Denial Of Entry - Possible Reasons
Prospective immigrants and nonimmigrants must establish that they are admissible to enter the U.S. An individual must not fall under any of the grounds of inadmissibility found in the INA § 212(a) or they will be denied entry. There are many grounds of of inadmissibility. Below are a list of the most commonly encountered:
Immigration Violation Grounds
- Lack of Inspection or Admission—INA § 212(a)(6)(A)(i)
- Fraud or Willful Misrepresentations—INA § 212(a)(6)(C)
- Document Fraud—INA § 212(a)(6)(F)
- Lack of Proper Documentation—INA § 212(a)(7)
- Immigrants Previously Removed—INA § 212(a)(9)(A)
- Expedited Order of Removal—INA § 235(b)
- Aliens Ordered Removed under—INA § 240
Unlawful Presence
- Foreign Nationals Unlawfully Present (3-and 10-Year Bars)—INA § 212(a)(9)(B)
- Foreign Nationals Unlawfully Present After Previous Immigration Violations—INA § 212(a)(9)(C)
Health Related Grounds
Criminal Grounds
- Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)—INA § 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)
- Controlled Substances Violations—INA § 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II)
- Multiple Criminal Convictions—INA § 212(a)(2)(B)
- Controlled Substance Traffickers—INA § 212(a)(2)(C)
- Prostitution and Commercialized Vice—INA § 212(a)(2)(D)
Miscellaneous
- Public Charge—INA § 212(a)(4)
- Ineligible for Citizenship—INA § 212(a)(8)
- Polygamy—INA § 212(a)(10)(A)
- Unlawful Voters—INA § 212(a)(10)(D)
- Stowaways—INA § 212(a)(6)(D)
- Smugglers—INA § 212(a)(6)(E)