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Alfred B. Taylor, Esq
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875 Massachuset Avenue, Site 31Cambige MA 02139
OHS/ICE ice of Chie Counse BSP Box 8728oston, MA 024
Nae: QUAREY FREDERICK ASA A 096-642-201
Date of this notice 7/30/204
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U.S m Executive Ofce Immiation Review
Decsi o the Bod ommigratin Appeals
Falls Chuch, Viginia 0530
File A096 642 201 Boston,
n re REDECK ASAOUAR EY
MOVAL PROCEEGS
APAL
ate
ON BEHAL O RESPONENT Aled Talor, Esqire
APPLICATIO Continuance
JUL 3 0 214
The esponent, a native and citizen of Ghana, appeas om e ecision of e ImmigationJudge, ate Je 22, 202, dening is request a continance Te reco wil e remandedr her poceedings
We review r cear error the nings of ct, incding te detemination of credibilit,mae b the Immigration Judge 8 CF.R 003()(3)(i) We eview de novo al oer issues,inclding wethe he pies have met e reevant brden of proof, and isses of discretion CF R 0031 (d)(3 )(ii).
otice to ppea was issed in hs case on Jne 26, 2009, and the esponent rstapeared bee the mmigration Jge on Septeme 6, 2009 e next heaig was e on
June 20, 2012, at wch time the espondent state that a visa etton had been led on hisehalf b his aw permanent resient spose it ha not yet een aprove. The esponentwas iven 2 das to repare to pesent s arguments conceng a continuance pursnt tothe citeria established b e Boar See atter of Hashi 24 I& Dec. 75 (I 2009)On Jne 22, 2012, the mmigration Jdge denied te espondent's equest r a continance, ndis reqests r adminisative csre nd vountr depre The respondent as appeaeom this decision
The Immigratin Juge denie the request a continuance r o reasons First, e undhat, ahough the responent a a visa petition led on is eaf, it ha not yet een appovedFe, if it were approve, as is sose is a aw permaent resient, he responent would
not immeiatey be eligibe to adst his stas (IJ. at 3, 6 Tr. at 45, 13 5) n tis regrd,e Immigation Jdge noted e minimal evidence suppoing he bona des of this maage(J at 5-6) Second, the Imigrato Juge consdered te qestinabe natre o herespondent's prior miage. or tis pior miage, he respondent had ed r a Waiver of the
oint Petition to Remove Conditions n Residence (o -751) d tis was denied (.J. at 3-6;Ex. 5) he Depament of Hmeland Sect ("DH) aso oposed the equest acontinuance in the cent poceeding (Tr at 21)
On appea, he responden as sbmitted evidence hat his cent spose as becomea Unted States citizen The respondent, heere, apars statutriy eligble to adust hisstats if is visa petition is appoved. ltoug te ona de nate of this marage is yet to
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b abi e no a a en bo e reo a oy ao a ayconnuanc o gaer inc o uppor h rqu r a coinac Furher DHS ano d any oppoion o appal i uncu coclud a a rman arraIn i rgar w orv a alhou r coul b ueon ocein aliy of reonen' rior maia prou Fo 751 a no ni ba on au. O rmaor Immraon Juge may aluae any iue rlae o rponn ligbliyr ajumen of au; if ia ion a u i no y ajuiae Immraon uoul conr al u rlean o tr y r conuanc ar aane SeeMatter of Hashmi, supra; see also Alsamhouri v. Gonzales 484 . 117 122 1 Cr. 007Matter ofPerez-ndrade 9 &N Dec 43 44 I 187. Ou io o ra rcori no e o rec an oion conce rpo ulma taory biy orany exerci of crio by Imgrao u ca
ORDER: T recor rem r r proce an t nty of a ne ecion
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UNITD STATS DPARTNT OF JSTICXCUTIV OFFIC FOR IMIGRATION RIW
UNITD STATS IIGRATION COURTBOSTON SSACHUSTTS
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In te atte o
Jne 1
FRD RICK ANSA QUART I ROA PROCD INS
RSONDNT
CRG Sco 3 a) 1 D) ) o t Iaton adNatonalty Act
APPICAT IONS Cotnaton o oceds admstateclos; olntay deate e Scto40B b) ; adstmt o stats
ON BHAF OF RSPONDNT: AFD B TAOR
ON BAF OF HS: MISS C. GANANO
OR DCISION OF TH IIRATION JDG
Te sondt s an adlt ale nat ad ctze o
Gana Te sondet was lacd nto emoal ocedns
tog e ssace o a otc to ea dated J 9
See xbt No 1 Tat docment s also ow as a Fo I8
Te sondnt to cosl led tt ladgs
ts cas. S xbt No T sondt admts all o te
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aegaons n h Noic o ppa an concees he one go
o f eoaiy The esponen aso esignaes hana as he
cony fo emoa pposes This Co heefoe fns ha
emoaiiy has een saishe y eience ha is cea an
conincing, a hs Co wi esignae hana as h cony
fo emoa poses.
