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06-02-2008, 07:19 PM
ok this appoitment of for thursday morning so any help is greatly wanted and apprecticated! I hope this is good enough because I only have one more day to rewrite anything.
Dear Consulate Official
I, Analou Torres, formally Analou Lopez (1), United States Citizen, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the following is true and correct.
I am writing to convey the extreme hardships and duress that would befall me if my husband Gabriel Torres were not allowed entry into the United States. This letter serves as support to the I-601 Waiver of Grounds of Exclusibility summated in Cuidad Juarez on June 5, 2008.
I meet Gabriel while helping my mother teach English to non-English speakers. He was in my beginner’s class to learn the Basic English, such as the alphabet. For about a year after that we rarely saw each other but after I graduated high school we started dating. On May 19, 2006 we were married (2) and I started the process of legalizing him.
Unfortunately since he had been in the United States illegally for a year he was denied entry when he had his visa interview. Now because of this and the added stress of the importance of this letter, along with having to face the possibility of that he may not be coming home soon I ended up at the health clinic.
During the first appointment I found out that I had depression, but I choose that alternative of having him refer me to someone I could talk to rather than taking medications. Over the next couple of week things got worse for me. I had trouble even getting out of bed. I knew that I had to do something so I went back. The doctor prescribed me Dicyclemine for my stomach problems, Alprazolem and Lexapro for anxiety and depression.
Depression is a struggle. The damage it does in a short while can last the rest of my life. Medical care and therapy are steps that I am taking to recover. There are many things that I can do to better my self; such as exercising. I should also hold off on making major decisions, like moving to another country. (3) Isolation breeds depression. People with depression are usually better off if they have a support group to lean on and understand them. Support groups have been shown to offer significant help against depression.(4) So I sought therapy. I started to see a recovery group that meet for the recovery of addiction, depression, stress. (5) This is a serious problem, depression and anxiety. It is not something that I can just make go away, especially not with the stress of trying to bring back my husband. The longer I go without my husband the worse it will become. I wish to continue with my support group so that I can continue with my life. How can I overcome depression is the one problem causing it does not go away for a long time? Should my husband be denied entry, we are bound by our legal and emotional marital bond to be together, I would be forced to move into Mexico with him, therefore leaving my support system that I have already established. I would be leaving a family of support who understand what I feel.
The Alprazolem that was prescribed to me by my family doctor is for anxiety. I am over whelmed with the fear that my husband may not return for some time and am constituently worried about what I will do if he were to stay in Mexico. Would I move, give up school, my family? This little time taking these medications has helped some but I need to be with my family doctor so he can continue to prescribe me what I need or to help me when I can stop taking them. Lexapro is a prescription medicine for the treatment of depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults. It requires diagnosis and treatment from a medical professional.
I need to stay with a constant doctor who knows me and my history to monitor me.(6) Only my doctor can tell me if I need to be taken off or switched to another medication. I can not stop taking them whenever I want to.
Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal tendencies, behavior and thinking, especially in children and in young adults. I am 21 years old. All patients should be closely monitored and caregivers need to be able to communicate with the doctor who prescribed the medications. (7)
However if I can not get to my doctor I could lose the medications and anxiety and depression will become worse. Anxiety can lead to anxiety attacks that come without warning. The primary symptoms of anxiety disorders are fear and worry, that causes many symptoms; such as the desire to escape.(8) Since my Spanish is not strong, chances of help for me are slim and since anxiety disorders can often be mistaken for other illness it may take several trips, much time and money to begin to help me. I would also need to find a support group as they may help me be less vulnerable to anxiety. But with little family and only my husband and limited Spanish, which would be too much of a risk, were I not to find help.
How could I effectively say what my problems are if I can not find the words or they don not understand me? I fell my health would suffer more because I would not have the support I have now were I to move.
Financial and Education
I currently attend Jacksonville State University in Alabama. I am pursuing a degree in Psychology and am in my 4th year of a four year degree.
