Legal Opinion

KEKICH

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1984No. ID 2983Published

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2983 MATTER OF KEKICII In Visa Petition Proceedings A-28195764 Decided by Board November 16, 1984 (1)Where expatriation is in issue, commission of any of the acts specified in section 349(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1481(a) (1982), may be viewed as highly persuasive evidence of an intent to abandon United States citi- zenship; and under section 349(c), the Government satisfies its evidentiary burden by showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the citizen has committed an intentional expatriating pet Matter of Wayne.

16 I&N Dec. 248

(BIA 197'r),…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Afroyim v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Vance v. TerrazasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
  4. Nishikawa v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Thomas Glenn Jolley v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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