485 Process

[ibcd92]

Would it be a true assumption:

If there are no criminal convictions, maintained status etc...

USCIS will approve your case?

 

[curiousGeorge]

Here are all the reasons why an I-485 can be denied, taken right from the SOP.

http://www.ilw.com/lawyers/seminars/august2002_citation2b.pdf

ADJUDICATIONS APPENDIX C
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09/28/01

ADJUDICATIONS APPENDIX C
Section 212(a) Inadmissibility Overview




Admissibility - Sec._212
1._health grounds
____A._waiver - 212(g) spouse, unm s/d, parent of USC/LAPR

2._criminals
____A._idents
____B._waiver - 212(h) spouse, parent, s/d of USC/LAPR; hardship

3._security grounds
____A._terrorists
____B._Communists
________exceptions:
____________i.___involuntary
____________ii.__past membership
____________iii._parent, spouse, s/d, sibling of USC
____________iv.__parent, spouse, s/d of LAPR
____________v.___Nazis

4._public charge
____A._I-864 8CFR 213a
________i._emp pet filed by relative(spouse, parent, s/d, sibling)
________ii._relative owns 5%

5._labor certs
____A._physicians
________i.___must pass parts I & II of Nat Board of Med Examiners
________ii.__Examination
________iii._must have completed 3 years as H-1B if changed from
________iv.__J-1 before being eligible to apply for adj/stat -
________v.___8 CFR 212.7(c)(9)(iii)
____B._nurses
________i.__current status-ASC processing
________ii._certificate requirement
____C._health care workers (memos under ADJ Guide)
________i.___phys ther, occup ther, speech-lang pth, med technol &
________ii.__techni, phys asst
________iii._current ASC sched of occupational therapists

6._illegal entrants and immigration violators
____A._failure to attend removal proceedings
________i._5 yr bar from date of departure/removal
____B._misrepresentation
________i._waiver 212(i)
____________a._spouse, s/d of USC/LAPR & hardship
____C._false claim to USC
____D._stowaways
____E._smugglers
________i.__waiver 212(d)(11)
________ii._if smugglee was spouse, parent, s/d, no other
____F._final order under 274C - civil violation
________i.___waiver 212(d)(12) for
________ii.__returning resident or
________iii._committed solely to assist spouse/child
____G._student visa abusers
________i._(enters F-1 for private school and changes to public funded school)

7._documents
____A._waiver 212(k)

8._ineligible for citizenship
____A._draft evaders

9._previously removed
____A._arriving aliens (exclusion)
________i.__5 yr bar
________ii._20 yr bar (2nd removal or ag felon)
____B._others (deportation)
________i.___10 yr bar
________ii.__20 yr bar (2nd removal)
________iii._permanent bar (ag felon)
____C._exceptions (AG consents prior to application for entry- in the case of a 'removed' Returning Resident)
____D._unlawfully present - HQ memo
________i._must make a departure (and reentry) after period of
____E._unlawful presence for this to apply
________i.___>180 days <1 yr
____________a._3 yr bar from date of departure
________ii.__>1 yr
____________a._10 yr bar from date of departure
________iii._definition
____________a._expiration of authorized stay
____________b._present without admission/parole
________iv.__tolling for good cause
____________a._up to 120 days
____________b._nonfrivolous appl._for change/ext._of stay
____________c._lawful admission/parole
____________d._no unauthorized employment
________v.___waiver 212(a)(9)(B)(v)
____________a._spouse, son/daughter
____________b._hardship

10._miscellaneous
____i.___polygamists
____ii.__guardian of inadmissible alien
____iii._international child abductors
____iv.__unlawful voters
____v.___renounced US citizenship to avoid taxation
____vi.__subject to 212(e)-not waived