Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia v. Chertoff

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case presents an unusual variation on the many petitions and appeals this court receives in the area of immigration law. It concerns the ultimately unsuccessful effort of Natalija Kalinicenko to obtain and keep a visa that would permit her to work as a Head Sister at the Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Diocese of Chicago and Detroit (“the Church”). At one point, Kalinicenko had such a visa, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked it in 2004. Both the Church and Kalinicenko sued the Secretary, the Acting…