Episode 38

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10th Aug 2020

What Is Immigration Hardship?

What is hardship?

The term is used in many contexts, in all sorts of immigration cases. It’s easy to grasp - yet not so easy to explain.

In short, it’s the suffering by those close to you. NOT everyone, of course.

Instead, when you’re presenting evidence of hardship to those closest to you, the law limits your presentation to certain family members.

So what types of cases impose a hardship requirement?

Recommended Links For More Information:

Introduction To Immigration Court Hardship: Three Spectrums Of Severity

The BIA Is Wrong About Exceptional And Extremely Unusual Hardship

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The Immigration Mastermind
The Immigration Mastermind is a podcast for immigrants and their families that shares tips, insights, and tidbits to help guide the quest for permanent residence and citizenship in the United States. The podcast strives to build knowledge, while dispelling myths in short bite-sized, easy-to-understand snippets of pull-no-punches information.

Designed for both immigrant families who have already started the immigration process and those just starting to think about their journey, the Immigration Mastermind provides a mix of expert tips about legal rules, insights about breaking news, and tidbits to help immigrants and their families to keep their chin up, even when the road to success seems to be a never-ending road.

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Carlos Batara

Carlos Batara is an immigration lawyer, author, educator, public speaker, and online talk show host. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has cared for, protected, and guided immigrants from over 100 countries on their journeys to the United States. His goal is to help at least one family from every nation in the world before he calls it quits.

With family roots from Mexico, Spain, and the Philippines, as well as Native American, Greek, and Turkish ancestry, he brings a broad multicultural background to the practice of immigration law.

Combined with knowledge gained from advanced studies in international relations and constitutional politics, Carlos is always willing to speak his mind openly on immigration issues.