I-612 Waiver Approval and Success Story

• Date Filed: 1/2/2018
• Date Approved: 2/4/2019

The Ranchod Law Group was able to get the case approved even though there was Government Financing¹.

The Facts About this Approval

• Applicant has two U.S. citizen children from a relationship he had while in the U.S.
• Is now married to a U.S. citizen
• He is the stepfather of his wife’s children from her prior marriage.

The Ranchod Law Group argued numerous factors in this case which would contribute to a finding of exceptional hardship whether:

• applicant returned to his home country on his own for two years;
• his qualifying relatives (wife and two children) tried to relocate for the two-year period.

Applicant’s wife has received therapy in the past which we argued is relevant in both scenarios

We maintained:

• J-1 Visa Success Story: Egyptian national, Form I-612 Waiver Approval
• If waiver were denied, Applicant would not be able to see his children from his prior relationship.
• If his wife relocated, she wouldn’t be able to see her own children.
• If waiver was denied, the wife and children would all lose their health coverage which is provided by Applicant’s employment.
• Applicant’s wife is a student, unemployed, and completely financially dependent on Applicant, a role he could not fulfill from abroad.
• Applicant couldn’t meet his child support payments from abroad.

approvals are currently taking around 17.5 months

We were pleased with the comparably quick turnaround.

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