Legal Opinion
BELENZO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1981No. ID 2793PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2793 MATTER OF BELENZO In Deportation Proceedings A-20040248 Decided by Board May 6, 1980, December 2, 1980, and May 19, 1981 Decided by Attorney General April 28, 1981 (1) Under section 246(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1256(a), the Attorney General is directed to rescind the adjustment of status granted an alien if within 5 years it appears to his satisfaction that the alien was not is fact eligible for such adjustment. (2) In Matter of 8—, 9 I&N Dec. (BIA 1961,1962; LG. 1962), the Attorney General ruled that the 5-year limitation period for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kwong Hai Chew v. ColdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1962
- Ahmad Waziri v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Benito Quintana v. J. W. Holland, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Philadelphia, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by27 opinions
- M-SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998
- In Gun Choe v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Neil Monet v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Felix Ilkechukwu Asika v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- D-RBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2011
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