Safe Havens

Avoiding a conviction entirely is one method of avoiding deportation on account of a conviction-based ground of deportation.  The following dispositions do not constitute convictions for immigration purposes, and therefore do not trigger deportation under any conviction-based ground of deportation.  Since they are not considered convictions, they do not establish that the client committed certain conduct, and therefore do not provide evidence that might trigger a conduct-based ground of deportation.

(A)    Juvenile delinquency finding.  See § 4.10, supra.

(B)    Acquittal.  See § 4.15, supra.

(C)    Dismissal before conviction.  See § 4.16, supra.

(D)    Deferred prosecution.  See § 4.17, supra.

(E)    Deferred verdict.  See § 4.18, supra.

(F)    Deferred sentence.  See § 4.19, supra.

(G)    Convictions that are not final.  See § 4.20, supra.

(H)    Judicial Recommendations Against Deportation.  See § 4.25, supra.

(I)     Executive Pardons.  See § 4.26, supra.

(J)     State rehabilitative relief.  See § 4.27, supra.

(K)    Convictions vacated as legally invalid.  See § 4.28, supra.

(L)    Sentences eliminated by post-conviction relief.  See § 4.29, supra.

(M)   Convictions by court without jurisdiction.  See § 4.31, supra.

(N)    Convictions in absentia.  See § 4.32, supra.