VARIG BRAZILIAN AIR

Interim Decision #3304 In re Varig Brazilian Airlines “Flight No. 830” File LOS 911430 - Los Angeles Decided February 18, 1997 Decided October 22, 1997 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) The reasonable diligence standard of section 273(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1323(c) (Supp. III 1991), is applied both to the determination of whether the passenger was an alien and to the adequacy of the carrier’s examination of the passenger’s documents. (2) In a determination of reasonable diligence under section…