The esonen sees a coninaion of hes poceings so
ha an 3 a as fie as wee y his ne af
peanen esien spouse my e ajuicae The Boa of
migaion ppeas in hei ecision in a of ashmi, 2
&N Dec 85 B 209) has se foh aamees ih hich
his Comus se o emin whhe goo cause exiss o
conine poceeings sch as hese poceeings
The Boa has se o fie facos ha sho e
consiee ahogh he Boa aes cea ha he Boa s no
iie o hese facos is is s posiion egaing he
moion o conine n his case, S is oppose Secon,
wheh he nying isa peiion is pma facie apoae.
hi he esponens saoy igiiy fo asen of
sas ouh, whehe he esponens apicaion fo
asmen of sas meis a faoae execise of isceonn fie, he eson fo he coninance an any the eeant
poceua facos n his case, fo e easons se foh
eo his Co fins a goo case oes no eis o
coninue hse poceeings.
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he ourt fnds tht hether or not he uderyng vis
eton is rm fceroble s ultmtely rrelen s
the resondent is not sttutriy elgle for djustmen of
sttus he resondents suse is lfu erment resdet,
nd hough e resondet coneds she hs fled n
cio for ctizenshi, t his ime te resonden is
sttutorily negbe for djstment o f stus. he resonden
conedes tht becse hs sose is legl ermnent resdent,
f is 130 ere roed tody he od not be eligble to
djust his sttus s the vis uers ould not be current
ddtonly ths ourt fnds tht Exhibt No 5 n he
record, the denil of te resondents I75 tht hs Form
I-51, goodfth iver denl, resents sgnfcnt negtve
discreonr fctors n this cse lthugh counse chlenges
those fctors set forth in xhibt No 5, he does so
unconvncngl he rocedur hisory n tis cse s
sgnfcnt, nd therefore bot fcors four nd five s set
forth in tter of shm re reevnt nd Exhbit No 5 is
elen n ths regrd
lthoug the ourt notes tht he resondent did he
reos I-130 roed on hs behf, the Dertment of
oelnd Securty hs, n ery detaile ecision tht four
ges long, dened te resondents good-ft ver reuest,
hs Form I-75 request, on nury 31 202 s request nd
etton by the resondent reted to his rrge to Sonj
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Lafor whch occurre o May 9 2 Wester
Massacsetts. e resoets status was tally ajuste
to tat o a codtoal ermaet resdet o February
e resoet's dvorce from Ms Lafor became fal o
aary 27 21. S coclude that te resodet ad ot
sbmtted s ffcet evece to show tat, r the tme he
a Ms. Laford were marred the created a sared lfe
toeter.
he . S. Ctzesh a Igrato Servces goes o
xhbt No. 5 to ote that the resode testfed before S
that Ms. Lagford was bor New Beford Massachusetts yet
her brt certfcate reflected that she as bor Brockto,
Massacsetts. e exbt oes o to ote that tally the
resoet ad Ms. Lafor fled the jot Form I751 o
aar 22, 2 but ths form was deed beause Ms Laford
faled to aear for the terve.
S otes that ort of te frst Form I75, t
resodet submtted a lease for the resdece at Cotr
Clb Boulevard. S otes that altouh the lease s ate o
May 2 2 the lease lsts a start ate of ue 1 2.
