J-1 Waivers: Best Practices for Navigating Persecution and Exceptional Hardship Waiver Requests
| Live Event Date: 11/14/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
Requesting a waiver of the J-1 two-year residency requirement is often difficult to navigate, particularly for individuals applying under the exceptional hardship or persecution bases. Our panel of experts will present an overview of these waivers in the hardship and persecution contexts, and offer invaluable tips and tricks to help increase the chances of the waiver applications being approved.
Featured Topics:
- Filing with USCIS and DOS: procedures and best practices
- What is exceptional hardship and how can you prove it?
- Demonstrating persecution
- How to build your record for appeal
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Ian A. Wilson (DL), Phoenix, AZ
Ian A. Wilson is a Senior Associate at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP’s Phoenix office, representing a diverse array of corporate clients and their employees in immigration matters. Prior to joining Fragomen, he served for eight years as an in-house advisor and Alternate Responsible Officer at the University of Arizona, where he received his law degree in 2008.
Lauren McClure, AILA ICE Liaison Committee/Removal Defense Section Steering Committee, Chicago, IL
Lauren McClure is a partner with Kriezelman Burton and Associates, LLC. She currently serves as a member of the ICE Liaison Committee and the Removal Defense Section Steering committee for AILA National, as well as chair of AILA Chicago’s OPLA liaison committee. She received her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago, School of Law.
Nadia F. Gonzalez, San Diego, CA
Nadia F. Gonzalez, Senior Attorney, has been working with Jacobs & Schlesinger, LLP since 2021. She received her JD Degree from NSU Shepard Broad College of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2016). Nadia has dedicated her legal career to the immigration field, gaining wide-ranging experience in family, naturalization, and employment-based immigration processes. Nadia has worked in top metropolitan areas in California, New York, and Florida, representing foreign individuals before USCIS, EOIR, ICE, and U.S. Consulates abroad.