If I were forced to move to Mexico, I would have to leave my studies and all the courses that I have and being so close to graduating it would be devastating to me. All the years and classes would be lost. (9) Since I do not speak Spanish well I would have to start from the beginning to learn Spanish well enough to be able to continue my education.
I have spent so much money on school over the years. My total for the 2007-2008 academic year was $14,995.00. (10) If I were forced to move to Mexico I would have to contact my loan officer and tell them that I have to withdraw from the school. In such case my loans would have to start being paid off immediately if I am not enrolled at a university at least part-time. Already one of my loans will start having to be paid in August of 2008 (11) to a total of $8,762.45 with a monthly payment of $118.85 and another loan starting in October 2008 to a total of $3,931 with a monthly payment of $50.41 (12)
Along with student loans I also owe money to credit card companies:
(13)Capital one $95.96 with minimum monthly payments of $10.00
(14)American Express $ 703.39 with minimum monthly payments of $ 20.00
(15)Discover Card $110.50 with minimum monthly payments of $ 15.00
(16)Orcahrd Bank Credit Card $ 750.28 with minimum monthly payments of $61.00
(17)Chase Visa $ 1564.00 with minimum monthly payments of $48.46
Total is $ 3224.13 with monthly payments of $154.46
If I were forced to move to Mexico I would have to find a job that would allow me to pay these bills off. If I do not then the interest and late fees would double in the time I was away and what little credit I have would be ruined. I would have to find a job that would allow me to make at least $169.26 dollars to pay the monthly amount for my loans. The current exchange rate for dollars to pesos is as of May 30 $1 U.S. dollar equal to $10.3272 pesos I would need to find a job that would allow me to make at least $1,747.98 pesos per month for just my student loans. (18) To pay off my credit cards I would have to make at least $ 1599.09 pesos monthly (19). They would both total to $3347.07 pesos per month to allow me to continue to pay off my debts. My husband would have to find another job to cover living expenses; house, electricity, water, food, clothing, gas for a car or bus fares.
However, since I entered Mexico as a tourist then it is not permitted that I seek employment in Mexico. I have to have migratory permits first. (20) These permits are to ensure that I would not be taking jobs from Mexicans.
There is no guarantee that I would find work in another country when I barely speak the language. I have found that most people can not understand what I say. Growing up I did not have people that spoke Spanish to me other than my parents but often I would respond in English. There are no suitable professional career options for me in Mexico due to my inability to communicate in Spanish, obtain a legal work visa, or navigate the professional world in Mexico. Furthermore, in order to work in Mexico, there is a system of requirements and permits for most professions, none of which I would qualify for or be able to obtain. Non-professional jobs are also difficult to obtain since the also require knowledge of the language. (21)
Future considerations
My husband and I wanted to wait to have children until we could establish him more permanently in the United States. If I needed to move to Mexico then I would have to come back to the States to have my child, and I would have to do so alone. If I have my baby in Mexico then I would have to go through this process again. I can barely tolerate being away from my husband; I can not even imagine how hard this process would be for a mother to be separated from her child for a period of time. To not be able to take your own child home with you must be devastating.
Please I do not want to have to have my future child alone because my husband can not cross the border. I just want us to go home together.
Please consider this case to give Gabriel Torres permission to enter the United States legally.
References
1- Name change
2- Marriage Certificate Copy
3- Article on depression
4- Building support networks
5- Letter from therapy counselor
6- Article about Lexapro
7- Lexapro Safety Information
8- Article on anxiety
9- Unofficial evolution from school
10- Award history for 2007-2008 school year
11- Sallie Mae account summary
12- Sallie Mae repayment Schedule
13-statement from Capital One
14- Statement from American Express
15- Statement from Account Central
16- Statement from Orchard Bank
17- Statement from Chase Online
18- Currency Exchange
19- Currency Exchange
20- Article from Mexperience on foreigners working in Mexico
21- Article from Mexperience on workers in Mexico
Dear Consulate Official
I, Analou Torres, formally Analou Lopez (1), United States Citizen, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the following is true and correct.
