Can the 10-year inadmissibility bar found at section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act run inside the US? As recent as June 2021, our office has successfully argued that it does. Our client-first entered the U.S. on a visitor visa in 2006 and overstayed her visa until 2008 when she returned to Mexico.

There can be severe immigration consequences for immigrants who enter the United States illegally (or legally but overstay their visas) and accumulate more than 180 days of unlawful presence. Immigrants may trigger a 3/10/Permanent bar which will make immigrating to the U.S. that much harder...