[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR244.3]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
PART 244_TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR NATIONALS OF DESIGNATED 
STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  244.3  Applicability of grounds of inadmissibility.

    (a) Grounds of inadmissibility not to be applied. Paragraphs (4), 
(5) (A) and (B), and (7)(A)(i) of section 212(a) of the Act shall not 
render an alien ineligible for Temporary Protected Status.
    (b) Waiver of grounds of inadmissibility. Except as provided in 
paragraph (c) of this section, the Service may waive any other provision 
of section 212(a) of the Act in the case of individual aliens for 
humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when the granting of 
such a waiver is in the public interest. If an alien is inadmissible on 
grounds which may be waived as set forth in this paragraph, he or she 
shall be advised of the procedures for applying for a waiver of grounds 
of inadmissibility on Form I-601 (Application for waiver of grounds of 
excludability).
    (c) Grounds of inadmissibility that may not be waived. The Service 
may not waive the following provisions of section 212(a) of the Act:
    (1) Paragraphs (2)(A)(i), (2)(B), and (2)(C) (relating to criminals 
and drug offenses);
    (2) Paragraphs (3)(A), (3)(B), (3)(C), and (3)(D) (relating to 
national security); or
    (3) Paragraph (3)(E) (relating to those who assisted in the Nazi 
persecution).

[56 FR 619, Jan. 7, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 58937, Nov. 5, 1993. 
Redesignated at 62 FR 10367, 10382, Mar. 6, 1997]

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