Opinion ID: 698143
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Heading: Waiver of criminal grounds of inadmissibility

Text: 18 The BIA found that Gonzales' argument that he was entitled to a waiver of the criminal grounds for inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182(h) was moot. Even if the criminal grounds for inadmissibility were waived, the BIA stated that Gonzales was inadmissible for other reasons, i.e. his lack of good moral character, which mandated denial of the relief he sought under the other sections of the immigration law. 19 An alien seeking to have a record of lawful admission made must demonstrate as a prerequisite that he is not inadmissible as a criminal under Sec. 1182. See 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1259. When the alien is not entitled to have such a record made for other reasons, in this case because he is not of good moral character as required by Sec. 1259(c), the need for a waiver of the criminal grounds of inadmissibility no longer exists, and the alien's application for relief under Sec. 1182(h) becomes moot. See Matter of De Lucia, 11 I. & N. Dec. 565, 575 (BIA 1966), aff'd, De Lucia v. INS, 370 F.2d 305 (7th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 912 (1967). We find that the BIA did not err in considering this issue moot.