Congratulations to Andre who finally received permission to travel to the United States after more than 9 years of being found inadmissible.  In 2001, US authorities declared Andre to be inadmissible after they learned that he had pled guilty many years ago in Germany to charges of corporate bribery and tax fraud.  Since then, US immigration authorities have also denied him entry on the grounds that they suspect he intends to immigrate to the United States.  Andre and his family have a vacation home in Florida and had been coming here for years.  They have many friends, all of whom were dismayed when he was refused admission.  With their support, and the support of his wife and children, we worked for more than one year to convince the consular officials that he is remorseful; that he has paid his dues to society, that he has substantial business and family ties to Germany and no interest in immigrating to the United States.  We finally succeeded.  The immigration authorities approved his application for a tourist visa and waiver of inadmissibility and he is planning to travel to the United States for a well deserved vacation.

Tags: foreign conviction; 212(d)(3), waiver
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