What criminal offenses disqualify a prospective petitioner from filing a fiancée or family-based immigrant petition?
Absent a DHS discretionary determination that the petitioner poses “no risk” to the beneficiary, individuals who have been convicted of any of the following offenses against a minor, are ineligible to file a petition on behalf of a foreign national family-member or fiancée: an offense (unless committed by a parent or guardian) involving kidnapping; an offense (unless committed by a parent or guardian) involving false imprisonment; solicitation to engage in sexual conduct; use in a sexual performance; solicitation to practice prostitution; video voyeurism as described in section 1801 of title 18, United States Code; possession, production, or distribution of child pornography; the use of the Internet to facilitate or attempt such conduct; criminal sexual conduct involving a minor, or any conduct that by its nature is a sex offense against a minor.
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