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The exceptions to the 10-year-ban are as follows:
If you or your parents (while you were under 21 years of age) filed a permanent visa application with the Immigration and Naturalization Service or Labor Department before April 30, 2001, you are protected form this law and will be allowed to receive you Green Card in the United States by paying a fine of $1,000. This is called Section 245(i) adjustment.
Children under 18 years of age;
Spouse children (under 21 years of age) and parents who entered with a visa;
Most people who filed a case with the Labor Department or the Immigration and Naturalization Service for Permanent Residency before April 30, 2001.