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Why eligibility is only half the story
In short
> **Eligibility is not the same as admissibility.** You can be perfectly *eligible* — the right relationship, the right years of residence, the right protected ground — and still be denied because of a single ground of inadmissibility under INA § 212. Most denials we see for "obvious" cases come from issues no one screened for. This screener flags the most common ones, but is not a substitute for a one-on-one consultation.Context & Examples
Eligibility is not the same as admissibility. You can be perfectly eligible — the right relationship, the right years of residence, the right protected ground — and still be denied because of a single ground of inadmissibility under INA § 212. Most denials we see for "obvious" cases come from issues no one screened for. This screener flags the most common ones, but is not a substitute for a one-on-one consultation.