I am writing to convey the extreme hardships and duress that would befall me if my husband Gabriel Torres were not allowed entry into the United States. This letter serves as support to the I-601 Waiver of Grounds of Exclusibility summated in Cuidad Juarez on June 5, 2008.
I meet Gabriel while helping my mother teach English to non-English speakers. He was in my beginner’s class to learn the Basic English, such as the alphabet. For about a year after that we rarely saw each other but after I graduated high school we started dating. On May 19, 2006 we were married (2) and I started the process of legalizing him.
Unfortunately since he had been in the United States illegally for a year he was denied entry when he had his visa interview. Now because of this and the added stress of the importance of this letter, along with having to face the possibility of that he may not be coming home soon I ended up at the health clinic.
During the first appointment I found out that I had depression, but I choose that alternative of having him refer me to someone I could talk to rather than taking medications. Over the next couple of week things got worse for me. I had trouble even getting out of bed. I knew that I had to do something so I went back. The doctor prescribed me Dicyclemine for my stomach problems, Alprazolem and Lexapro for anxiety and depression.
Depression is a struggle. The damage it does in a short while can last the rest of my life. Medical care and therapy are steps that I am taking to recover. There are many things that I can do to better my self; such as exercising. I should also hold off on making major decisions, like moving to another country. (3) Isolation breeds depression. People with depression are usually better off if they have a support group to lean on and understand them. Support groups have been shown to offer significant help against depression.(4) So I sought therapy. I started to see a recovery group that meet for the recovery of addiction, depression, stress. (5) This is a serious problem, depression and anxiety. It is not something that I can just make go away, especially not with the stress of trying to bring back my husband. The longer I go without my husband the worse it will become. I wish to continue with my support group so that I can continue with my life. How can I overcome depression is the one problem causing it does not go away for a long time? Should my husband be denied entry, we are bound by our legal and emotional marital bond to be together, I would be forced to move into Mexico with him, therefore leaving my support system that I have already established. I would be leaving a family of support who understand what I feel.
The Alprazolem that was prescribed to me by my family doctor is for anxiety. I am over whelmed with the fear that my husband may not return for some time and am constituently worried about what I will do if he were to stay in Mexico. Would I move, give up school, my family? This little time taking these medications has helped some but I need to be with my family doctor so he can continue to prescribe me what I need or to help me when I can stop taking them. Lexapro is a prescription medicine for the treatment of depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults. It requires diagnosis and treatment from a medical professional.
I need to stay with a constant doctor who knows me and my history to monitor me.(6) Only my doctor can tell me if I need to be taken off or switched to another medication. I can not stop taking them whenever I want to.
Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal tendencies, behavior and thinking, especially in children and in young adults. I am 21 years old. All patients should be closely monitored and caregivers need to be able to communicate with the doctor who prescribed the medications. (7)
However if I can not get to my doctor I could lose the medications and anxiety and depression will become worse. Anxiety can lead to anxiety attacks that come without warning. The primary symptoms of anxiety disorders are fear and worry, that causes many symptoms; such as the desire to escape.(8) Since my Spanish is not strong, chances of help for me are slim and since anxiety disorders can often be mistaken for other illness it may take several trips, much time and money to begin to help me. I would also need to find a support group as they may help me be less vulnerable to anxiety. But with little family and only my husband and limited Spanish, which would be too much of a risk, were I not to find help.
How could I effectively say what my problems are if I can not find the words or they don not understand me? I fell my health would suffer more because I would not have the support I have now were I to move.
Financial and Education
I currently attend Jacksonville State University in Alabama. I am pursuing a degree in Psychology and am in my 4th year of a four year degree.
