Matter of U. SINGH, Respondent Decided January 19, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Summary: A decision by a Federal court of appeals reversing a precedent decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals is not binding authority outside the circuit in which the case arises. A stalking […]
Category: U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals Opinions
IN RE D-X & Y-Z-, 25 I&N Dec. 664 (BIA 2012)
Matter of D-X- & Y-Z-, Respondents Decided January 6, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Summary A facially valid permit to reside in a third country constitutes prima facie evidence of an offer of firm resettlement pursuant to section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 […]
R-A-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 657 (BIA 2012)
Matter of R-A-M-, Respondent Decided January 3, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Summary: The respondent’s conviction for possession of child pornography is for a particularly serious crime under section 241(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8U.S.C.§1231(b)(3)(B)(ii) (2006),based on the nature of the offense and the specific […]
KIM, 26 I&N Dec. 912 (BIA 2017)
Matter of Kwan Ho KIM, Respondent Decided January 31, 2017 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Summary: The crime of mayhem in violation of section 203 of the California Penal Code, which requires a malicious act that results in great bodily injury to another person, necessarily involves the use […]
DHANASAR, 26 I&N Dec. 884 (AAO 2016)
Matter of DHANASAR, Petitioner Decided December 27, 2016 U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Administrative Appeals Office Summary: USCIS may grant a national interest waiver if the petitioner demonstrates: (1) that the foreign national’s proposed endeavor has both substantial merit and national importance; (2) that he or she is well positioned […]
ALVARADO, 26 I&N Dec. 895 (BIA 2016)
Matter of Miguel Angel ALVARADO, Respondent Decided December 29, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Summary: The generic definition of “perjury” in section 101(a)(43)(S) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(S) (2012), requires that an offender make a material false statement knowingly or willfully […]
CALCANO DE MILLAN, 26 I&N Dec. 904 (BIA 2017)
Matter of Yovany CALCANO DE MILLAN, Beneficiary of a visa petition filed by Jorge Arturo Millan, Petitioner Decided January 12, 2017 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals For purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, and […]
IN THE MATTER OF L—- Y—- Y—-, 9 IN Dec. 70 (A.G. 1960)
MATTER OF L—- Y—- Y—-. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. A-7139375.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by the Attorney General September 12, 1960. Parole — Section 212(d)(5) — Termination does not change status as applicant for admission. Termination of parole requires that alien’s case be continued in exclusion proceedings; […]
IN THE MATTER OF LIM, 13 IN Dec. 169 (BIA 1969)
Interim Decision Number 1947 MATTER OF LIM. In Deportation Proceedings. A-11422036Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 13, 1969 Respondent, who innocently entered as a nonquota immigrant without knowledge that her petitioning husband’s representation to be a U.S. citizen was fraudulent, comes within the purview […]
IN THE MATTER OF S.S. “HORNSHELL” ET AL., 1 IN Dec. 470 (BIA 1943)
IN THE MATTER OF THE S.S. “HORNSHELL” ET AL. In FINE Proceedings. 56096/807Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by the Board June 18, 1943. Approved by the Attorney General. Fines — Section 20, Immigration Act of 1924 — Failure to comply with order to detain on board. […]