Interim Decision Number 2124 MATTER OF TAHERI. In Section 203(a)(7) Proceedings. A-13748152Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Regional Commissioner January 14, 1972. A native and citizen of Iran who departed therefrom temporarily for personal reasons — to obtain an education in the United States — and […]
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IN THE MATTER OF ONYEDIBIA, 15 IN Dec. 37 (BIA 1974)
Interim Decision Number 2307 MATTER OF ONYEDIBIA. In Deportation Proceedings. A-19701496 A-20607204Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board July 25, 1974. Respondents, who failed to depart within the time initially granted to depart voluntarily, subsequently filed a motion to reopen seeking a new grant of voluntary […]
IN THE MATTER OF KARIM, 14 IN Dec. 417 (BIA 1973)
Interim Decision Number 2222 MATTER OF KARIM. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-19168493Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board August 20, 1973. While there are several methods to obtain a legal divorce under Pakistani law, irrespective of the method followed, certain procedures outlined in sections 7 and […]
IN THE MATTER OF CHANG, 14 IN Dec. 720 (BIA 1974)
Interim Decision Number 2294 MATTER OF CHANG. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-20306974Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board June 12, 1974 Since beneficiary’s alleged adoption in Burma by natives of China occurred subsequent to 1939, it was governed, not by Chinese customary law, but by Burmese […]
IN RE RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ, 22 IN Dec. 1378 (BIA 2000)
Interim Decision Number 3436 In re Miguel Ignacio RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ, Respondent File A74 726 833 BataviaBoard of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided as amended November 8, 2000[1] [1] On our own motion, we amend the orders of June 22, 2000, and September 22, 2000, in this case. The amended […]
IN RE B-, 21 IN Dec. 66 (BIA 1995)
Interim Decision Number 3251 In re B-, Applicant Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided May 19, 1995 Under the circumstances of this case, where an asylum applicant’s testimony was plausible, detailed, internally consistent, consistent with the asylum application, and unembellished during the applicant’s repeated relating of events […]
IN THE MATTER OF MANALO, 15 IN Dec. 4 (BIA 1974)
Interim Decision Number 2302 MATTER OF MANALO. In Exclusion Proceedings. A-19257498Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board July 3, 1974 Request for permission to withdraw his application for admission, made following the entry of an exclusion order and during the pendency of appeal to the Board, […]
IN THE MATTER OF C—- L—-, 7 IN Dec. 137 (BIA 1956)
MATTER OF C—- L—-. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. E-086239Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board February 28, 1956 Suspension of deportation — Section 244 (a) (5), Immigration and Nationality Act — Final order of deportation — Conditional withdrawal thereof does not affect ineligibility for suspension of deportation. […]
IN RE ASSAAD, 23 IN Dec. 553 (BIA 2003)
Interim Decision Number 3487 In re Bassel Nabih ASSAAD, Respondent. File A72 824 993. Houston.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided February 12, 2003. (1) Case law of the United States Supreme Court holding, in the context of criminal proceedings, that there can be no deprivation of effective […]
IN THE MATTER OF A—- (HUSBAND AND WIFE), 4 IN Dec. 334 (BIA 1951)
IN THE MATTER OF A—- (HUSBAND AND WIFE). In EXCLUSION Proceedings. A-7910824 and A-7910825Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board April 11, 1951 Subversive, proscribed organization, member of organization affiliated with — Act of 1918, as amended — Exclusion ground — “Voluntary” membership or affiliation — […]