Updated September 2025: This course was originally released in March 2024, but has undergone an annual process to review and update it for recent changes in the law. The most recent updates were made as of September 2025.

The AILA Waivers Online Course includes over 21 hours of practice skills, legal analysis, and procedural tips for winning waivers of inadmissibility for your clients. The course also includes a module specific to the J-1 waiver of the exchange visitor two-year home-country physical presence requirement. By the end of the course, you will have learned about the many cutting-edge tools and techniques you will need to help you file each type of waiver successfully. Don’t miss this opportunity to jumpstart and perfect your waivers practice!

This intermediate level course includes instructional videos, downloadable quick-reference documents for you to use in your daily work, exercises where you’ll get hands-on practice, fact patterns, quizzes, discussion forums, and written articles.

What to Expect

• Module 1: Waivers for Unlawful Presence: Extreme Hardship
• Module 2: Fraud and Misrepresentation Waivers
• Module 3: Criminal Waivers
• Module 4: Nonimmigrant Inadmissibility and Relief under INA §212(d)(3)(A)
• Module 5: Public Charge and Health-Related Grounds
• Module 6: Demystifying J Visa Waivers

CLE Credit

AILA has filed for CLE credits in appropriate jurisdictions. Eligible participants can receive up to 21 total credits in 50-minute jurisdictions and up to 17.5 total credits in 60-minute jurisdictions. To receive CLE credit, attorneys must record their attendance using the CLE code provided at the end of the program via My CLE.

Disclaimers:

Participation in this AILA online course is solely restricted to AILA members, government, and nonmember attorneys. Non-attorney attendance is limited to employees of AILA members in good standing, HR professionals who have an AILA member reference, employees of accredited educational institutions providing support to international student and scholar services at their employing institutions, and accredited representatives under 8 CFR §292.2. AILA does not permit course participation by persons who provide representation without authorization in violation of 8 CFR §292.1, such as for-profit "immigration consultants" and "notarios."