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Call (754) 225-9819When a case in Malabar turns on hardship, fear, or trauma, a clinical evaluation puts that reality on the record in language the court trusts. Evaluations support asylum claims, extreme hardship waivers (I-601 and I-601A), VAWA self-petitions, U-Visa and T-Visa applications, and cancellation of removal.
An immigration psychological evaluation is a formal report by a licensed clinician that documents how immigration circumstances, such as past trauma, fear of return, family separation, abuse, or exceptional hardship, affect mental health. I work in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and you are free to switch mid-sentence. Most people do.
After a free consultation and a trauma-informed clinical interview, your court-ready report is usually delivered within seven to fourteen days, in coordination with your attorney. Malabar sits in Brevard County, part of the Space Coast, and Najla Sallum, LCSW serves clients statewide online and in person near Boca Raton. When your attorney is ready, so are we; one short call starts the process.
Meet Your Evaluator
Najla Sallum, LCSW
Clients in Malabar work directly with Najla Sallum, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than fourteen years of clinical experience. She practices in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, by secure video anywhere in Florida or in person at the Boca Raton office. The videos here are hers, recorded to explain this work in plain language, so you know who you are meeting before the first call.
What We Help With
Immigration evaluations for Malabar
Immigration Psychological Evaluations
Immigration Psychological Evaluations
The written report your attorney files: asylum, hardship, VAWA, U-Visa, T-Visa, cancellation of removal. Back to you in 7–14 days.
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When a case needs more than paper, I sign declarations and testify to what I found.
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A full assessment when a clinic, a lawyer, or a judge needs a documented answer.
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Formal testing for thinking, personality, and diagnosis, run alongside psychologists I trust.
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Is it ADHD or is it something else? A proper interview plus real testing, for adults and children.
Learn moreAutism Testing
Autism assessment for any age, done in your language and without cultural guesswork.
Learn moreKnow the Terms
Immigration evaluation terms, in plain words
The acronyms that come up most often for Malabar families. Plain-language summaries for orientation, not legal advice.
Case types
Relief for people who fear serious harm in their home country. Filed on Form I-589.
The extreme hardship waiver, usually filed from outside the United States.
Filed inside the United States, also based on extreme hardship to a U.S. spouse or parent.
Lets an abused spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen or resident petition on their own.
For victims of certain crimes who helped police or prosecutors and were harmed.
For survivors of human trafficking who are helping, when able, with the case.
Can stop a removal when a U.S. family member would face exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.
Can waive the English and civics tests for citizenship when a disability prevents them.
Special relief for certain people from Nicaragua, Cuba, and several Central American countries.
Clinical & agencies
The Florida license Najla holds to provide therapy and clinical evaluations.
A trauma response often documented in asylum, VAWA, U-Visa, and T-Visa evaluations.
Clinical depression, one of the conditions an evaluation may identify and describe.
Persistent, hard-to-control worry, sometimes documented alongside trauma.
The reference clinicians use to name and describe mental-health conditions.
The agency that reviews most immigration applications and their supporting evidence.
The immigration court system, where removal and cancellation cases are heard.
The federal privacy law that keeps your health information confidential.
Immigration evaluation coverage around Malabar
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