Did you know?

Having a criminal record of committing a certain crime may make you inadmissible to the USA. 

Wondering how?

Over the past decades, the crime rate in the USA was comparatively high. The government of the USA then started working to stop it and they managed to decrease it to 47.70 per 100,000 people. 

Everybody knows that the US is considered one of the best countries for traveling and immigration. A lot of people also apply for US job visas to work there. 

However, there are some conditions that should be complied by travelers for the trip to the US or while applying for any of the US visa types. One of the things that they check is the criminal background of the people who are traveling there. 

To maintain the integrity of the country, they have made some rules for those who have committed crimes in the past. If you are thinking of traveling, then do check it to know whether you will be able to get the entry or not. 

What Crimes Make Immigrants Inadmissible To The U.S.?

1. Crimes That Involve “Moral Turpitude”

Moral turpitude is a crime that involves murder, prostitution, bribery, forgery, tax invasion, etc. Those who have committed this type of crime will be inadmissible to the US. 

The US Government is strictly against this type of crime and it is also strictly prohibited in the country. Due to this, the government of the US doesn’t want to give entry to those who have committed such crimes and will be a danger to the citizens and society who are living there. 

However, there are two exceptions for the criminals who have done this. 

• Minors who are under the age of 18 years. In this case, those who have committed this crime, but were released with a gap of more than 5 years before applying for the visa will be able to get entry to the country. 
• A person who has committed the crime but was released within 1 year of time. 

2. Violation Of Controlled Substance Law

The controlled substance law is related to the law of drugs whether it's in the US or another country. You will be inadmissible to the country if you have violated the substance law which means you were found with those drugs which are strictly for no use in your country like opium, heroin, peyote, etc.  

For any such violation, you may find it difficult to get your USA immigration Visa. 

3. Criminal Convictions

Any person who has been convicted of two or more than two crimes will be not granted entry into the US. It will be implemented if the person who has done the crime was sentenced to five or more than five years in prison. It can be from a single crime or might be of both crimes. Those who have committed the crimes will be inadmissible to the US.

4. Drug Trafficking

If any officer knows or has reasons to believe that the person who is coming has been involved in drug trafficking will be inadmissible to the US. This will be implemented for all of the controlled substances which come under the law. It is only done to keep the citizens of the US away from this type of drug in the country. 

5. Prostitution

Those who are coming to the US with a mindset to get involved in prostitution, or have been involved in prostitution within 10 years of when they apply for the visa will be inadmissible to the US. Similarly, those people will be also inadmissible who have earned some profit from prostitution. This is done to lower the crime rate in the country. 

6. Money Laundering

Anyone who is coming to the US with the purpose to get involved or has been involved or thinking to enter the United States with the purpose to get into money laundering will be inadmissible. This is implemented to stop those people who are coming with a mindset to earn illegal money by fooling people.

7. Violations Related To Religious Freedom

Those who were serving as foreign government officials were responsible for the directly carried out severe violations of religious freedom will be inadmissible. This law is imposed, so that, the government of the US can provide their citizens with safety and peace related to their religious freedom 

8. Human Trafficking 

Anyone who is involved with human trafficking will be not allowed to enter the country. Some examples of human trafficking are child labour, forced labor, sexual exploitation, organ removal, forced marriage, child soldiers, and much more. Those who are involved in any of these crimes will be inadmissible to the US. 

How To Avoid These Crimes

Those who have committed any of the crimes which are mentioned above, then they will not be able to travel to the US. However, we will suggest that you should consult the embassy or the consultant company to check whether there is any way to travel to the US or not. 

There are different programs that are run by the government which let some of the criminals travel to the respective company with all due permission of the government with proper authority. All the security checks are performed by them to let them enter the country. 

You can also travel to the US with certain conditions which will be imposed on you by the government. For this, you will have to contact the embassy or the consulting company that can help you with this. Through which you will be only able to get admissible to the US. 

Seek Professional Help

Anyone who has committed a crime will be facing a lot of issues when they are traveling to other countries. The government of every country does this to maintain the safety and peace of the citizens who are living there. 

However, there are a lot of travelers who travel to another country with the proper authority which is given after a proper interview by the embassy. For some crimes, the granting rate is very less as border security doesn’t want any criminal to get into the country. 
For this, you can consult Work Permitz to get expert advice and smoothen your US Visa process!