[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 8CFR249.1]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 249_CREATION OF RECORDS OF LAWFUL ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 249.1  Waiver of inadmissibility.









Sec.

249.1 Waiver of inadmissibility.

249.2 Application.

249.3 Reopening and reconsideration.



    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1182, 1259; 8 CFR part 2.





    In conjunction with an application under section 249 of the Act, an 

otherwise eligible alien who is inadmissible under paragraph (9), (10), 

or (12) of section 212(a) of the Act or so much of paragraph (23) of 

section 212(a) of the Act as relates to a single offense of simple 

possession of 30 grams or less of marihuana may request a waiver of such 

ground of inadmissibility under section 212(h) of the Act. Any alien 

within the classes described in subparagraphs (B) through (H) of section 

212(a)(28) of the Act may apply for the benefits of section 

212(a)(28)(I)(ii) in conjunction with an application under section 249 

of the Act.



[47 FR 44238, Oct. 7, 1982]