Anybody hear of a hardship Visa?

[NickD 202]

Heard about it from the NVC, said to apply with the USCIS, but a bit confused as to which form to use.

Net search revealed the USCIS form I-601, but this seems to apply more to illegals living here or those denied green cards for one reason or another.

Our case involves a son over 21 living in a very violent country, not jobs, food and medical supply shortages, and his son the requires medical care that is not even available. Other reasons given, you need that person here to help take care of you.

While we did petition in 2008, the NVC for his country is processing visa's dated back to 1995. We feel this is definitely a hardship case, and as usual, difficult to determine which form to use.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

I don't think there is such a thing as a hardship visa. But I may be wrong, hopefully others will chime in.

[almost_umrican 53]

USCIS considers all the violent countries as high fraud countries and rightly so. I am sympathetic to this boy's situation. the only way he can ever get the right to live here and other benefits is when he is being granted political asylum or refuge by the USCIS and a lot of times it is very hard to apply for these two sitting in a foreign country. getting a refuge or political asylum for a young man sitting in a foreign country is almost second to nil.

Edited May 18, 2016 by Ryan H
Reason for Edit: to remove content violating the no fraud provision of the TOS

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There is no expedite for numerically limited visas. In immigration eyes his situation is normal for people there no matter how bad they are compared to life here. When his number is available you can expedite. Some medical orgs go to places and get special visas for treatment but that is usually all done through a non profit.

[Unlockable 7,314]

No hardship visa exist.

No offense but your son's case is not unique. Over 6 billion people in the world and a good many of them are suffering. Many wars, violence, and poverty happen every day.

He will have to wait until a visa is available. In the meantime maybe you can assist him to move to a better place in his country or another country that is safer.

Edited May 19, 2016 by NuestraUnion

[NickD 202]

Feel I have been mislead by that NVC agent.

[NickD 202]

Did watch a news program where coyotes would bring people across the US border, is a detention center for them, would provide free food and medical. And if they had any family in the US whatsover, and accepted by them, would give them bus fare to get them there.

What happens after that, never did learn.

When I started all this stuff back in 2003, read the USCIS that I never heard of before, was giving green cards to Cuban refugees coming from Cuba. Ha, my wife to be spoke Spanish, suggested I could trailer my boat down to Miami, build a raft, go out around ten miles, set them on it, and with my VHF radio stay close by and call the US Coast Guard to pick them up. Thought of this kind of frightened her, but was an alternative, so did it the hard way.

Would feel Syria is out of the question, stepson does not speak that language. Other alternatives we are looking into is just getting them out of Venezuela to not so bad of a country.

Can certainly question who came up with our laws with this age thing, at the time, stepson was still very dependent on his mother, was in college at the time. But was a long discussion how to deal with this, she did leave him behind, but has a nice condo to live in and got him a decent car to drive.

One word that is not even a part of the USCIS's vocabulary is "family", and keeping them together.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

Did watch a news program where coyotes would bring people across the US border, is a detention center for them, would provide free food and medical. And if they had any family in the US whatsover, and accepted by them, would give them bus fare to get them there.

What happens after that, never did learn.

When I started all this stuff back in 2003, read the USCIS that I never heard of before, was giving green cards to Cuban refugees coming from Cuba. Ha, my wife to be spoke Spanish, suggested I could trailer my boat down to Miami, build a raft, go out around ten miles, set them on it, and with my VHF radio stay close by and call the US Coast Guard to pick them up. Thought of this kind of frightened her, but was an alternative, so did it the hard way.

Would feel Syria is out of the question, stepson does not speak that language. Other alternatives we are looking into is just getting them out of Venezuela to not so bad of a country.

Can certainly question who came up with our laws with this age thing, at the time, stepson was still very dependent on his mother, was in college at the time. But was a long discussion how to deal with this, she did leave him behind, but has a nice condo to live in and got him a decent car to drive.

One word that is not even a part of the USCIS's vocabulary is "family", and keeping them together.

As for the Cuban idea, it would not have worked. "Dry feet" policy means they have to make it to the shore on their own, Coast Guard picking them up does NOT mean they are getting a GC.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

Feel I have been mislead by that NVC agent.

I would not be surprised. We already know not to take USCIS' and CBP's advice in immigration matters, as it's often wrong. I suppose we can put NVC on that list, too.

[NickD 202]

CNN did show on the news back then, the Coast Guard picking up refugees off of a raft, but maybe that was staged.

Found this site on the internet, something I have never heard about.

http://caracas.usembassy.gov/iv/filing-iv-petition-venezuela.html

If a US citizen living in Venezuela, for at least six months, can petition directly with the U.S. Embassy in Caracas for a relative. But if residing in the US have to go through the USCIS. Wife did that over eight years ago, the day after she received her US citizenship. Proof she was a US citizen and this was her son. Took the USCIS over two years just to process that rather small document before being turned over to the NVC. They are quite nasty over the phone, so elected to be quiet.

Wife is a bit upset her son just had to get married, best we can find, they are processing F3's filed in 1995. Really bad down there now, food is scare and cost a fortune not to mention complete lack of any medical care. Seems like Obama is far more interested in the middle east and Africa. Neither our senators nor congressman tell us they have no say in anything to do with the State department.

To bad we didn't meet a year earlier, just turned over 21 and I could not petition for him, still a dependent, kids are considered here a dependent until they are 26 years of age regarding health insurance. My then 13 year old step daughter, still in school working on her masters degree had to find her own health insurance. Laws are not keeping up with the way our economy is today.

We had hopes now that the opposition is in power, things would improve, but are getting even worse. Maduro is still in charge of their military, and any protesters will be shot by them. Can't believe anyone serving in their military will shoot their own people, but this is the way things are.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

What NVC may have meant is Humanitarian Parole, but that would only be for a short visit.