Legal Opinion
FEFE
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1989No. ID 3121PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3121 MATTER OF FEFE In Exclusion Pi oceedings A 28556£62 - Decided by Board August 1, 1989 (1) An applicant for asylum cannot meet his b irden of proof unless he testifies under oath regarding his application; and, therefc,re, an immigration judge should not proceed to adjudicate a written application for asylum if no oral testimony has been offered in support of that application. (2) At a minimum, the regulations require that an asylum applicant take the stand, be placed under oath, and be questioned as to whether the information in his written application is complete and…
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