I have enclosed a as much as I have at this time from your
list of things that you need to process my wife's 601 waiver. I am still
waiting for a few things like a copy of the title for my house.
I realize that I need to prove that I, and my daughter, would experience
extreme hardship if Olga is removed. Here are some of the thoughts that I
have that may help the immigration court to see that such a hardship would
be extreme to me:
- I would be separated from my wife.
- My career, 25 years in the field of computers, is not that developed
in the Ukraine, thus it would be extremely difficult for me to obtain work
in my profession.
- If I move to the Ukraine to be with my wife I would be separated from
my ten year old daughter from a previous marriage as I do not have legal custody
of her and her mother would never allow my daughter to travel to the Ukraine.
Also note that my father had left me when I was ten years old, not to be
found again for 18 years, and I promised myself that I would never desert
my daughter.
- I do not speak Russian
- I own a 4 bedroom house, for which I paid handsomely at the height
of the housing market, and would lose a lot of money being forced to sell
it.
- The average salary in the Ukraine is around 150 US$/month. Even if
I would manage to find a job at say $200/month there I would be nowhere need
the ~$1000/month I am required to pay as child support.
- If I move to the Ukraine I would also have the additional burden of
getting adequate medical and psychiatric help for Olga as her problems
would persist.
- I fear for my wife's safety should she be removed and I only travel
to Ukraine when I can to visit her. She has been suicidal in the past (see
Kaiser records) and she lacks adequate support from her family (also in the
Kaiser records).
- If separated from my wife I know that I would again experience severe
mental depression. While my wife was in jail and facing possible deportation
and INS detainment I had attended a crisis group at Kaiser as well as went
on Prosaic and sought the help of mental health professionals.
Sincerely
Andrew DeFaria