In the United States, in order for an individual to meet the criteria for resettlement as a refugee, he must meet the definition of the term refugee and be admissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In order to meet the definition of the term refugee an individual must prove that he cannot return to his home country due to actual threat or well founded fear of persecution on the account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. To eligible to apply for resettlement under this definition the individual cannot have partaken in the persecution of other individuals, been resettled into another country or have an immediate relative who is a U.S. Citizen or special immigrant. The admissibility criteria is detailed under INA 212(a) and includes exclusions for admissibility for individuals who have serious health problems or criminal records. In order to be exempt from admissibility criteria, the potential refugee must be granted a waiver of inadmissibility.