Crimes of Moral Turpitude

(B)

Lawful Permanent Residents.  Lawful permanent residents face additional requirements for § 212(h) relief.  Section 212(h) relief will not be granted to a noncitizen who has previously been admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident if, since the date of admission as a permanent resident:

        (1)   the person has been convicted of an aggravated felony, or

(1)   the person “has not lawfully resided continuously” in the U.S. for at least seven years immediately preceding the date of “initiation of proceedings to remove the alien.” 

These additional bars were added by IIRAIRA § 348, and were effective upon enactment on September 30, 1996.[521] 

[521] IIRAIRA § 348(b) states that the effective date is “the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply in the case of any alien who is in exclusion or deportation proceedings as of such date unless a final administrative order in such proceedings has been entered as of such date . . . .”