Application For Waiver Of Grounds Of Inadmissibility {I-690}

I-690 - APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY UNDER SECTIONS 245A OR 210 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. An applicant for adjustment of status under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 210 (Special Agricultural Workers) or 245A (Legalization, including LIFE Act Legalization) uses Form I-690 to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility. You do not need to file Form I-690 for any inadmissibility ground that does not apply to Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) or Legalization applicants. The following inadmissibility grounds do not apply: 1. INA section 212(a)(5)(A) – Workers entering the United States without labor certification; 2. INA section 212(a)(6)(A)(i) – Aliens present without admission or parole; and 3. INA section 212(a)(7)(A)(i) – Documentation requirements (immigrants). The following inadmissibility grounds cannot be waived. You should not file Form I-690 if any of the following inadmissibility grounds apply to you: 1. INA section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) – Crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT); NOTE: You are not inadmissible for having committed a CIMT if the crime was a purely political offense; the crime was a CIMT but you committed only one CIMT, were under 18 years of age at the time you committed the crime, and were released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime more than 5 years before you filed you application for adjustment of status; or the crime was a CIMT but you committed only one CIMT, for which the maximum possible sentence is 1 year or less of imprisonment, and the actual sentence you received was 6 months or less. 2. INA section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) – Controlled substance violation of the laws and regulations of any country or U.S. state, except that a violation related to a single offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana may be waived; 3. INA section 212(a)(2)(B) – Multiple criminal convictions; 4. INA section 212(a)(2)(C) – Controlled substance traffickers; 5. INA section 212(a)(3) – Security and related grounds; or 6. INA section 212(a)(4) – Public charge, except that Form I-687 applicants who are applying for Temporary Resident Status under INA section 245A may seek a waiver of the public charge ground, and the public charge ground of inadmissibility does not apply to Legalization (INA section 245A) applicants who are aged, blind, or disabled as defined by the Social Security Act. Form I-700 applicants, LIFE Act Form I-485 applicants, and Form I-698 applicants applying for lawful permanent resident status may not seek a waiver of the public charge ground of inadmissibility. NOTE: As a SAW or Legalization applicant, you are not inadmissible under INA section 212(a)(4) even if your income is below the poverty level as long as you demonstrate a consistent employment history that shows the ability to support yourself without public cash assistance. www.FormsWorkflow.com