and could not attend the college of their choice. Lose credits transferring to another college that may not be as good as the one their now attending. His children would have to work instead of focusing on their studies. His children’s college education would be greatly compromised.
The expenses involved in traveling between the U.S. and South Korea would be beyond his financial capabilities. He could not travel to the U.S. to spend time with his natural children or visit his ailing father.
USC would have no choice but to use his retirement savings if he moved to his wife’s country. In doing so, he would be subject to a 20% mandatory federal income tax withholding and pay a 10% early withdrawal penalty (Exhibit H). After the depletion of his retirement funds, the future of USC and his family are left with a serious dilemma of uncertainty and at worst, left with nothing to live off of and totally destitute.
EDUCATION
Due to constantly changing technical advances in his field of work and to advance in his career, it is necessary for USC to continue taking education courses on a regular basis. In the U.S., he takes advantage of his company’s education assistance program that pays for tuition and books. Engineering and lab classes desperately needed are closed to him in South Korea because of the language barrier. Without taking classes of higher learning his career now as well as any future career opportunities would be completely ruined.
PSYCHOLOGICAL / EMOTIONAL
If USC were to move to his wife’s country in fulfillment of his solemn marital vow, His natural children will not only miss his physical presence but they will lose his support as a loving and supportive father. Permanent isolation from his children and ailing father would result in tremendous stress, anxiety, and depression. The psychological / emotional impact on USC would be devastating. His hypertension could exacerbate reaching dangerous levels increasing his chance of suffering a stroke, heart failure, or possibly death.
USC has developed a strong parental bond with his stepchildren. Their father doesn’t phone, visit or provide any financial support. He has totally abandoned them. For the sake of his stepchildren’s upbringing, he provides the fatherly guidance, support, and love a child needs while growing up. They look up to him as the only father they ever had. He does not want to separate the bond between his stepchildren and their natural mother. USC wants to keep his family together. He already knows the tremendous amounts of tension, depression and despair associated with family separation due to his previous divorce. The psychological and emotional stresses are overwhelming.
KOREAN CULTURE
For a foreigner, especially an American, Korean culture can be intolerable. The society is basically closed to outsiders. Anti-American Semitism is steadily increasing. Many times movement for Americans is restricted for personal safety due to Anti-American demonstrations.
Since USC can’t speak or read the language, it would be very difficult to accomplish anything on the Korean economy. Simple task such as shopping, dinning, entertainment, or just asking for directions becomes monumental. \r\n\r\nUSC is an African American. He knows first hand the hardships of living in a homogenous, conservative, and highly discriminative country like South Korea. He would not integrate into Korean Society and would be virtually exiled.
From: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27776.htm
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 25, 2004
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The country is racially homogeneous, with no sizable populations of ethnic minorities. Except in cases of naturalization, citizenship is based on parentage, not place of birth, and persons must show their family genealogy as proof of citizenship. Naturalization is a difficult process requiring detailed applications, a long waiting period, and a series of investigations and examinations. Because of the difficulty of establishing Korean citizenship, those not ethnically Korean remained "foreign," thus disqualifying them legally from entering the civil service and, in practice, being hired by some major corporations. According to a Human Rights Commission survey, 50.7 percent of foreign workers reported that they experienced mockery and verbal attacks in the workplace. Amerasians faced no legal discrimination, but informal discrimination was prevalent.
From: http://www.seoulsearching.com/magazine/antiamerican.html
South Korea is perhaps one of the most dangerous places an American can travel to at present. Why? Because on face value everything seems fine to someone who is not trained to spot trouble. Unlike the Middle East where danger is a factor of daily life that also gets huge media attention, South Korea can fool many people, and it often has. South Koreans have assaulted, kicked, slapped, punched, lit on fire, spit on, and even kidnapped Americans, to include American soldiers serving in South Korea. Places of business have refused to serve Americans or let them into bars, restaurants, and other public establishments.
GOOD CHARACTER AND ADMISSIBILITY OF SKC
The incident that happened five years ago was an isolated and unusual circumstance for SKC. This was totally out of her character. She is deeply repentant and remorseful, a changed woman. She has paid dearly for her mistake. She came close to losing her children, job, self esteem, and respect from her peers. The memories still come back to haunt her to his day. She is goal directed, focused, thoroughly ethical, has good character, and law-abiding. She presents no danger whatsoever to the interests of the United States of America (Character Refs. Attach).
