I have enclosed a statement that I have prepared for court.
This statement documents my wife's situation. I apologize for it's length
however I have included various documents including medical records from
Kaiser that clearly show that my wife, Olga DeFaria (AKA Olga Moffat), is
troubled and in need of professional therapy. I hope this will help her case.
I also briefly describe how the impact of her possible removal from the US
would effect me.
If my wife is found removable then I understand that I can file for a waiver
where I would 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 $800/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).
Sincerely
Andrew DeFaria