Zyapkov v. Lynch

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Nikolay Zyapkov, a Bulgarian citizen, applied to become a lawful permanent resident based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen. An immigration judge denied that application in a decision upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Zyapkov petitions for review of the Board’s decision, but we conclude that his challenges to that decision are without merit.

I. Background

Zyapkov entered the Unitéd States in 2002 with a six-month visitor’s visa. His daughter and ex-wife had come to the United States two years earlier, and both eventually obtained citizenship through the…