SUMMARY
This marriage of two years has come full circle and needs to be recognized for it’s family unity which is one of the foundations our nation was built on. Because the marriage has occurred in its full sense, profound forces will move USC to leave his homeland. Yet, if he goes to his wife’s country, he would be unemployed and couldn’t afford medical insurance therefore; he couldn’t buy the medication necessary to control his hypertension putting him in a life threatening situation. There would be no income to support his family, provide for them a good standard of living, and ensure their good health. The opportunities to continue his education and advance in his career are no longer available to him. He would be unavailable to family, especially in regard to his ailing father and natural children. Furthermore, he would not integrate into Korean society because he’s African American and would be virtually exiled.
If SKC is not admitted to the United States of America, USC will be placed in the midst of an impossible dilemma. If he moves to South Korea, which he would do bound by the marital bond he shares with his wife, powerful forces would set into motion emotional, social, and medical forces that would prove life threatening to him.
USC and SKC respectfully ask that this waiver be approved.
This is the "I''M sorry letter" my wife wrote. I was against it at first but glad I included it with my letter.
To whom it may concern.
I do not want nicely explain excuse about my case. I was totally wrong I made big mistake but I’m only human. I am so miserable about my pitiful act. It hurts me even now and I will not forgive myself forever of my mistake. I was so foolish, so silly, and totally out of my character of conduct. I almost lose my kids, my job and big damage to my finances.
But most shock to me is what I did. How come I made that kind mistake I can not believe myself. I am still scared to driving car. I think about accident every time I use car. It so hard to drive because my legs shake when I think about accident I have. If another person forgives me still I can not forgive myself. I never want to hurt somebody. I love peace and want to be honest and show kindness and than I’m happy. I did my best for everything but I made one big mistake. It will never happen again to me because the shame as mother and disgrace to my children and mother. I don’t want to hurt my husband he loves me so much he can’t live without me. My heart has so much pain and sorrow and I’m very remorseful for what I did. I ask you to let our family stay together. This is all I want in my life.
I met my husband USC three years after I started working for the Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) system at Camp Red Cloud Army Garrison in Uijongbu, South Korea.
We were together four years before we got married. My two children and mother lives with us. I love my husband and sure he will not hurt me and take good care of my children.
While we were dating, I found out that he is good man and very prudent and very strong sense of duty and considerate person. And our love grew stronger and we trust each other and cannot live without each other. So I want to be with my husband until I die. We have been married two years.
I never had this much happiness in my life. I did not know a couple could be this happy. And my two kids never had good time with their father and they do not know what daddy is supposed to be. They did not know what feels like with father to do some things because they never do anything with their natural father. But my husband he is being a father to my kids. He cooks, play with my kids, go out dinner, and watch T.V. and movie together. He makes them laugh, travel, teach bowling, and gives them presents for birthday and Christmas.
Sometime he gives a scolding when they not behave, no homework, no shower, comeback home late and too much computer game. Now we are a real family living together. I didn’t marry him just because he is American. I didn’t marry him because he is rich. Me and my husband have to work for living then we can take care of family. We work hard for living but we are happy because we can take care of family and we are together. I am in heaven now because I’m with my husband and my kids. This is my only happiness. What am I going to do if I go to the states? I will live like now as mother and wife and work for living and help take care of our family happily together. We just love each other so much and we just want to be together for the rest of our lives.
Sincerely,
SKC
Tips for Writing the HSL (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=83)
Laurel Scott's Memo on the I-601 (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showpost.php?p=709&postcount=1)
Some Supporting Document Tips (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3142)
Help for HIV Waivers (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=96)
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HSL Courtsey of Maekju
Here's Maekju's approved HSL for CIMT. It was approved in 6 weeks 4 days in Seoul, Korea.
From: USC on behalf of SKC
Case# XXXXXXXXXXX
Ref: XXXXXXXXX
To: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
C/O American Embassy
Unit# 15550
APO, AP 96205-5550
I USC, declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the forgoing is true and correct.
Subject: Hardship Letter
SKC has been denied a visa under section 212(a)(2)A(ii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. She is seeking relief under the discretionary waiver I-601.
