AGGRAVATED FELONY- INA dictates what is considered an aggravated felony. These crimes are serious offenses and if not properly dealt with could result in deportation. INA includes but are not limited:

• Illicit trafficking in drugs
• Passport counterfeiting or alteration
• Murder
• Rape, sexual abuse of a minor
• Offenses related to firearms, explosives, arson
• Violent crimes, theft, burglary
• Fraud, intention to defraud for more than $10,000.00
• Alien smuggling
  

** The INA includes any foreign conviction of all Aggravated Felonies

CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE (CIMT)
The Act does not define the term crime involving moral turpitude, but it generally refers to conduct that is fundamentally wrong. Many of these crimes are also aggravated felonies. CIMT offenses include:

• Crimes in which intent to steal or defraud is an element (e.g., burglary, embezzlement, stealing cellular air time, etc.)
• Crimes in which bodily harm to another is done or threatened intentionally (e.g., murder, rape, assault with a deadly weapon, etc.) or by recklessness (e.g., vehicular manslaughter, etc.)
• Most sex crimes (e.g., prostitution, adultery, etc.)
  

CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS MAY ALSO RENDER YOU INELIGIBLE FOR NATURALIZATION IF YOU HAVE BEEN:

• Convicted of an aggravated felony is permanently ineligible for naturalization
• Convicted of an offense that is a criminal ground of inadmissibility is ineligible for naturalization for a period of time (usually five years)
• Confined to a penal institution for 180 days or more (calculated aggregate is ineligible for naturalization for a period of time (usually five years)
• Found to be not of good moral character because of other acts may be denied naturalization.