## Q33 key (Stop-Time Proviso)

1. Residence began February 1, 2014. The November 15, 2020 notice was incomplete, so notice-based stop time occurred April 20, 2021 when the complete hearing specification was served. Missed: Idris loses more than two months of qualifying residence on a text the statute rejects.
2. Seven years accrued February 1, 2021, before the April 20 stop date. The notice route therefore satisfies the duration element. Missed: the application is wrongly treated as statutorily barred.
3. The deferred cannabis disposition is a conviction despite rehabilitative expungement, but it is one simple-possession offense involving 4 grams and falls within the express 5-gram exception. It is neither disqualifying nor clock-stopping. Missed: counsel conflates "conviction" with "listed offense."
4. Fraud actual loss is $8,900. The $2,500 audit expense in restitution does not count, so the greater-than-$10,000 threshold is not met. Missed: collateral expenses turn a nonlisted fraud into a bar.
5. The 14-month suspended sentence counts only if reckless injury is a crime of violence. It is not, because the statute requires intentional or knowing force. Missed: sentence length is analyzed without the offense definition.
6. The supplied record supports good moral character: restitution, completed sentences, employment, and no other adverse conduct. The court may weigh the conduct but may not invent more. Missed: eligibility is conceded through generalized moral rhetoric.
7. The undisputed medical dependency, four weekly infusions, lack of another trained caregiver, and hospitalization risk satisfy exceptional hardship on these rules. Missed: the strongest affirmative element is underdeveloped.
8. Idris is statutorily eligible to apply. File a text-based eligibility memorandum with certified disposition records, charging documents, service proofs, loss allocation, medical declarations, caregiver evidence, and a motion rejecting the government's three threshold arguments. Missed: a winnable application never reaches discretionary consideration.