Aggravated Felonies
§ 2.17 (C)
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(C) Multiple Convictions With Aggregate Sentences Totaling Five Years or More. This ground of inadmissibility states:
Any alien convicted of 2 or more offenses (other than purely political offenses), regardless of whether the conviction was in a single trial or whether the offenses arose from a single scheme of misconduct and regardless of whether the offenses involved moral turpitude, for which the aggregate sentences to confinement were 5 years or more is inadmissible.[228] Waiver. A waiver is available under INA § 212(h), to excuse this ground of inadmissibility.
Aggravated felony convictions and their sentences contribute to triggering this ground of inadmissibility.
[228] INA § 212(a)(2)(B), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(B).
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RELIEF " CONSULAR PROCESSING " PROVISION UNLAWFUL PRESENCE WAIVERS
A practice advisory on provisional waivers of unlawful presence is available here: http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=42954