ey o o to ote that as ether te resoet or hs tewfe ee resd the aartmet o ue 1 2. s
screacy the date calls to questo the valdty of the
lease. CIS oes o to ote other cossteces reard the
lease
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he resondent testfed, accordng to Exhbt 5, that
s Langfod as sefemoed bradng har and that she dd
not have any other emoymet oever, accordng to the
bogahc nformaton, Form 3 that s. Lang ford
sbmtted n sot of te etton for aen e tve, the
Form 30 s. angfod ndcted she orked as a saes
eresentatve fo N n Ne Bedfod
he ort otes that S goes on fo sevea moe ages n
ths decson and ths ort, otg that ths s a f exhbt
n ths case, does gve ths docment fl eght he ort
notes consels agents aganst the S dena, bt at the
same tme notes that the resondent s egble fo a reve of
ths 1 dena and he s not seekn that reve before ths
ort hs ort takes that ll nto cosdeaton
he ort takes to cosderton the rocedral hstory
n ths case here the resondent as fst granted condtonal
esdence egardng hs nted States ctzen sose that he s
no dvorced from hat a eek before the aste aendar
hearng, hs ne fe, ho s a lafl ermanent resden, fed
an 130 vsa etton for hm hose docments are contaned
n Exhbt No. 4 he marrage aears to have occred n
r of 2012 o a f mnts ore te ster enr
hearng None of ths covnces the ort that the esondent
has esented ood case to contne these roceedngs fo the
adjudcaton of the I-130 fled by hs lafu ermanent resdent
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souse or al of tose easos this ourt il dey e
resondents request for a coniance
or the reasons set fort ave his Court fids o asis
to aiistratively close hese roceedigs for te eig
I-130 f his Court is ot wilig to contue the
rocedings tha is ease the resondent has ot bee ale
o demostrate good cause to oinue he roceedings for the
adudicatio this Cort is no terefore ilig to
administratively close t oceedig for tat urose
Because te!esod does not esetly have a aroved
I-130 ad ecause even if e did ave an aroved I10 he s
ot eligible to adust hi satus his alicatio to adst
saus is retermited
Lastly the resodet as alied for volutary dearture
nder Sectio 240B( tat is volutary deartre at the
conclusio of roceedigs s DH as arge te resondent
as faied to demonstrate hi satutory eligibility for tis
reief The resodet ust demonstrate tha he has been
ysicay resent i t ied Stat for a eriod of at least
one year iediately recedig te date the Notice to ear was
sved he must deonstae at he is ad as ee a eson ofgood moral character o a least five eas diatel te
aies alicatio for volutary dearture he mst demostrate
tat he is ot deortale uder Sectio 27a (2 () (iii or
Section 27(a(4, and e t estabish y clear ad convicing
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edence that he has te eans to depart the Unted States and
ntends to do so ddtonall, an alen permted o deart
olnarl nder ths sbsecton shall be eqed to ost a
oltar deartre ond
The responden as not demosrated hs wllngness o hs
ablt to pos hat bod hereore, alto ths Cor
consders the responden's eso reardn hs olntar
departre applcaton, hs Cor nds that he as not
deonstrated hs stautor elgbt or olunar departre
ereore, ts Cort wll den he respondent's olntar
departe alcaon nder Secton 240B(b o the ct
he espondent has apled or no other rele n ths
case, and thereore ths Cor wl order he respondent reoed
rom the nd Staes o aa ased po the one carge
contaned n the Notce to pear at Ex o 1
Ths Cot oes oe tha e resondents curret we was
not aalale to e presen at the hearn toda Howeer, ths
Cort nds a een were hs we peset toda ad een wee
the responden o demonsrae ht hs crrent arrage s ona
de and hat he sa eton s prma ace approale, hat
chanes nothng n eards o e Co's aoe ndng
Tereore, ths Court ds that the act tha the respondents
we was not aalale toda does not act n an wa hs
Cot's decso and wold o chane ts Co's decson
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ORER
IT IS HEREY OREE tat t rspondens requst o
ontnu these proceedngs e a d s r dend
IT IS RER ORERE that the respondnts reqest to
admnstra cos tse proedngs e and s r
dend.
I IS RTER ORERED tat te rspondens appcaon fr
adustmet o status e and s re preermd
IT IS RER ORERE that th rspondnts appcaon or
ontar departr ud Scton 2) e, and s her
dned
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CERIFICAE PAE
I here er tat e attaed rceedg ere J
MAHEW J DAEO, the atter :
FREERICK ASA QARTEY
A096642201
OSO, MASSACSES
s a acrate, eram trasrt he rerdg as red
te Execte Oe fr Igran Reew ad hat hs s
the rga transcrt there r te le e Exectve
Oe r Igra Reew.
FREE SAE EORI, Ic
SEEMER 7 , 012
(en Date)
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