USC is SKC’s husband and a citizen of the United States. They met in December 1997 while USC was working as a contractor for the U.S. Army in South Korea. They dated for four years and were married in October 2003. USC’s employer’s contract in South Korea ends July 31, 2005. His company offered him a position in Colorado Springs, CO. USC and SKC planned to move to Colorado Springs, CO. with SKC’s two children and his father buy a home and harmoniously raise their family.
USC writes this letter in support of the waiver.
Because of his commitment to their marital bond, USC would be compelled to move to his wife’s country and in doing so will suffer extreme and unusual hardship.
There are several interacting hardships:
MEDICAL
From: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/hypertension/htm/_no_50_no_0.htm
USC has hypertension. Hypertension is also called the “Silent Killer” because it often has no symptoms and can cause serious diseases or death if left untreated.
Hypertension can cause a stroke which can lead to paralysis, speech problems, and even death. Blockage of blood vessels in the kidney can lead to kidney failure. This will lead to death unless dialysis is performed three to five times a week to clean the blood. Blockage of blood vessels in the eye can lead to impaired vision and even blindness. Blockage of an artery of the heart leads to a heart attack, where the part of the heart that was supplied by the blocked artery dies. This weakens the heart and can even lead to death.
USC monitors his blood pressure several times a day and takes medication daily (Exhibit A). If he moved to his wife’s country, he would have to quit his job and therefore wouldn’t have health insurance to cover medical expenses in South Korea. He would have to pay cash for medication to control his hypertension and, if need be, other medical services. He would not have the financial resources to get proper medical care. His hypertension would go untreated and could cause serious diseases mentioned above putting him in a life threatening situation.
FAMILY TIES
USC has no family ties in South Korea except for his wife and her two children. He is an only child and has one surviving parent, his father who suffers from multiple medical problems that are progressively worsening. His father suffered a massive stroke which paralyzed his complete right side and confined him to a wheel chair. His father is now seventy eight years old, diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and needs dialysis treatments three times a week to survive. His father also has problems with a vascular disease in his legs and non healing ulcers on his feet and ankles. These require frequent dressing changes and regular appointments at the wound care center for debridement (Exhibit B).
While USC was working in South Korea, his uncle helped care for his father. His uncle is also elderly, has his own health issues and works full time. USC’s’ uncle must sometimes miss hours from work to take USC’s father for his doctors’ appointments and run daily errands. His uncle is finding it harder to be a dependable source of transportation for USC’s father’s doctors’ appointments and run daily errands (Exhibit C).
When USC returns to the U.S., his father will be living with him and will depend on him to take him to the doctor for his dialysis treatments and appointments at the wound care center. When his employer needs him to travel in performance of his job duties, his wife would be there to care for his father. If USC moved to his wife’s country, his father would not have dependable transportation for his dialysis treatments and non healing wounds. If his father misses one of his dialysis treatments, he would suffer kidney failure which would result in death.
USC’s father greatly depends on him and they both enjoy a strong father son relationship.
By moving to South Korea, USC would suffer enormous psychological and emotional stress. His hypertension could exacerbate increasing his chance of suffering a stroke, heart failure, or possibly death.
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
USC is employed by Company Inc. in Palm Bay FL. He’s a Field Service Engineer specializing in Strategic Aerial Reconnaissance Systems for the U.S. military. His profession is extremely specialized. There are not many companies worldwide that manufacture these systems and the employment resources that possess the necessary skills to operate and maintain these systems are extremely small. Special security clearances granted by the U.S. government are required to perform his duties. Additionally, he is called on to travel to U.S. military bases world wide in performance of his duties. These skills, by their very nature, are not transferable to other countries.
At age 54 and with his profession being such a narrow field, finding employment even remotely related to his career in South Korea would be impossible. By not being a Korean citizen, he would not be granted the necessary security clearances. He doesn’t speak or write Korean. If he found any work at all, he would only be eligible for entry level or minimum wage type work.
If USC moved to South Korea he would suffer extreme and unusual hardships. The loss of his career that took him over twenty years to build would be devastating for him (Exhibit D). Not only would he lose his tenure and security clearances but also the excellent benefits such as health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, vacation, etc and it would be impossible for him to ever recover his standing in his current profession.
