Legal Opinion
Keshabhai Patel v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-2548PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Keshabhai Patel, a native and citizen of India, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his petition for adjustment of his status to permanent resident. We affirm the Board’s decision.
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Petitioner entered this country on June 29, 1973, as a non-immigrant student, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F) (1982), shortly before his thirtieth birthday. He left his wife and two young children behind in India. Petitioner enrolled as a full-time student at Northwestern Business College in Chicago effective July 6, 1973. Also that July, petitioner began…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- ARAIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1970
- Navinchandra Mafatlal Jarecha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Om Prakash Jain v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Jose Edmund Santos v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Jose Roberto Murillos v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Virginia Ragon Achacoso-Sanchez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- William Palmer v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Husam F. Hamdan v. Alberto Gonzales, 1 United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Abdul Dashto v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Samirah v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
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