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Potential Grounds of Inadmissibility -

TN Visa Status / Green Card Applicants

Miscellaneous Grounds. INA § 212(a)(10).

Foreign citizens falling under the following "miscellaneous" grounds may not receive a visa or gain admission to the U.S. under any status, including TN visa status, except as otherwise provided:

1. Practicing Polygamists.

  • Inadmissible: Any immigrant (i.e., green card applicant) who is coming to the U.S. to practice polygamy.

2. Guardians and “Helpless” Foreign Citizens.

  • Inadmissible: Any foreign citizen guardian accompanying another foreign citizen, who is inadmissible due to sickness, mental or physical disability, or infancy.

3. International Child Abductors.

  • Inadmissible: Any foreign citizen who fails to obey a U.S. court order of custody and abducts a U.S. citizen child outside the U.S. is inadmissible until the child is surrendered to the custodial parent.
  • Inadmissible: Any foreign citizen who assists or provides support in the abduction.
  • Inadmissible: The spouse (other than the spouse who is the parent of the abducted child), other children, parent, sibling, or agent of the abductor. Until the abducted child is permitted to return to the U.S.
  • Exceptions: This ground does not apply to U.S. or foreign government officials as long as the child is located in a foreign state that is a party to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

4. Unlawful Voters.

  • Inadmissible: Any foreign citizen who has voted in violation of any Federal, State, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation.
  • Exceptions: This ground does not apply if (a) the foreign citizen’s parents were U.S. citizens; (b) the foreign citizen permanently resided in the United States prior to attaining the age of 16; and (c) the foreign citizen believed he or she was a U.S. citizen at the time.

5. Former U.S. Citizens Avoiding Taxation.

  • Inadmissible: Any foreign citizen who officially renounced U.S. citizenship in order to avoid taxation by the U.S.

 

Revised Feb. 6, 2008.