Table XX Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Ineligibilities (by Grounds for Refusal Under the Immigration and Nationality

Act) Fiscal Year 2008

Immigrant Ineligibility Ineligibility Finding Overcome 832 29 479 2,457 1,196 465 90 384 20 17 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 23 0 17 0 19 0 0 0 0 6,862 18,025 2 13 33 6,045 992 1,104 0 1 0 0 1,340 73 437 26 89 0 202 22 6 3 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 5,198 464 1 33 0 1,280 0 86 1 0 0 0 220 7 Nonimmigrant Ineligibility Ineligibility Finding Overcome 219 0 329 189 5,308 2,841 309 1,607 381 27 33 3 0 0 2 24 212 41 0 401 0 0 0 0 0 0 743 0 0 0 28 7,977 981 1,963 0 14 22 6 494 45 187 0 135 56 3,290 1,867 123 499 27 2 7 2 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 266 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 14 1,968 258 507 0 3 12 7 110 7

Grounds for Refusal Under the the Immigration and Nationality Act 212(a)(1)(A)(i) 212(a)(1)(A)(ii) 212(a)(1)(A)(iii) 212(a)(1)(A)(iv) 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) 212(a)(2)(B) 212(a)(2)(C)(i) 212(a)(2)(C)(ii) 212(a)(2)(D)(i) 212(a)(2)(D)(ii) 212(a)(2)(D)(iii) 212(a)(2)(E) 212(a)(2)(G) 212(a)(2)(H) 212(a)(2)(I) 212(a)(3)(A)(i) 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) 212(a)(3)(A)(iii) 212(a)(3)(B) 212(a)(3)(C) 212(a)(3)(D) 212(a)(3)(E)(i) 212(a)(3)(E)(ii) 212(a)(3)(E)(iii) 212(a)(3)(F) 212(a)(4) 212(a)(5)(A) 212(a)(5)(B) 212(a)(5)(C) 212(a)(6)(B) 212(a)(6)(C)(i) 212(a)(6)(C)(ii) 212(a)(6)(E) 212(a)(6)(F) 212(a)(6)(G) 212(a)(7)(B) 212(a)(8)(A) 212(a)(8)(B) 212(a)(9)(A)(i) 212(a)(9)(A)(i) Communicable Disease Immigrant lacking required vaccinations Physical or mental disorder Drug Abuser or Addict Crime Involving Moral Turpitude Controlled Substance Violators Multiple Criminal Convictions Illicit Trafficker in Any Controlled Substance Spouse, Son, or Daughter Who Benefited from Illicit Activities of Trafficker Prostitution (within 10 years) Procuring (within 10 years) Unlawful Commercialized Vice Asserted immunity to avoid prosecution Foreign government officials who have engaged in violations of religious freedom Significant traffickers in persons Money Laundering Espionage,sabotage, technology transfer, etc. Other Unlawful Activity Act to Overthrow USG Terrorist Activities Foreign Policy Immigrant Membership in Totalitarian Party Participants In Nazi Persecutions Participants in Genocide Commission of Acts of Torture or Extrajudicial Killings Association with Terrorist Organizations Public Charge Labor Certification Unqualified Physician Uncertified foreign health-care workers Failure to attend removal proceedings Misrepresentation Falsely claiming citizenship Smugglers Subject of civil penalty (under INA 274C) Student visa abusers Documentation requirement for nonimmigrants Immigrant permanently ineligible for citizenship (IV only) Draft evader Ordered removed upon arrival Ordered removed upon arrival - multiple removals

Table XX Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Ineligibilities (by Grounds for Refusal Under the Immigration and Nationality Act) Fiscal Year 2008
Immigrant Ineligibility Ineligibility Finding Overcome 22 934 165 68 503 30,566 4,267 23 0 0 1 0 11 0 257,177 0 0 0 0 0 247 34 1 333 16,589 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 169,334 0 0 0 0 Nonimmigrant Ineligibility Ineligibility Finding Overcome 20 481 89 66 1,509 7,849 1,189 0 0 0 1 0 20 373 1,481,471 589,418 144 0 0 0 65 7 223 16 6 133 784 55 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 19,837 510,549 20 0 0 0 5

Grounds for Refusal Under the the Immigration and Nationality Act 212(a)(9)(A)(i) Ordered removed upon arrival - convicted aggravated felony 212(a)(9)(A)(ii) 212(a)(9)(A)(ii) 212(a)(9)(A)(ii) 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(I) 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) 212(a)(9)(C) 212(a)(10)(A) 212(a)(10)(C)(1) 212(a)(10)(C)(2) 212(a)(10)(D) 212(a)(10)(E) 212(e) 212(f) 214(b) 221(g) 222(g)(2) Sec.103 Pub. Law 105-227 Sec. 401 Pub. Law 104-114 Sec. 402 Pub. Law 104-114 Sec. 306 Pub. Law 107-173 Ordered removed or departed while removal order outstanding Ordered removed or departed while removal order outstanding multiple removals Ordered removed or departed while removal order outstanding convicted aggravated felony Unlawfully present 181-364 days (within 3 years) Unlawfully present 365 or more days (within 10 years) Unlawfully present after previous immigration violations Practicing polygamist International child abductor Aliens supporting abductors and relatives of abductors Unlawful voter Former U.S. citizen who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation Certain former exchange visitors Presidential proclamation Failure to establish entitlement to nonimmigrant status Application does not comply with provisions of INA or regulations issued pursuant thereto Alien in illegal status, required to apply for new NIV in country of alien's nationality Disclosure/trafficking of confidential U.S. business information Helms-Burton refusal Conversion of confiscated U.S. property for gain Inadmissible alien from a country that is a state sponsor of terorrism Total Grounds of Ineligibility: Number of Applications:1

334,268 291,792

194,648 184,457

2,106,894 2,083,726

541,070 538,129

The figures at the end of this table show totals of applications refused and reufsals overcome. The total of applications refused does not necessarily reflect the number of persons refused during the year. One applicant can apply and be found ineligible more than one time in a fiscal year.