Interim Decision Number 2805 MATTER OF BALODIS. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-22171332Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Regional Commissioner February 12, 1980 (1) Classification under section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K), may be granted an alien beneficiary if it is established that: (1) The […]
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IN THE MATTER OF GROSS, 13 IN Dec. 322 (BIA 1969)
Interim Decision Number 1988 MATTER OF GROSS. In Section 212(e) Proceedings. A-17133431Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Regional Commissioner July 11, 1969 Applicant’s compliance with the foreign residence requirement would result in exceptional hardship to her United States citizen husband within the meaning of section 212(e) […]
IN THE MATTER OF Z—-, 7 IN Dec. 253 (BIA 1956)
MATTER OF Z—-. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. A-4566433Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board July 6, 1956 Crime involving moral turpitude — Indecent assault, section 6052, General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1930 — Receiving stolen goods, section 6116, General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1930. (1) […]
MATTER OF DORMAN, Cite as 25 IN Dec. 485 (A.G. 4-26-2011)
Interim Decision Number 3712 Matter of Paul Wilson DORMAN, Respondent. Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Attorney General April 26, 2011. The Attorney General vacated the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals and remanded for the Board to make specific findings with regard to the […]
IN THE MATTER OF A—-, 9 IN Dec. 705 (BIA 1962)
MATTER OF A—-. In VISA PETITION Proceedings. A-11959587.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board June 1, 1962. Visa petition — Section 205(c), 1952 act, as amended — Effect of revocation of visa petition based on sham marriage. Visa petition filed by beneficiary’s first wife in 1959 […]
MATTER OF BUSTAMANTE, 25 IN Dec. 564 (BIA 7-13-2011)
Interim Decision Number 3722 Matter of Roberto Carlos BUSTAMANTE, Respondent. Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided July 13, 2011. The bar to cancellation of removal in section 240A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(C) (2006), which precludes an alien who has been convicted […]
IN THE MATTER OF QUINTANILLA-MONTES, 13 IN Dec. 508 (BIA 1970)
Interim Decision Number 2031 MATTER OF QUINTANILLA-MONTES. In Exclusion Proceedings. A-18464888Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 20, 1970 “Sunday marching” and drill for about an hour in Mexico under the direction of a soldier from the regular Mexican Army, over a period of approximately […]
IN THE MATTER OF P—-, 3 IN Dec. 818 (BIA 1950)
IN THE MATTER OF P—-. In DEPORTATION Proceedings. A-6093609Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board December 9, 1949 Decided by Board June 27, 1950 Previous arrest and deportation — Permission to reapply thereafter — Act of March 4, 1929, as amended — Whether original deportation was […]
IN THE MATTER OF RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ, 17 IN Dec. 503 (BIA 1980)
Interim Decision Number 2820 MATTER OF RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ. In Deportation Proceedings. A-23007472Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board August 25, 1980 (1) The decision to institute deportation proceedings involves the exercise of prosecutorial discretion and is one which neither the immigration judge nor this Board reviews. (2) […]
IN THE MATTER OF BAILEY, 11 IN Dec. 466 (BIA 1966)
Interim Decision Number 1546 MATTER OF BAILEY. In Exclusion Proceedings. A-13959481.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board August 9, 1965 and January 6, 1966. An alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence but living in Canada where he is daily employed full time, […]