Immigration

Declaration in Support

Turns a client's or witness's account into a numbered declaration or affidavit.

What you get

  • An editable Word document, drafted from your answers and the state's official text.
  • A proof of sources: every citation in the draft with the words it quotes, the official source, the date the text was saved and its fingerprint.
  • Notes for counsel listing each point marked [VERIFY], each blank and each choice left for the client.
  • It goes to an agency, so the notes include the agency's filing reminders.

What the intake asks

Plain questions, in the order an attorney would take the facts. Anything left blank stays a marked blank in the draft; nothing is invented to fill it.

Who is signing

  • Declarant's full name
  • Declarant identity and background relevant to this statement
  • Declarant's relationship to the applicant
  • Purpose of the declaration
  • The filing this declaration supports

What it has to prove

  • The waiver or relief and its statutory ground
  • Whose hardship is relied on? Name, relationship and status
  • Which hardship factors apply
  • Date the applicant last entered the United States
  • Asylum filing date and timing evidence
  • Is the I-918 Supplement B certification signed

The account

  • The facts, in the declarant's own words
  • Key dates to get right
  • Earlier sworn statements this must match
  • Are all of these facts within the declarant's own knowledge

Execution

  • Declarant's language
  • Which language
  • Translation or interpretation method and person
  • Execution
  • Where will the declarant sign
  • Documents referred to in the declaration

Where it is offered

Every state Lawsmith has official sources for:

Official sources on file

The drafter works from the texts Lawsmith has saved for this document in the state you choose, plus federal law where it applies. Each is read from the official publisher and dated.

StateSources for this document
California33
Connecticut33
Delaware33
District of Columbia33
Florida33
Maryland33
Massachusetts33
New Jersey33
New York33
Ohio33
Pennsylvania33
Texas33
Virginia33

Among them, for New Jersey:

  • 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (INA § 212): Inadmissible aliens
  • 8 U.S.C. § 1229a (INA § 240): Removal proceedings, including the credibility determination standard for applications for relief
  • EOIR Immigration Court Practice Manual, Chapter 3: filing with the immigration court
  • 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (INA § 101): Definitions
  • 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (INA § 208): Asylum

How the draft is checked

Before it writes, the drafter must quote the official text behind each citation. Lawsmith compares every quotation with the text on file, character for character; a citation with no checked quotation reaches you marked [VERIFY]. The draft still needs your review before it is signed, filed or sent. How citations are checked

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