Legal Opinion
BENNETT
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1984No. ID 2955PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2955 MATTER OF BENNETT In Deportation Proceedings A.-12515060 Decided by Board February 8, 1984 (1) An alien who is admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor, who without permission of the Immigration and Naturalization Service engages in purely religious activities on behalf of a church, and who is compensated for those activities, is deportable for failure to maintain status even if he now qualifies as a special immigrant minister and intends to work for the same church which has been employing him. (2) Such employment also bars the alien from adjusting his…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Andrus v. Glover Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- CHOULIARISBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1977
- Majid Ghorbani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Hiroshi Oki and Chizuko Oki v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Sunil Lotus Aiyadurai v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Gerald L. Coyle, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by1 opinion
- MABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998