Dr. Lozada-Murray offers services pertaining to immigration issues. For qualifying individuals, she provides evaluations for:
N-648 Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions
To qualify for the N-648, a patient must have a psychiatric or medical condition that would prevent them from being able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the English and/or civics portion of the citizenship examination. Some of these conditions include:
- Psychiatric conditions (i.e. severe depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar). A patient needs to have medical records that indicate that they see a specialist for mental health conditions. This also includes if the patient has been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons. It is important that if the person suffers from depression or anxiety, that they are taking medications for those conditions. They do not qualify automatically just because they have a psychiatric condition. The psychiatric condition has to be severe enough that it impedes the patient from being able to work, operate a vehicle, live independently, or manage finances.
- Traumatic brain injury. The patient needs to provide documentation of their brain injury
- Learning problems that have caused the patient to be in special education classes and documentation indicating the presence of severe learning disabilities. For intellectual disabilities there has to be evidence of low intellect.
- There are other medical conditions that can cause memory problems such as certain cardiac conditions, Parkinson’s disease, HIV, etc. Please contact the office to see if the patient qualifies.
I 601
To qualify for the I 601, the patient has to demonstrate that they would experience extreme hardship if their family member were refused admission to the US.
U VISA
The U nonimmigrant status (U visa) is set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or the prosecution of criminal activity.
VAWA
Under the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), you may be eligible to become a lawful permanent resident (get a Green Card) if you are the victim of battery or extreme cruelty committed by:
- A U.S. citizen spouse or former spouse;
- A U.S. citizen parent;
- A U.S. citizen son or daughter;
- A lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouse or former spouse; or An LPR parent.