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:
CaliforniaConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaMarylandMassachusettsNew JerseyNew YorkOhioPennsylvaniaTexasVirginia
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.
| State | Sources for this document |
|---|---|
| California | 33 |
| Connecticut | 33 |
| Delaware | 33 |
| District of Columbia | 33 |
| Florida | 33 |
| Maryland | 33 |
| Massachusetts | 33 |
| New Jersey | 33 |
| New York | 33 |
| Ohio | 33 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 |
| Texas | 33 |
| Virginia | 33 |
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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