Legal Opinion
AWWAL
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1988No. ID 3056PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim. Decision #3056 MATTER OF AWWAL In Rescission Proceedings Under Section 246 of the Immigration and Nationality Act A-20282043 Decided by Board April 4, 1988 (1) A steprelationship under section 101(bX1)(13) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. § 1101
(bX1)03) (1982), must be based on a marriage that was at some point a valid one. (2) A sham marriage is invalid from lie iuceptiou and cannot under any circum- stances be the basis of a steprelationship under section 101(b)(1)(13) of the Act. (8) Even where there is an ongoing actual family relationship between a stepparent and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States Immigration & Naturalization Service v. HibiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- LAUREANOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1983
- RAMIREZ-SANCHEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1980
- Ahmad Waziri v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- MARQUEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1990
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