Tennessee has roughly 546,000 immigrants, making up 8% of the total population, which means anyone may be subject to immigration proceedings that require qualified psychological assessments. Immigration psychological evaluations provide objective assessments of a person’s psychological functioning relevant to an immigration case. At Immigration Psychology, our team of psychologists provides immigration evaluations throughout Tennessee to give individuals, families, legal professionals, and courts access to independent psychological findings relevant to the questions presented in an immigration case.
Our Services
Asylum Evaluations
Asylum evaluations assess psychological symptoms that may be associated with reported persecution, threats, violence, detention, displacement, or other traumatic experiences. Our immigration psychologist examines symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, or related conditions and evaluates whether the clinical findings are consistent with the reported history.
Citizenship Examination Waiver
Certain naturalization applicants may seek a medical disability exception from English and civics testing requirements through Form N-648. A citizenship examination waiver evaluation assesses cognitive, developmental, or psychological conditions and documents how an identified impairment may affect an applicant’s ability to meet testing requirements.
Competency To Participate
Immigration proceedings require individuals to understand and meaningfully participate in important aspects of their cases. Competency evaluations examine cognitive abilities, psychiatric symptoms, communication, memory, reasoning, and other psychological factors that may affect a person’s ability to participate in immigration proceedings.
Dangerousness Evaluations
When potential dangerousness is relevant to an immigration case, a dangerousness evaluation provides a structured assessment of risk-related factors. Our immigration psychologist considers psychological testing, behavioral history, available records, clinical findings, and other relevant information rather than assuming risk based on immigration status or allegations alone.
Hardship Waivers
Hardship evaluations document the psychological consequences that separation, relocation, financial disruption, medical circumstances, or changes in family functioning may have on qualifying relatives. These evaluations focus on clinically relevant effects and their severity rather than determining whether immigration relief should be granted.
Immigration Bond Hearing
The Memphis Immigration Court has administrative responsibility for immigration proceedings. When psychological issues are relevant to an immigration bond matter, evaluations may examine mental health functioning, behavioral history, risk factors, protective factors, and other questions appropriate to the referral.
Same Sex Couples Hardship
Federal immigration authorities adjudicate qualifying immigration applications involving same-sex marriages under the same applicable standards used for opposite-sex marriages. Same-sex couples hardship evaluations objectively document emotional, family, cultural, or psychological factors associated with separation or relocation when those circumstances are relevant to a hardship determination.
T Visa
T nonimmigrant status is available under federal law to certain victims of severe forms of human trafficking who meet statutory requirements. A T-Visa evaluation assesses symptoms associated with coercion, exploitation, threats, violence, isolation, or trafficking-related trauma and documents their psychological effects.
U Visa Psychological Evaluations
U nonimmigrant status applies to certain victims of qualifying criminal activity who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse and satisfy other federal requirements. U-Visa evaluations document the nature, severity, and duration of trauma-related symptoms, emotional impairment, and changes in daily functioning associated with the reported victimization.
VAWA
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) immigration cases may involve reported battery, coercive control, threats, emotional abuse, or other forms of mistreatment. VAWA evaluations assess the psychological effects of reported experiences through independent clinical assessment, documenting findings such as trauma symptoms, anxiety, depression, fear, or functional impairment when clinically established.
Why Choose Immigration Psychology in Tennessee
Immigration Psychology is a leading service provider in Tennessee, committed to independence. We provide Tennessee immigrants, immigration attorneys, and immigration courts access to licensed psychologists who have focused training in immigration and clinical psychology and understand the psychological questions that arise in immigration proceedings. Psychological evaluations are grounded in appropriate testing, structured clinical assessment, careful record review, and evidence-based methods designed to produce valid and reliable findings.
Our immigration psychologists are independent examiners rather than advocates or treating clinicians; we do not collaborate with either party to obtain a preferred result, and the eventual outcome of an immigration case does not determine our opinions. Our immigration evaluations can be completed through a secure, HIPAA-compliant video conference system, allowing access throughout Tennessee while maintaining appropriate professional standards.
To learn more about our immigration evaluation services in Tennessee and discuss the details of your case, contact us today to schedule your complimentary consultation.
Attorney Referrals
Please have your clients call any of the numbers below. We will explain the evaluation process, timeline, and cost. We will secure the consents and releases. Once the evaluation is completed, we will send the report to counsel for review.
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Phone
Info@ImmigrationPsychology.com
Jguerrero@ImmigrationPsychology.com
Office Hours
Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm