Legal Opinion
LENNING
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980No. ID 2817PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2817 MATTER OF LENNING In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24019786 Decided by Board August 12, 1980 A visa petition filed on behalf of an alien spouse is properly denied where the parties legally separated pursuant to the terms of a formal, written separation agreement notwithstanding fact that their marriage was entered into in good faith and had not been finally dissolved by an absolute divorce decree. Chan v. Bell, 464 F.Supp. 125 1978), and Matter of McKee, Interim Decision 2782 (BIA 1980), distinguished. ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: Lydia Savoyka, Esquire Migration and Refugee…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Christian v. ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
- Sang Chul Bark v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Robert Dabaghian v. Benjamin Civiletti, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Chan v. BellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1978
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