Applicants filing for immigrant visas outside the United States often find they cannot be admitted into this country for various reasons enumerated under Immigration and Nationality Act §212. Perhaps the applicant has a criminal conviction or health issue, has made misrepresentations on prior visa applications or previously was in the United States illegally.
But there are regulations found at 8 CFR 212.7 that permit waivers to overcome these grounds of inadmissibility. Lawyers can use an I-601 application form to request such waivers for clients. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services waiver review personnel at the respective consulates adjudicate the waivers on site or from an off-site location.
