Immigration Newsletter – June 2015
I-601 Waivers – In the last e-newsletter, we discussed the issue of foreign convictions that would render an immigrant visa applicant inadmissible to the United States for having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude under Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). For this month’s e-newsletter, we will be looking at the issue of the I-601 waiver in the event that the foreign conviction renders the immigrant visa applicant inadmissible to the United States. For a limited purpose, we will be discussing the issue of I-601 waivers in the context of consular processing when the underlying conviction does not qualify for a petty offense exception.