CHAWATHE

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25 I&N Dec. 369

(AAO 2010) Interim Decision #3700 Matter of CHAWATHE Decided October 20, 20101 U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Administrative Appeals Office (1) For purposes of establishing the requisite continuous residence in naturalization proceedings pursuant to section 316(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1427(b) (2006), a publicly held corporation may be deemed an “American firm or corporation” if the applicant establishes that the corporation is both incorporated in the United States and trades its stock…