WONG

Interim Decision #1863 MATTER OF Worm In Deportation Proceedings A-14490364 Decided by Board May 23, 1968 The term "inspected" within the purview of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, means that an alien presented himself before a proper official of the Immigration Service for inspection as an alien or if he presented himself as a United States citizen he honestly and truthfully believed :he was a citizen [Matter of Wong, 11 I. & N. Dee. 712, reaffirmed]. Hence, respondent, who was admitted to the United States upon a knowing false claim to citizenship has not…