Crimes of Moral Turpitude

(D)

Visa Fraud.  A person who is the spouse, son or daughter of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident can waive the visa fraud ground of inadmissibility upon establishing that denial of the waiver would cause extreme hardship to the citizen or resident relative.[535]  A waiver of deportability is available for people who already were admitted by committing visa fraud.[536]

[535] INA § 212(i), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i).  See, e.g., Coelho v. Gonzales, 452 F.3d 104 (1st Cir. Jul. 6, 2006) (applicant for adjustment of status properly held inadmissible because of a prior fraudulent attempt to gain an immigration benefit and ineligible for a waiver of inadmissibility because he did not have a qualifying relative).

[536] INA § 237(a)(1)(H), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(H).