Waiver for cannabis conviction

[kitkat1 5]

Like Boiler said, they just have to sound good (and be backed up by evidence and documentation). The hardships are based on how your life would change, for the worse, if you were forced to relocate to the UK to live permanently. Think about that from every aspect -- employment, children, education, healthcare, savings including IRA, 401K, Social Security, etc.

Actually she may well be better off under all those headings in the UK...

But lets take Healthcare, you may well be getting excellent and free NHS care.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1052.html

Tourists and short-term visitors can expect charges that may be significantly higher than those assessed in the United States.

No need to say that you are not a short term visitor and its obviously rubbish anyway.

And I am sure you can find many articles/reports knocking the NHS, even better if they directly relate to your problems.

You then compare it with the best available in the US, no need to mention that you could not afford it/you do not have any insurance or it excludes pre existing conditions etc etc.

Safety and Security likewise, worst bit of UK compared to the paradise that is the US. And so you go on.

Not sure how savings would come into it, both have comparable schemes and anyway nothing to stop you taking a US one out.

It may all be a farce, but just remember all you want is an approved waiver. Just make it easy for them to tick the box and next.

oh my God----i can't do this!!! i have no idea where to even start, and the HSLs i've been able to read on immigrate2us read like professionally prepared letters from a lawyer!!! my stupid little arguments are going to make them laugh...

where am i supposed to find reports that say US hospitals are cleaner and more modern than UK hospitals? and where do i find evidence that says it's terrifying to drive in the UK so i don't have a driver's license here and am completely isolated? where do i find evidence to say i hate it here and want to go home??? i just don't even know where to start!!!!

and to make matters worse, i can't seem to make immigrate2us work----i want to read successful HSLs that pertain to CIMT but they won't download; the site is very dodgy and nothing will work for me...

AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

i'm sorry to seem so helpless, but i feel absolutely isolated----like i'm doing this all by myself and there's no help anywhere! i read on laurel scott's website that the average HSL/packet should be about 50 pages in length----50 PAGES!!!! where do i begin trying to put together a 50 page report on why my life in the UK sucks and would be so much better in the US??? i'm a nurse: i don't write reports for a living, i haven't written an essay question since college and i graduated in 1985!!!!

i'm sorry to get all hysterical---you have all been very helpful, but i'm feeling completely overwhelmed by this and really really angry that i should have to jump through hoops like these when all i want to do is go home...12 million illegal immigrants but they're going to save the country by keeping my husband out...

i think i'd better sign off before i say something that will get me banned...and you guys are all i have for support...thanks again for everything

Anna

You approach it like a research paper - you do the research online. An HSL should NOT be 50 pages -- it should take as many pages to make your points and then the rest is your evidence backing up your claims. If you don't want to write it yourself, you can hire a lawyer. But it's not nearly as difficult as you think.

Take for example, the fact that you are a nurse. Are you able to work in the UK? Are you able to continue your nursing education there? Are you able to make the same kind of money there as in the US? If you have ever worked in the US, you have contributed to Social Security. The amount of money you will receive from social security when you are eligible will depend on how much you contribute over your lifetime. So if you do not work in the US, you have no retirement from SSA. What about 401K or savings plan in the US? You will be forced to withdraw the money and face a harsh penalty, again depleting any retirement savings and negatively affecting your financially.

Do you have any medical issues or family history of medical issues that you need to be careful of? Do you have any relationships with doctors in the US who could write a letter for you detailing your medical history and the fact that you would be better off treated in the US where there are medical standards of care followed? That certainly would not prove that you cannot get the same care in the UK - that's something you would have to research -- but it's a start. Do you have health insurance? How would you get it there and how does it compare to the US? If you had an emergency based on a pre-existing condition, how long would it take for you to get treated and how would you pay for it? These are the kinds of things you need to think about.

Again, it's not as difficult as you think and if you use a lawyer, you still have to come up with your individual hardships. The letters on I2us are, for the most part, written by the petitioner, not a lawyer so it IS doable alone.

[Boiler 45,519]

You approach it like a research paper - you do the research online. An HSL should NOT be 50 pages -- it should take as many pages to make your points and then the rest is your evidence backing up your claims. If you don't want to write it yourself, you can hire a lawyer. But it's not nearly as difficult as you think.

Take for example, the fact that you are a nurse. Are you able to work in the UK? Are you able to continue your nursing education there? Are you able to make the same kind of money there as in the US? If you have ever worked in the US, you have contributed to Social Security. The amount of money you will receive from social security when you are eligible will depend on how much you contribute over your lifetime. So if you do not work in the US, you have no retirement from SSA. What about 401K or savings plan in the US? You will be forced to withdraw the money and face a harsh penalty, again depleting any retirement savings and negatively affecting your financially.

Do you have any medical issues or family history of medical issues that you need to be careful of? Do you have any relationships with doctors in the US who could write a letter for you detailing your medical history and the fact that you would be better off treated in the US where there are medical standards of care followed? That certainly would not prove that you cannot get the same care in the UK - that's something you would have to research -- but it's a start. Do you have health insurance? How would you get it there and how does it compare to the US? If you had an emergency based on a pre-existing condition, how long would it take for you to get treated and how would you pay for it? These are the kinds of things you need to think about.

Again, it's not as difficult as you think and if you use a lawyer, you still have to come up with your individual hardships. The letters on I2us are, for the most part, written by the petitioner, not a lawyer so it IS doable alone.

my guess is that you would make more money in the UK than the US as a nurse, I have seen quite a few posts by those who have moved to nurse in the US and shall we say they were not complimentary. But there are always something you could concentrate on as being worse UK better US.

I doubt a Nurse in the UK would have health insurance, can be bought as a top up.

You could certainly concentrate on the delays in the NHS versus no delay in the US, no need to mention money.

Once you get into the flow it came be quite a game.

As far driving, the big issue for a US License holder would be passing the test!

My wife never quite got around to that, her chances would have been close to zero anyway, so there's a hardship.

[annasherwood 0]

..there are always something you could concentrate on as being worse UK better US.

I doubt a Nurse in the UK would have health insurance, can be bought as a top up.

You could certainly concentrate on the delays in the NHS versus no delay in the US, no need to mention money.

i am a nurse here in the UK, and i probably could continue my education (if i had the slightest bit of interest in it LOL) through a grant from the NHS...my salary is considerably more here in the UK than it was in the states, but the cost of living here is monumental...there's no way i could afford supplemental health insurance, even if they would cover pre-existing conditions...

as far as the NHS go, our local hospital has a reputation (documented---yay!!!) of being dirty and not meeting NHS standards and targets; also, i have ovarian cancer---my surgery was delayed 9 weeks on the NHS and by then, the cancer had spread from my uterus to my ovary (ovarian cancer has a poor survival rate and a high reoccurance rate; they don't need to know that mine was stage 1)---i can use that...i've been waiting 2 years for stomach surgery now and still have no date set...

the more i think about things (and calm down), the more things i think i can prove and document, and the better things are looking...sort of---LOL

Anna