Immigration Psychological Evaluations for Attorneys
Refer immigration psychological evaluations nationwide. Forensic psychosocial reports that strengthen your waiver filings, delivered by secure video (Google Meet, free). Dual-clinician review, fast turnaround, clean lanes. New Mexico home base, families served nationwide.
$750
Standard evaluation fee
3-7
Business day turnaround
14
Section report structure
2
Clinicians review every report
Why do immigration attorneys choose Kipu Terra?
Attorneys find psychological evaluators through directories, bar referrals, or a standing relationship with one firm. A firm relationship gives you a single intake email, a consistent report format, and predictable turnaround on every case. Attorneys get USCIS-ready forensic reports without managing the clinical work. Each case runs through structured pre-evaluation screening, case-type-specific interview modules, standardized testing, and dual-clinician co-signature. The service is fully bilingual, priced at a flat $750 standard, and turned around in 3 to 7 business days.
Structured Pre-Evaluation Screening
Every case goes through clinical triage before the interview. We identify the case type, strongest hardship angles, and the right assessment battery upfront.
6 Case-Type-Specific Interview Modules
VAWA, U-Visa, T-Visa, Cancellation of Removal, Complex Family, Substance Use. Not every case gets the same generic template.
Weighted Report Generation
Reports emphasize the strongest hardship domains identified during screening. Reports organize the evidence around the hardship domains the clinical record supports.
Dual-Clinician Co-Signature
Every report is drafted by a licensed evaluator, then reviewed and co-signed by an independently licensed Clinical Lead before release.
Fully Bilingual
Clinical interviews conducted in English, Spanish, or both. No interpreter needed. No translation delays.
Transparent Pricing
$750 standard. $1,050 expedited. $1,650 same-day (subject to availability). No hidden fees. Client pays us directly, separate from your legal fees.
Who handles what in a referral?
No scope overlap. No confusion. No unauthorized practice risk.
Three roles stay cleanly separated. Your office handles intake, legal filings, and the client declaration. Kipu Terra conducts the psychosocial evaluation only: clinical interviews, standardized testing, and DSM-5-TR diagnostic impressions. The client pays legal fees to you and the evaluation fee to us, keeping scope and finances distinct.
Your Office + Attorney
Client intake, legal filings (I-130, I-601/I-601A), personal declaration, RFE responses. You handle the legal process.
Kipu Terra LLC
Psychosocial evaluation for immigration: clinical interviews, standardized testing, DSM-5-TR diagnostic impressions, clinical opinion on extreme hardship.
The Client
Pays legal fees to your office. Pays the evaluation fee directly to us. Clean financial separation.
Can a psychological evaluation help answer a USCIS RFE for more hardship evidence?
Yes. When USCIS issues a Request for Evidence on hardship grounds, it is asking for documentation of the extreme hardship a qualifying relative would face. A psychological evaluation supplies exactly that: a structured clinical interview, standardized instruments (PHQ-9, GAD-7, and others when indicated), DSM-5-TR diagnostic impressions, and a multi-domain hardship nexus that ties the clinical findings to the USCIS factors.
This applies to hardship RFEs on the I-601A psychological evaluation and the I-601 extreme hardship evaluation. When USCIS asks for more hardship evidence, the attorney reviews the notice, identifies the evidentiary gap, and refers against the deadline printed on the notice. We do not interpret the notice; the response and the deadline stay with counsel.
RFE and supplemental cases fall in the $750 to $1,250 range. When the response window is short, expedited (48-hour) and same-day turnaround tiers can fit a tighter timeline, subject to availability; the published pricing has the full fee detail.
Arrived here as a family member rather than an attorney? Families can contact us directly, and we coordinate the clinical work once your attorney is engaged.
What quality standards does every report meet?
Every report carries a forensic tone, a documented statement of impartiality, and a malingering assessment. It includes at least five direct client quotes, data-supported DSM-5-TR diagnostic codes, a multi-domain hardship nexus connecting symptoms to USCIS factors, and dual-clinician co-signature, modeled after gold-standard forensic evaluations.
Want to see the format before you refer? See the sample report; the full sample is available to attorneys on request.
What can you expect after you refer?
We work the way a good expert witness works. No surprises, clear scope, and a report your filing can rely on.
Which cases benefit from a psychological evaluation?
A psychological evaluation carries the most weight when the waiver theory turns on extreme hardship to a qualifying U.S. citizen or LPR relative, and the clinical record can document it. These signals point toward a referral.
Hardship-based waivers
The qualifying relative has a mental health history, a caregiving burden, or a medical dependence that separation would worsen. This is the core I-601A and I-601 fact pattern, where the relative is the person evaluated.
Trauma in VAWA, U, or T cases
The survivor or victim shows trauma indicators tied to abuse, a qualifying crime, or trafficking. In these cases the survivor or victim is the person evaluated, and the clinical focus is the psychological impact of what they experienced.
Cancellation of removal
The case must meet the higher exceptional and extremely unusual hardship bar for a qualifying USC or LPR child, spouse, or parent. That standard rewards documented, multi-domain clinical evidence. See cancellation of removal evaluations.
An RFE asks for more
USCIS has requested additional hardship evidence, or a prior filing was denied and counsel is preparing an appeal or refiling. A new or supplemental evaluation documents the current clinical picture.
How do I refer a case?
One email starts the referral: a case summary, the waiver type, and the qualifying relative's contact information. From there the process is standardized.
Send us the case information: referral letter or case summary, waiver type, qualifying relative contact info, any available records (medical, psychiatric, legal documents).
We handle everything from there: client scheduling, intake, consent, clinical interview, testing, report drafting, clinical review, co-signature, and delivery.
What you receive: A completed, dual-clinician-reviewed, co-signed forensic report ready for filing.
Not sure a case fits? Ask for a free case review.
A short, no-cost conversation to confirm the case type, identify the likely assessment battery, and flag any scope questions before you refer. It is a fit and scope check, not an opinion on the outcome.
Common attorney questions
Do I need a lawyer before getting a psychosocial evaluation?
Usually yes. The evaluation is clinical evidence that supports a waiver filing an attorney builds and submits, so most referrals come from counsel who already knows the legal theory. Individuals can also contact us directly, and we coordinate the clinical work once an attorney is engaged. We provide the evaluation only; the filing and any legal advice stay with your office.
We got an RFE on our I-601A, is it too late to get a psychological evaluation done in time?
Usually no. The notice states your response deadline, and a standard evaluation returns in 3 to 7 business days. When the deadline is tighter, published expedited (48-hour) and same-day tiers exist, subject to availability. Refer the case as soon as the notice arrives so the report is ready with time to spare; your attorney decides how it fits the response.
The waiver was denied. Will an evaluation help on appeal or refiling?
A supplemental evaluation documents the current clinical picture and any changed circumstances since the first filing, which gives counsel updated clinical evidence to work with on an appeal or a new submission. We do not predict outcomes or comment on legal strategy; the evaluation is the clinical record, and how it is used is the attorney's decision.
Do you provide expert witness testimony?
Only by separate agreement and with Clinical Lead approval. Testimony is not a standard part of the service. In nearly all cases the deliverable is the co-signed forensic report, and legal strategy stays with counsel. If a matter may call for testimony, raise it early so we can confirm whether it is possible for that case.
More on what a psychosocial evaluation covers, what the evaluation process looks like, or the full frequently asked questions.
Refer a case from any New Mexico firm: see immigration psychological evaluations in New Mexico, serving Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, and families nationwide by secure video.
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