In immigration law, a psychological evaluation is most likely to be requested to assess the prediction of extreme hardship and psychological distress that would be experienced by a U.S. citizen relative (e.g. child, spouse or parent of a non-permanent resident (NPR) living illegally in the U.S.), as a result of the NPR’s imminent risk for deportation by an immigration court. When extreme hardship is uncovered through the psychological evaluation, pending deportations can be cancelled (“cancellation of removal”) by establishing within the body of the report that the circumstances for the qualifying U.S. relative rise to the level of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.
Dr. Lockard has expertise conducting the following evaluations:
- Cancellation of Removal
- VAWA
- U-Visas
- Asylum
- Competency
- Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions