What Are The Grounds Of Deportability?

The following are charges of deportability pursuant to section 237 of the Act that are commonly lodged by the USCIS on the NTA:

  • Inadmissible at time of admission or adjustment of status;
  • Violation of non-immigrant status;
  • Termination of conditional permanent residence
    1. This occurs when the alien and his/spouse fails to file a joint petition to remove the condition at the end of the 2 years subsequent to becoming a conditional permanent resident;
  • Smuggling;
  • Marriage Fraud;
  • Conviction of Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT) within 5 years of admission where the sentence imposed may have been for 1 year or more;
  • Two (2) CIMT Convictions
    1. Not arising out of a single scheme of misconduct;
    2. Requires separate criminal acts;
  • Aggravated Felony;
  • Controlled Substance Conviction;
  • Drug Abusers and addicts deportable at any time after admission;
  • Firearms Offenses;
  • Crimes of Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Violations of Protection Orders.