FINANCIAL
As a result form USC’s previous marriage; he pays a total of $1553.00 per month in alimony and child support payments (Exhibit E). If he moved to South Korea, he would be unemployed and could not meet his lawful financial obligation to his ex spouse and pay child support. Therefore, he would be subject to criminal charges in his own country.
He could not pay his credit debt which would ruin his credit rating and his credit cards would be revoked. Paying with cash isn’t always possible. Cash on hand may not be readily available in case of medical emergencies or serious accidents. If USC returned to the States, he would not be able to buy a home, rent or buy a car, etc. His ability to find a job to support his family would be severely limited.
USC has one child in college and another one starting this year (Exhibit F). At present he gives the one in college an allowance of $900.00 per month (Exhibit G). His children depend on this allowance to continue their studies, pay rent, utilities, and other living expenses. If he moved to his wife’s country, his children would be denied this allowance and could not attend the college of their choice. Lose credits transferring to another college that may not be as good as the one their now attending. His children would have to work instead of focusing on their studies. His children’s college education would be greatly compromised.
The expenses involved in traveling between the U.S. and South Korea would be beyond his financial capabilities. He could not travel to the U.S. to spend time with his natural children or visit his ailing father.
USC would have no choice but to use his retirement savings if he moved to his wife’s country. In doing so, he would be subject to a 20% mandatory federal income tax withholding and pay a 10% early withdrawal penalty (Exhibit H). After the depletion of his retirement funds, the future of USC and his family are left with a serious dilemma of uncertainty and at worst, left with nothing to live off of and totally destitute.
EDUCATION
Due to constantly changing technical advances in his field of work and to advance in his career, it is necessary for USC to continue taking education courses on a regular basis. In the U.S., he takes advantage of his company’s education assistance program that pays for tuition and books. Engineering and lab classes desperately needed are closed to him in South Korea because of the language barrier. Without taking classes of higher learning his career now as well as any future career opportunities would be completely ruined.
PSYCHOLOGICAL / EMOTIONAL
If USC were to move to his wife’s country in fulfillment of his solemn marital vow, His natural children will not only miss his physical presence but they will lose his support as a loving and supportive father. Permanent isolation from his children and ailing father would result in tremendous stress, anxiety, and depression. The psychological / emotional impact on USC would be devastating. His hypertension could exacerbate reaching dangerous levels increasing his chance of suffering a stroke, heart failure, or possibly death.
USC has developed a strong parental bond with his stepchildren. Their father doesn’t phone, visit or provide any financial support. He has totally abandoned them. For the sake of his stepchildren’s upbringing, he provides the fatherly guidance, support, and love a child needs while growing up. They look up to him as the only father they ever had. He does not want to separate the bond between his stepchildren and their natural mother. USC wants to keep his family together. He already knows the tremendous amounts of tension, depression and despair associated with family separation due to his previous divorce. The psychological and emotional stresses are overwhelming.
KOREAN CULTURE
For a foreigner, especially an American, Korean culture can be intolerable. The society is basically closed to outsiders. Anti-American Semitism is steadily increasing. Many times movement for Americans is restricted for personal safety due to Anti-American demonstrations.
Since USC can’t speak or read the language, it would be very difficult to accomplish anything on the Korean economy. Simple task such as shopping, dinning, entertainment, or just asking for directions becomes monumental. \r\n\r\nUSC is an African American. He knows first hand the hardships of living in a homogenous, conservative, and highly discriminative country like South Korea. He would not integrate into Korean Society and would be virtually exiled.
From: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27776.htm
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 25, 2004
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The country is racially homogeneous, with no sizable populations of ethnic minorities. Except in cases of naturalization, citizenship is based on parentage, not place of birth, and persons must show their family genealogy as proof of citizenship. Naturalization is a difficult process requiring detailed applications, a long waiting period, and a series of investigations and examinations. Because of the difficulty of establishing Korean citizenship, those not ethnically Korean remained "foreign," thus disqualifying them legally from entering the civil service and, in practice, being hired by some major corporations. According to a Human Rights Commission survey, 50.7 percent of foreign workers reported that they experienced mockery and verbal attacks in the workplace. Amerasians faced no legal discrimination, but informal discrimination was prevalent.
