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OBTAINING WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY ON ACCOUNT OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
Chinese national was convicted of prostitution four times in New York – twice on the streets and twice in a massage parlor. She applied for lawful permanent residence based upon her marriage to U.S. citizen husband and requested a waiver of inadmissibility on account of the convictions; waiver of inadmissibility granted and green card issued.
Brazil national was convicted of possession of cocaine in New Jersey. Through initial counsel she twice applied for lawful permanent resident status in New Jersey and was denied twice. She then moved to California and retained us and applied for lawful permanent resident status with a waiver of inadmissibility on account of the cocaine possession. The waiver was granted and the green card was issued.
Man immigrated from Viet Nam. He was then convicted four times for possession of crack cocaine and for being under the influence of crack cocaine. Immigration initiated removal proceedings. He applied for a waiver of deportation, showing remorse and rehabilitation. The judge granted the waiver and removal proceedings were terminated.
Israel citizen was a lawful permanent resident of the United States. He was convicted in the United States District Court of two counts of theft from the United States Postal Service. Immigration initiated proceedings to deport him on account of the theft convictions. He applied for a waiver and produced evidence of remorse and rehabilitation. The immigration judge granted the waiver.
FIGHTING DEPORTATION AND INADMISSIBILITY ON ACCOUNT OF FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION
Citizen from the Philippines was admitted for lawful permanent residence as an unmarried son of a lawful permanent resident. He was in fact married and therefore entered by misrepresenting his marital status, which enabled him to enter. A decade later, Immigration discovered the fraud and initiated removal proceedings. A waiver of inadmissibility was submitted in removal proceedings and the immigration judge granted the waiver and the green card was reissued.
Jamaican applied for lawful permanent residence based on marriage to a United States Citizen. At the green card marriage fraud interview, the examiner uncovered applicant's promise of payment of $35,000 to the wife's family and that $17,500 cash had actually been paid. Applicant was arrested on a charge of marriage fraud and taken to jail from the interview. He was released on a bond of $25,000. After trial, the immigration judge found insufficient proof of marriage fraud and granted the application for lawful permanent residence.
Scientist from China invented methodology to prolong the shelf life of potatoes and was granted an immigrated visa petition reserved for scientists of exceptional ability. She then applied for the green card based upon the approved immigrant visa. She brought with her to the green card interview a man she just married, asking Immigration to grant him derivative status. Immigration learned she did not live with him at the time of the green card interview. She also submitted fraudulent pay check stubs and W-2 forms in support of the green card application. Officials charged her with marriage fraud and misrepresentation. The immigration judge found insufficient proof of marriage fraud and that pay checks and the W-2s were not material to the green card application based on exceptional ability. However, the judge denied the green card application on discretionary grounds. The case was appealed to the United States Board of Immigration appeals. Meanwhile, she divorced the husband and pending appealed she married a second time and applied for the green card based on that marriage. The Board reopened the case and applicant finally obtained lawful immigrant status.
