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SUMMARY:02 · Vice & Visas: NIV Waivers for Drugs and Morality Issues
LOCATION:Room B\, Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel\, 700 Tchoupitoulas St
 reet\, New Orleans\, LA 70130
DESCRIPTION:Vice v. Virtue: Immigration Law in a Complex World\nAILA MidSou
 th Chapter Conference 2026 · Session 02 · Room B\n\nPanelists:\n• Dani
 el Parisi (DJP Immigration\, Madrid\, Spain)\n• Brian McInerney (Former 
 DOS Official)\n\nWhen a client's past misconduct collides with their futur
 e travel plans\, practitioners must navigate the line between vice and vir
 tue. This panel explores nonimmigrant visa waivers for drug-related and mo
 rality-based inadmissibility grounds\, including common offenses that trig
 ger waiver requirements\, exceptions that may eliminate the need for a wai
 ver\, and strategies for preparing persuasive INA § 212(d)(3) requests.\n
 \nPanelists will also discuss current waiver processing trends and recent 
 Foreign Affairs Manual developments affecting adjudications.\n\nThe panel 
 will discuss:\n• Common drug and morality-based offenses requiring waive
 rs.\n• Exceptions to waiver eligibility requirements.\n• Preparing and
  submitting a persuasive waiver package.\n• Current processing times and
  adjudication trends.\n• Recent updates impacting NIV waiver practice.
CATEGORIES:AILA MidSouth 2026,Room B
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