Legal Opinion

AKINOLA

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1975No. ID 2400PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2400 MATTER OF AKINOLA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-18159092 Decided by Board June 19, 1975 The District Director revoked his approval of visa petition classifying beneficiary as the spouse of a United States citizen under section 201(b) of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act, on the ground that the beneficiary had a prior marriage which had not been dissolved. The beneficiary and his first wife, natives and nationals of Ghana, had been married there in 1964 according to local tribal custom. Beneficiary entered the United States as a nonimmigrant student in 1969, and was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. KODWOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2008
  2. ODUROBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1983
  3. KUMAHBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985

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