Eligibility for suspension of deportation.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 8

(a) (b) (1) The alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 7 years immediately preceding the date the application was filed; (2) During all of such period the alien was and is a person of good moral character; and (3) The alien's deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in extreme hardship to the alien or to the alien's spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (c) (1) The alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 10 years immediately following the commission of an act, or the assumption of a status constituting a ground for deportation; (2) The alien has been and is a person of good moral character during all of such period; and (3) The alien's deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien, or to the alien's spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (d) (1) The alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 3 years immediately preceding the date the application was filed; (2) The alien has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident (or is the parent of a child of a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 8:§ 1240.65