Ineligibilities

More information about classes of aliens ineligible to receive U.S. visas is available on the State Department's Consular Affairs website at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligibilities/ineligibilities_1364.html.

U.S. immigration laws are designed to protect the health, welfare, and security of our country.  According to U.S. law, certain applicants are ineligible to receive immigrant visas.

• Examples of applicants who must be refused visas are:
• Applicants who have a communicable disease such as tuberculosis or HIV;
• Applicants who have a dangerous physical or mental disorder or are drug addicts;
• Applicants who have committed serious criminal acts, including crimes involving moral turpitude, drug trafficking, and prostitution;
• Applicants who are terrorists, subversives, or members of a totalitarian party or former Nazi war criminals;
• Applicants who are likely to become public charges of the United States; and/or
• Applicants who have used fraud or other illegal means to enter the United States.