From: http://www.seoulsearching.com/magazine/antiamerican.html
South Korea is perhaps one of the most dangerous places an American can travel to at present. Why? Because on face value everything seems fine to someone who is not trained to spot trouble. Unlike the Middle East where danger is a factor of daily life that also gets huge media attention, South Korea can fool many people, and it often has. South Koreans have assaulted, kicked, slapped, punched, lit on fire, spit on, and even kidnapped Americans, to include American soldiers serving in South Korea. Places of business have refused to serve Americans or let them into bars, restaurants, and other public establishments.
GOOD CHARACTER AND ADMISSIBILITY OF SKC
The incident that happened five years ago was an isolated and unusual circumstance for SKC. This was totally out of her character. She is deeply repentant and remorseful, a changed woman. She has paid dearly for her mistake. She came close to losing her children, job, self esteem, and respect from her peers. The memories still come back to haunt her to his day. She is goal directed, focused, thoroughly ethical, has good character, and law-abiding. She presents no danger whatsoever to the interests of the United States of America (Character Refs. Attach).
SUMMARY
This marriage of two years has come full circle and needs to be recognized for it’s family unity which is one of the foundations our nation was built on. Because the marriage has occurred in its full sense, profound forces will move USC to leave his homeland. Yet, if he goes to his wife’s country, he would be unemployed and couldn’t afford medical insurance therefore; he couldn’t buy the medication necessary to control his hypertension putting him in a life threatening situation. There would be no income to support his family, provide for them a good standard of living, and ensure their good health. The opportunities to continue his education and advance in his career are no longer available to him. He would be unavailable to family, especially in regard to his ailing father and natural children. Furthermore, he would not integrate into Korean society because he’s African American and would be virtually exiled.
If SKC is not admitted to the United States of America, USC will be placed in the midst of an impossible dilemma. If he moves to South Korea, which he would do bound by the marital bond he shares with his wife, powerful forces would set into motion emotional, social, and medical forces that would prove life threatening to him.
USC and SKC respectfully ask that this waiver be approved.
This is the "I''M sorry letter" my wife wrote. I was against it at first but glad I included it with my letter.
To whom it may concern.
I do not want nicely explain excuse about my case. I was totally wrong I made big mistake but I’m only human. I am so miserable about my pitiful act. It hurts me even now and I will not forgive myself forever of my mistake. I was so foolish, so silly, and totally out of my character of conduct. I almost lose my kids, my job and big damage to my finances.
But most shock to me is what I did. How come I made that kind mistake I can not believe myself. I am still scared to driving car. I think about accident every time I use car. It so hard to drive because my legs shake when I think about accident I have. If another person forgives me still I can not forgive myself. I never want to hurt somebody. I love peace and want to be honest and show kindness and than I’m happy. I did my best for everything but I made one big mistake. It will never happen again to me because the shame as mother and disgrace to my children and mother. I don’t want to hurt my husband he loves me so much he can’t live without me. My heart has so much pain and sorrow and I’m very remorseful for what I did. I ask you to let our family stay together. This is all I want in my life.
I met my husband USC three years after I started working for the Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) system at Camp Red Cloud Army Garrison in Uijongbu, South Korea.
We were together four years before we got married. My two children and mother lives with us. I love my husband and sure he will not hurt me and take good care of my children.
While we were dating, I found out that he is good man and very prudent and very strong sense of duty and considerate person. And our love grew stronger and we trust each other and cannot live without each other. So I want to be with my husband until I die. We have been married two years.
I never had this much happiness in my life. I did not know a couple could be this happy. And my two kids never had good time with their father and they do not know what daddy is supposed to be. They did not know what feels like with father to do some things because they never do anything with their natural father. But my husband he is being a father to my kids. He cooks, play with my kids, go out dinner, and watch T.V. and movie together. He makes them laugh, travel, teach bowling, and gives them presents for birthday and Christmas.
Sometime he gives a scolding when they not behave, no homework, no shower, comeback home late and too much computer game. Now we are a real family living together. I didn’t marry him just because he is American. I didn’t marry him because he is rich. Me and my husband have to work for living then we can take care of family. We work hard for living but we are happy because we can take care of family and we are together. I am in heaven now because I’m with my husband and my kids. This is my only happiness. What am I going to do if I go to the states? I will live like now as mother and wife and work for living and help take care of our family happily together. We just love each other so much and we just want to be together for the rest of our lives.
Sincerely,
SKC