US Waiver for Canadians

US attorney Laurel Scott (of Scott and Associates ) has been providing a live chat on her site for the past view months. She specializes in the I-601 hardship waiver but seems to answer all immigration/waiver related questions including those around the Canadian application (I-192) for the waiver I-194. The chat session is held every Wednesday at 11am (central time) at the following website: Scott and Associates chat room. The chat sessions are anonymous . Archives of her previous chat sessions can be found here: Laurel Scott chat logs. For legal advice and representation on obtaining an I-194 waiver of inadmissibility Laurel recommends attorney Daniel E. Green. His website and contact information are here: Hudson Valley Immigration Law.

From the YouTube description: "Current immigration law is breaking up American families. US Citizens whose immediate relatives have been unable to adjust their status are also victims of the immigration debate. Unidentified US couple poses their question in guise of puppets. Enjoy!" Now watch the video: Married to an Immigrant . A bit difficult taking these puppets seriously although they do raise an excellent point that I'd be happy to see the candidates address. In my opinion the current US immigration policies cast too wide of a net which is overly bureaucratic and wrongly affects legitimate applicants.

There is a thread over here ( I-601 and extreme... ) on the IWL discussion board which includes some excellent information regarding the filing of an extreme hardship waiver. Some additional information and the original post material can found over here ( general guide for waivers... ) on the Family Based Immigation forum . Hardship waivers are usually applied for when the individual intends to immigrate to the US but has been deemed inadmissible (excluded) because of: Health related problems (HIV, TB, etc) Criminal and related violations People likely to become a public charge on welfare Security and related violations Illegal entrants and immigration violators Document violations etc. Although this blog is mostly focused on those who wish to travel to the US but have no intention of immigrating (where an I-192 application is needed - Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant) I do intend to post when possible anything related to I-601 waivers in general.