INADMISSIBILITY

Grounds. Waivers

Spouse, Son, or Daughter

CLASSIFICATION:

Under INA 212(a)(2). Criminal and related grounds.

Under INA 212(a)(2)(C). Controlled Substance Traffickers (CST)

Under INA 212(a)(2)(C)(ii). Spouse, son, or daughter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The beneficiary is the spouse, son, or daughter of an alien who is or has been an illicit trafficker or knowing assister, abettor, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any controlled substance.

DETAILS: Alien is inadmissible (under this ground):

only if the alien has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity of the spouse or parent,
only if the alien knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit was the product of such illicit activity, and
even if consular or immigration officer only 'knows' or 'has reason to believe' about this illicit activity.

DEFINITIONS: None.

FILING DATE RESTRICTIONS: None.

EXCEPTIONS: None.

SPECIFIC WAIVERS: None.

GENERAL WAIVERS