Reeves: Visa denials for past drug use now reconsidered

TWO clients of Reeves & Associates recently received immigrant visas and were able to join their families in the United States as lawful permanent residents. What makes these cases remarkable is that both clients were refused visas and declared inadmissible by the embassy over ten years ago. The inadmissibility findings were based on the applicant’s admission during a routine medical examination that during their childhood they had experimented with a controlled substance. In both cases the denial of the visa resulted in the separation of husband from wife as well as father from children.

The Immigration & Nationality Act dictates that any person who has been convicted of or has admitted to the essential elements of a controlled substance violation is inadmissible to the United States. Further, any person who the embassy determines to be a drug abuser or drug addict will also be declared inadmissible. In our client’s cases the embassy had found that both clients were inadmissible as persons who had admitted the essential elements of a controlled substance violation.

After enduring years of separation from their loved ones our clients came to Reeves & Associates seeking hope and a solution to the embassy’s denials of the immigrant visas. Through zealous and persistent advocacy and painstaking legal research and writing, Reeves & Associates was able to convince the embassy that our clients were not inadmissible as drug abusers and were not subject to the ground of inadmissibility for having admitted the essential elements of a controlled substance violation.

Our clients were scheduled for new medical examinations and new immigrant visa interviews and both were granted their visas and have been able to join their loved ones in the United States. One of our client’s had this to say after receiving the good news: “My family will soon be reunited here in the States and this is a dream come true from a hopeless case 11 years ago. This would not have been possible if it’s not your hard work and effort.”

These are just two recent examples of success in this type of case. After advocating with the embassy, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Department of State for years our office has experienced a general breakthrough in these type of cases. Many of our clients who were previously declared “permanently inadmissible” to the United States due to a previous drug admission are being permitted to reapply and present their cases to the Manila Embassy. If you or a loved one has been deemed inadmissible to the United States because of an admission to the use of a controlled substance there is a possibility of achieving success in your case. The best way to determine if there is a route to successfully overcome the finding of inadmissibility based on past drug use and to reunite your family is to speak with a reputable and experienced immigration attorney.

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