Volume 12: CITIZENSHIP & NATURALIZATION

Resources

• Legal Authorities

PART F – GOOD MORAL CHARACTER

• Chapter 1: Purpose and Background

  • A. Purpose

  • B. Background

  • C. Legal Authorities

• Chapter 2: Adjudicative Factors

  • A. Applicable Statutory Period

  • B. Conduct Outside of the Statutory Period

  • C. Definition of Conviction

  • D. Effect of Probation

  • E. Admission of Certain Criminal Acts

  • F. “Purely Political Offense” Exception

  • G. Extenuating Circumstances

  • H. Removability and GMC

• Chapter 3: Evidence and the Record

  • A. Applicant Testimony

  • B. Court Dispositions

  • C. Failure to Respond to Request for Evidence

• Chapter 4: Permanent Bars to GMC

  • A. Murder

  • B. Aggravated Felony

  • C. Persecution, Genocide, Torture, or Severe Violations of Religious Freedom

• Chapter 5: Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period

  • A. One or More Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude

  • B. Aggregate Sentence of Five Years or More

  • C. Controlled Substance Violation

  • D. Imprisonment for 180 Days or More

  • E. False Testimony

  • F. Prostitution

  • G. Smuggling of a Person

  • H. Polygamy

  • I. Gambling

  • J. Habitual Drunkard

  • K. Failure to Support Dependents

  • L. Adultery

  • M. Unlawful Acts