Category Archives: Waivers

4 things immigrants accused of crimes should know

Posted on August 4, 2008 By Joshua Paulin

The Washington Post has a sobering article about the immigration consequences of criminal activity, which led to the following thoughts:

It doesn’t matter how old the conviction is; old crimes can come back to haunt even permanent residents. In one of the articles,  a crime committed by a juvenile came back to haunt her years later.
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“Clarification” on I-601

Posted on July 29, 2008 By Joshua Paulin

Time was, you could file the I-601 “Application for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability” with the Adjustment of Status packet, and have the fee waived.
No more, says USCIS: a “clarification” dated 7/21/2008 states that the fee ($545) must be paid, though it outlines the circumstance where a waiver is applicable (not, as previous practice had […]

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