Persons applying for non-immigrant visas are generally subject to the CMT grounds of inadmissibility.  See Chapter 4, infra.  After admission on a non-immigrant visa, the noncitizen will be subject to the grounds of deportation.  Even if conviction of a criminal offense does not result in deportability, the immigration authorities may find that the conviction, and any service of sentence imposed as a result, defeats the purpose for which the noncitizen was admitted.[335]  There are several classes of visas that have a particular bearing on immigrants with criminal issues.

 

[335] But see Matter of Murat-Kahn, 14 I. & N. Dec. 465 (BIA 1973) (student’s conviction that did not result in long period of incarceration and did not interfere with her studies so as to meaningfully disrupt her education does not constitute a failure to maintain status). See also Mashi v. INS, 585 F.2d 1309 (5th Cir. 1978) (reversing BIA where student substantially complied with terms of visa).

BIA

GOOD MORAL CHARACTER " 180-DAY CONFINEMENT " EFFECT OF SENTENCE REDUCTION
AILA Amicus Brief on Statutory Bar to Good Moral Character http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=50582 AILA amicus brief filed with the Tenth Circuit arguing that a sentence reduction is entitled to full faith and credit for purposes of calculating the 180-day confinement period found in the statutory bar to good moral character at INA 101(f).

Third Circuit

RELIEF - CRIME-RELATED NONIMMIGRANT VISAS - CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
When dealing with crime victims and crime informants, counsel should check whether they might be candidates for relief under U.S. law that mirrors the protections in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime or any of its protocols (such as the protocol against human trafficking or the protocol against migrant smuggling). The Third Circuit has directed the BIA to analyze what type of relief must be provided in Rranci v. Mukasey __ F.3d __ (3d Cir. 2008). Thanks to Rex Chen of Catholic Charities of Newark