US Waiver for Canadians

Here are a few Immigration Law blogs that I currently follow. Border Immigration Lawyer Blog -Sarah E. Murphy, Esq. Often posts about the waiver of inadmissibility process and her clients' experiences. How do I get a Pardon? -Jared Church (expresspardons.com) Although primarily focused as a pardon service, the blog does cover issues around US travel. Matthew Kolken on Deportation And Removal -Matthew Kolken, Esq. US Immigration advocate, covers a wide ranges of immigration related issues. The Immigration News Blog -Matthew Kolken, Esq. Another immigration blog by Matthew Kolken. Pardons Blog -Pardons Canada (pardons.org) Blog focuses on the pardon service but does cover issues around US travel. Immigration Blog For US & Canada -Bomza Law Group, Toronto Immigration Law Firm Not much about waivers of inadmissibility but US immigration in general from a Toronto Immigration Law Firm. Pardon Services Canada blog -same (pardonservicescanada.com) Another pardon service blog, co...

The popular social network site Twitter is a great resource to follow for those caught up in the inadmissibility waiver net or anyone interested in immigration law, policy, border protection, etc. The US Embassy in Ottawa is also part of this community as are many other notables. Here's a list of some of them: @i194waiver Ryan Smarty (administrator for this blog). Follow me for updates on this blog and other related news. @ usembassyottawa Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa Canada - US Mission to Canada Website Updates. @ LaurelScott Immigration lawyer ( Houston, TX). I blogged about Laurel recently and her Live Attorney Chat Wednesdays . @ Immi _Issues Jennifer McFadyen -editor for About. com's Guide to Immigration Issues . @ LegalDocs Legal information covering all aspects of Immigration Law, provided by leading attorneys and law firms (and streamed via JD Supra). @ ImmigrationGuys (Florida). Latest Immigration News from real-life (in the trenches) Immigr...

There is often confusion regarding whether or not an individual would be deemed inadmissible to the US. The confusion tends to be over the type of crime committed and the sentences of such crime. Under US immigration law, an aggravated felony includes any crime described on the following list: murder, rape, or sexual abuse of a minor illicit trafficking in a controlled substance, including a drug trafficking crime illicit trafficking in firearms, destructive devices, or explosive materials money laundering (see 18 U.S.C. § 1956 ) certain explosives and firearms crimes (see 18 U.S.C. § 842 , 18 U.S.C. § 924 , and 26 U.S.C. § 5861 ) "crimes of violence," as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 16 , for which the sentence imposed was one year or greater theft or burglary offenses, for which the sentence imposed was one year or greater making ransom demands (see 18 U.S.C. § 875 et seq.) certain child pornography crimes (see 18 U.S.C. § 2251 ) racketeering crimes, for which the sentence...