If you are in criminal custody, you may be turned you over to immigration. If you apply to renew your Green Card and have a criminal conviction, immigration will learn of the criminal conviction once they take your fingerprints.  When you apply for citizenship and you have a criminal conviction, immigration will be notified.  If you travel […]

 Deportation on a criminal conviction will depend on the conviction.  Drug offences, theft offences, fraud offences, and violent felony generally make you removable from the United States.  Minor offences under criminal law or a conditional discharge may not necessarily equate to immigration purposes. If you are dealing with a pending criminal case, it is very important that […]

 If you have a Green Card and have been convicted of an aggravated felony after 1996, there is little you can do to stay in the United States to fight for the Green Card aside from making some type of asylum claim.  Under certain circumstances, if you have an aggravated felony with your Green Card obtained in the […]

 A 212(h) waiver is used for people who have criminal convictions and are inadmissible to the United States.  You have to demonstrate that their denial into the United States would be an extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen or legal resident that is a parent, child, or spouse.  A 212(h) can be done with a Green Card […]

If your spouse is not released from custody, immigration judges do not have the authority to release them on bond.  The likelihood of immigration setting a bond depends on the crime and person’s immigration status.  If your spouse has a conviction after October 9, 1998, where they were sentenced to probation, jail, or any type of punishment where […]