Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Napolitano
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 2, 2009No. 07-2977PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is whether an alien married to a United States citizen remains an “immediate relative,” within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), if the couple had been married for less than two years when her citizen spouse died. It is an issue this court has never addressed.
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Factual and Procedural History
Osserritta Robinson (“Robinson”), a citizen and national of Jamaica, entered the United States on January 14, 2002, as an non-immigrant visitor on a B-2 visa and married Louis Robinson (“Mr. Robinson”), a United…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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