(2009 Convict/Remove) Applications For Relief / Waivers
Session Id: IL09-CR05 Type: Downloadable
Description
• Cancellation of Removal
o Eligibility Requirements
o Time Rules: Legal Residence After Admission
- Tolling:
• Commission of Crime
• NTA
o Lawful Permanent Residency Status
- Tolling
• §212(c)
o Pre-AEDPA Pleas
o Time Requirements
o Trial vs. Plea
o Not Available for Grounds of Deportability/Matter of Blake
• Adjustment of Status
o Basic Requirements
o Applications: Waives Ground of Deportability with No Corresponding Ground of Inadmissibility
o Matter of Gabryelsky filings
• §212(h)
o Eligibility
o Arriving vs. Admitted/Stand Alone Waivers
o Special Rules for LPRs
o Heightened Standard for Crimes of Violence
• Limitations on Relief for Convictions: Asylum, Cancellation & CAT
Faculty:
R. Mark Frey (dl), St. Paul, MN
Barry L. Frager, Memphis, TN
Jeremiah Friedman, Boston, MA
Thomas Moseley, Newark, NJ