Legal Opinion
SOFFIC
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1998No. ID 3359PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3359 In re SOFFICI, Petitioner In Visa Petition Proceedings A76 472 614 Designated as a precedent by the Commissioner, June 30, 1998. (Decided by the Associate Commissioner, Examinations, June 25, 1998.) (1) A petitioner under § 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act cannot establish the requisite investment of capital if he lends the money to his new commercial enterprise. (2) Loans obtained by a corporation, secured by assets of the corporation, do not constitute capital invested by a petitioner. Not only is such a loan prohibited by 8 C.F.R, § 204.6(e), but the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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