Flow Chart on Penalties for Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude

Penalties for crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMTs) are based on several factors, such as the number of CIMTs, date of commission, imposed and/or potential sentence, and whether there was a conviction versus admission of the conduct. The result is that determining whether a CIMT penalty actually applies can be quite complex.

This set of four flow charts can be used to answer four questions about a case: is the particular person deportable; inadmissible or barred from establishing good moral character; barred from applying for non-LPR cancelation; or subject to mandatory detention, based on CIMTs?

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For an analysis of the many ways that a CIMT can affect your client, please refer to our practice advisory, All Those Rules About Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (June 2020). This advisory covers thirteen major rules regarding CIMT penalties and defenses, and includes analysis of several recent cases.