What is extreme hardship?
Extreme hardship includes circumstances that are uncommon, unusual, and beyond simply living apart. Every spouse or parent would of course be “sad” or depressed if their alien relative was unable to be with them in the U.S. That is “normal” hardship. In order to prevail, you must demonstrate that your qualifying relatives’ hardship is “extreme”, meaning above and beyond ordinary hardship that every single relative would suffer.
