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What criminal convictions create immigration consequences making a noncitizen inadmissible or deportable? What is a Crime of Moral Turpitude? What is a CIMT? Family ImmigrationImmigration

What criminal convictions create immigration consequences making a noncitizen inadmissible or deportable? What is a Crime of Moral Turpitude? What is a CIMT?

Criminal convictions that affect a noncitizen include certain convictions that make a noncitizen inadmissible which include offenses considered Crimes involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”).   Criminal convictions that make a noncitizen deportable include CIMTs, aggravated felonies, controlled substance offenses, crimes of domestic…
June 5, 2020
What are the Petty Offense Exception, the Minor Exception, and the Juvenile Exception to the Crime Involving Moral Turpitude ground of inadmissibility? Family ImmigrationImmigration

What are the Petty Offense Exception, the Minor Exception, and the Juvenile Exception to the Crime Involving Moral Turpitude ground of inadmissibility?

If you are applying for a visa or a green card and you were convicted of (or you admitted to commission of) a crime involving moral turpitude, you are deemed to be inadmissible in the United States. You would then…
January 17, 2020
USCIS Issues New Guidance on “Good Moral Character” Determination for Driving Under the Influence Convictions ImmigrationImmigration Law Changes &  New Law

USCIS Issues New Guidance on “Good Moral Character” Determination for Driving Under the Influence Convictions

One of the requirements for naturalization be become an U.S. citizen or other immigration benefits is good moral character (GMC). An applicant for naturalization must show that he or she has been, and continues to be, a person of good…
December 10, 2019
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