Expert opinion letters for asylum, refugee cases, and humanitarian matters. Your clients pay for human judgment, that's exactly what they get.
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Every case that comes through this practice is read by someone who has sat inside the system that decides them. That experience shapes how we read a record, what we look for, and how we write a letter that holds up when it matters most.
Why It Matters
We write expert opinion letters grounded in real adjudication experience, for the cases attorneys and humanitarian programs see most often, and the harder ones too.
Every case is read the way it would be read inside U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, against the actual standard it has to meet, not a generic template.
Each letter draws on the applicant's declaration, supporting documents, and country conditions for the relevant period, written fresh, every time.
Delivered on letterhead, signed, and structured the way attorneys actually submit them, ready to attach, not reformatted on your end.
What We Do
Every service is delivered by a person with direct adjudicative experience. Not summarized by software and signed off by a stranger.
Professionally drafted evaluations reviewed and signed by a former USCIS officer, written to address what decision-makers actually look for.
Learn moreRealistic practice sessions that prepare applicants for the pacing, tone, and scrutiny of a real USCIS interview, reducing anxiety and strengthening credibility.
Learn moreAdvisory support for NGOs, law firms, and humanitarian programs — including NOIT/NOID strategy sessions for asylum, refugee, and parole matters.
Learn moreHow It Works
Your attorney has visibility at every stage. No black box, no waiting in the dark.
Share the declaration and supporting materials through a secure channel. Deletion on request. Always.
Attorney notifiedA former USCIS officer reads every page of your client's materials personally. No AI pre-processing.
Status updates liveThe opinion letter is written from scratch by the evaluator, grounded in real adjudicative experience.
Draft shared for reviewFinal letter delivered directly to your team, ready for submission, with the evaluator available for follow-up.
Evaluator reachableOur Standard
Asylum declarations contain some of the most sensitive details a person can share: trauma histories, persecution accounts, disclosures that took courage to put on paper. They deserve a human reader who takes that seriously, not a language model that processes them as tokens.
At Candor Evaluations, we don't use AI writing tools, automated summarization, or any form of machine processing on case materials. That's not a limitation, it's the service.
Our Team
Joshua Perez Garcia
Founder
Joshua spent years as a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer reviewing asylum and humanitarian matters from the inside: the declarations, the evidence, the credibility calls. Candor Evaluations is built on that experience, bringing the same rigor to expert opinion letters, mock interviews, and program consultation.
Our Standard
Our evaluations are written by someone who sat on the other side of the desk. Someone who knows what credibility looks like, what gaps trip up otherwise strong cases, and how to write an expert opinion that actually moves the needle.
Direct experience adjudicating asylum and humanitarian cases
Every case handled personally. No staff outsourcing, no AI
Serving attorneys and advocates nationwide from Sheridan, WY
We work with immigration attorneys, advocates, and humanitarian organizations. Reach out to discuss your case. No commitment required, always confidential.