If I were forced to move to Mexico, I would have to leave my studies and all the courses that I have and being so close to graduating it would be devastating to me. All the years and classes would be lost. (9) Since I do not speak Spanish well I would have to start from the beginning to learn Spanish well enough to be able to continue my education.
I have spent so much money on school over the years. My total for the 2007-2008 academic year was $14,995.00. (10) If I were forced to move to Mexico I would have to contact my loan officer and tell them that I have to withdraw from the school. In such case my loans would have to start being paid off immediately if I am not enrolled at a university at least part-time. Already one of my loans will start having to be paid in August of 2008 (11) to a total of $8,762.45 with a monthly payment of $118.85 and another loan starting in October 2008 to a total of $3,931 with a monthly payment of $50.41 (12)
Along with student loans I also owe money to credit card companies:
(13)Capital one $95.96 with minimum monthly payments of $10.00
(14)American Express $ 703.39 with minimum monthly payments of $ 20.00
(15)Discover Card $110.50 with minimum monthly payments of $ 15.00
(16)Orcahrd Bank Credit Card $ 750.28 with minimum monthly payments of $61.00
(17)Chase Visa $ 1564.00 with minimum monthly payments of $48.46
Total is $ 3224.13 with monthly payments of $154.46
If I were forced to move to Mexico I would have to find a job that would allow me to pay these bills off. If I do not then the interest and late fees would double in the time I was away and what little credit I have would be ruined. I would have to find a job that would allow me to make at least $169.26 dollars to pay the monthly amount for my loans. The current exchange rate for dollars to pesos is as of May 30 $1 U.S. dollar equal to $10.3272 pesos I would need to find a job that would allow me to make at least $1,747.98 pesos per month for just my student loans. (18) To pay off my credit cards I would have to make at least $ 1599.09 pesos monthly (19). They would both total to $3347.07 pesos per month to allow me to continue to pay off my debts. My husband would have to find another job to cover living expenses; house, electricity, water, food, clothing, gas for a car or bus fares.
However, since I entered Mexico as a tourist then it is not permitted that I seek employment in Mexico. I have to have migratory permits first. (20) These permits are to ensure that I would not be taking jobs from Mexicans.
There is no guarantee that I would find work in another country when I barely speak the language. I have found that most people can not understand what I say. Growing up I did not have people that spoke Spanish to me other than my parents but often I would respond in English. There are no suitable professional career options for me in Mexico due to my inability to communicate in Spanish, obtain a legal work visa, or navigate the professional world in Mexico. Furthermore, in order to work in Mexico, there is a system of requirements and permits for most professions, none of which I would qualify for or be able to obtain. Non-professional jobs are also difficult to obtain since the also require knowledge of the language. (21)
Future considerations
My husband and I wanted to wait to have children until we could establish him more permanently in the United States. If I needed to move to Mexico then I would have to come back to the States to have my child, and I would have to do so alone. If I have my baby in Mexico then I would have to go through this process again. I can barely tolerate being away from my husband; I can not even imagine how hard this process would be for a mother to be separated from her child for a period of time. To not be able to take your own child home with you must be devastating.
Please I do not want to have to have my future child alone because my husband can not cross the border. I just want us to go home together.
Please consider this case to give Gabriel Torres permission to enter the United States legally.
References
1- Name change
2- Marriage Certificate Copy
3- Article on depression
4- Building support networks
5- Letter from therapy counselor
6- Article about Lexapro
7- Lexapro Safety Information
8- Article on anxiety
9- Unofficial evolution from school
10- Award history for 2007-2008 school year
11- Sallie Mae account summary
12- Sallie Mae repayment Schedule
13-statement from Capital One
14- Statement from American Express
15- Statement from Account Central
16- Statement from Orchard Bank
17- Statement from Chase Online
18- Currency Exchange
19- Currency Exchange
20- Article from Mexperience on foreigners working in Mexico
21- Article from Mexperience on workers in Mexico