You are a newly licensed immigration consultant, working in a firm with others. Your firm has asked you to assist Maryam Helou Tannous with an inland application for permanent residence based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Ms. Tannous has already been interviewed and has provided her affidavit.

You will draft a brief submission in point form and then deliver that submission orally to the Immigration Officer via a recording.

First, draft your brief point-form argument (aim for about 300 words). Keep the FILAC (legal reasoning) and CREAC (legal writing) structures in mind as you write your notes. Even though the main goal is an oral (not written) submission, these structures help to keep you organized and clear in your reasoning and your presentation. Make sure to use only the facts presented in the affidavit. Do not make up additional facts.