Aquelino Jose Pacheco Pereira v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

This is a petition to review a decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, hereinafter Service, affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals, in which the Service determined that petitioner was not entitled to adjustment of status and must depart the country. Petitioner is a Portuguese alien who entered as a visitor for pleasure in February 1964. On April 4 he married a resident United States citizen, who shortly thereafter filed a petition with the Service requesting that his status be changed to that of a nonquota immigrant pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1155(b). Petitioner’s leave to…