Sure everyone who needs these waivers should apply and I wish you the best. I was sucessful for my husband too, however the extreme hardship clause is very subjective and since I seem to be the only person on this forum who has actually been through the whole process and gained re entry for my husband, I know how difficult it was. No amount of filing paperwork or showing financial or emotional hardship was enough. We even had letters of personal recommendation from state officials, police officers and even a county judge. The fact that we had 2 tax paying businesses with several American employees did not bother them at all. Forget about my hardship, even the hardship that 15 of my employees would go through by losing their jobs was not enough. I was pregnant and lost the baby. How much more hardship is there? As far as they were concerned none of this was life threatening. After doing everything possible for a year, the State Dept told ME, the US Citizen, that since I had lived in so many countries, I should go and live with my husband in Italy!! Since neither of us had even a speeding ticket leave alone a criminal record of any kind, that was the best excuse they could come up with! Finally, the stress of it all caused me to have heart failure and I was told that I required a heart transplant at the hospital. My lawyer faxed over the report to the consulate in Italy and they gave him the visa in 2 days.
The only way for us to know how achievable it is in your case, will be, when you let us know that you have been granted re entry, so please do let us all know. And once again, I genuinely wish you the best. No one should have to go through this. I am just sharing my personal story because I wish I had known all this when I was going through my crisis. So it is all the more important for everyone to return here and share their story after they have been successful.
