Interim Decision Number 3013 MATTER OF A. DOW STEAM SPECIALITIES, LTD. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-27221735.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Commissioner May 21, 1986. In occupational preference visa petition proceedings a petitioner, having no location in the United States, is not an employer and, therefore, […]
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IN THE MATTER OF PATRICK, 19 IN Dec. 726 (BIA 1988)
Interim Decision Number 3076 MATTER OF PATRICK. In Visa Petition Proceedings. A-27243552.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board September 1, 1988. (1) In order to obtain preference status for the beneficiary as his son under section 203(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § […]
IN THE MATTER OF LINDNER, 15 IN Dec. 170 (BIA 1975)
Interim Decision Number 2341 MATTER OF LINDNER. In Deportation Proceedings. A-11038815Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board January 31, 1975 Respondent was convicted for the illegal possession of marijuana in a criminal proceeding which was not conducted in connection with any provision of either a State […]
IN THE MATTER OF BURGOS, 15 IN Dec. 278 (BIA 1975)
Interim Decision Number 2375 MATTER OF BURGOS. In Deportation Proceedings. A-20354694 A-20353298Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board April 25, 1975 Under section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, a Service officer is empowered, without warrant to interrogate an alien as to his right to […]
IN THE MATTER OF R—-, 3 IN Dec. 343 (BIA 1949)
IN THE MATTER OF R—-. In ADVANCE-SEVENTH PROVISO Proceedings. A-5349697Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board September 29, 1948 Ruling by Attorney General January 12, 1949 Decided by Board April 18, 1949 Seventh proviso relief — Advance exercise thereof — Section 3 of the Immigration Act […]
IN THE MATTER OF M—- C—-, 9 IN Dec. 516 (BIA 1961)
MATTER OF M—- C—-. In EXCLUSION Proceedings. A-12717851.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board November 20, 1961. Expatriation — Sections 349(a)(5) and 349(b) — Voting in Mexico. Voting in 1952 and 1960 in Mexican elections by dual national of United States and Mexico who has resided […]
IN THE MATTER OF S.S. EVGENIA CHANDRIS, 3 IN Dec. 699 (BIA 1949)
IN THE MATTER OF S.S. EVGENIA CHANDRIS. In FINE Proceedings. F-5174Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Central Office August 3, 1949 Fines — Failure to deport alien seaman after written notification to do so — Section 20 of the Immigration Act of 1924 — When such […]
IN THE MATTER OF UNIV OF CALIFORNIA MED. CENTER, 10 IN Dec. 715 (BIA 1964)
Interim Decision Number 1392 MATTER OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENTER. In VISA PETITION Proceedings. SFR-N-3576Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Regional Commissioner January 17, 1964 An alien is ineligible for nonimmigrant classification under section 101(a)(15) (H)(i), Immigration and Nationality Act, if a first preference petition […]
MATTER OF MENDEZ-ORELLANA, 25 IN Dec. 254 (BIA 6-9-2010)
Interim Decision Number 3682 Matter of Carlos Ovidio MENDEZ-ORELLANA, Respondent. File A092 526 474. Los Angeles, California.Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided June 9, 2010. (1) In removal proceedings, the antique firearm exception in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3) (2006) is an affirmative defense that must be sufficiently […]
IN THE MATTER OF LOO, 15 IN Dec. 601 (BIA 1976)
Interim Decision Number 2478 MATTER OF LOO. In Deportation Proceedings. A-11407844Board of Immigration Appeals Executive Office for Immigration Review U.S. Department of Justice Decided by Board March 3, 1976 Respondent, who initially gained admission to this country by virtue of a 1954 judgment of a court declaring him to be a citizen of the United […]