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I'm often contacted from people who are trying to as long as I'm trying to help their immigrant
spouse immigrants in the United States, but they're concerned about the criminal background
that the immigrant spouse had but they asked me well. It happened this multiple misdemeanors
that happened were before the age of eighteen is immigration still going to count them against
her. Well, yes and no. Usually crimes under the age of eighteen do not count as the conviction
for immigration purposes, and especially if these crimes are adjudicated in the juvenile
justice system. They don't count for purposes of the conviction, however immigration can
look at those crimes as on the discretionary basis in petitions that allow immigration
to waive discretion to do way discretion, such as adjustment of status or green card
application. So if you have a situation where you may have a crime that even those under
the age of eighteen. If it was above age of eighteen may have been considered aggravated
felony or crime of violence or the deportable crime, you need to think twice about going
ahead and applying under that premise that is not gonna count against her because immigration
can see that even though you say a juvenile records may be sealed. Immigration is access
to those and she still has to disclose those crimes under the age of eighteen, that may
have an effect on the green card case, depending on the severity of the crime.
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