Somnuck Hirunpidok, Somchua Hirunpidok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

RICHEY, District Judge:

Petitioners Somnuck and Somchua Hirunpidok, natives and citizens of Thailand, appeal from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the Immi gration Judge’s (IJ) denial of their Application for Status as Permanent Aliens. Petitioners contend that they are entitled to exemption from the labor certification requirement of Section 212(a)(14) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(14) (1976), 1 by reason of their investment of more than $10,000 in a market.

The IJ and BIA first found that petitioners’ investment was less…