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Farabee, Allen W EsqP.O Box 139Bualo NY 4213
Name: PERSAUD MTILAL
of
Executve Oce r Immigration Review
oard �mmigrton ppeasOc of h Crk
5 /07 Leesburg Pike, Sue 2000Fll Cuc Vn 0530
HS/ ICE Office of Chief Counsel - BUF130 Delawae Avenu, Room 203Buffalo NY 1202
A 03909797
Date of this notic: 2/6/ 205
closed is a copy of the Board's deisio and order in the above-rerenced ase.
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partmnt of Jutic Deision of he Boad of Immigation AppeasExecutive Oce r Immigation Review
Falls Chrc, Virgna 20530
ile: A09 091 797 - Bualo NY
In re MOTILALL PERSAD
MAL PROCEEDNGS
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e respodet a native and citize of yana timey apeals an Immigration Judg'sOoer 1S, 2012 decision ng te respond o adissle as cargd Te recor wilbe remaded to e Immgaon udge r ter poceedings and r entry of a ne
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e responden was amied to te nited States as a lawl pemanent resident onanuar 22 195 In 2005, t respondent aried a Canadian citien Tr at 35 Wen terespoden attemptd to rtu to t nted Stats o aada at te S/Canadian order
crossing at Buao ew ork on Frry 1 0 a rview o te rspondents gratione sowed tat e ad copted ad sged a or -40 andont o aw ranntesident Status on Spemer 15 009 we previousy atptd to ross t ordr oCanada nto t nted States aer visiting s E 2 a D otic to Appear wasissued on ebruary 11 2011 arging t responden wt inadissiit under setion 2a7)AiI) of te Act SC § 12a7iI an immigan not in te
possession of a vaid igan visa or enty docment (x. 1) In a decision dated October 18202 e Iigraio udge ud at e Deame of Holn Secui "DS) ad cie is urde of provig b cear ad convincing evec te responent was inadmssieas carged ndng tat te respoent ad aandoned is prior aw pemaent resdent status
n ain a admitted r pannt rsdenc n e nited States is not regarded asseing admission ness among oter tngs t aien as aadoned or rlnqised tat status ee section 01a3C of t Imigration and ationaliy At SC l 10a3C Were an appicant r admission to t nited States as a colorae caim toretig residen status, te burdn s on te Depme of Hoeand Securit HS to sowy clear unequivoca and convicng viden ta te applan soud e deprived of er LP
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stas. Matadin v Muksey 546 F3d 85, 9 (2d Cir. 200); Mater of Huang 19 I&N Dec49 (B 98) n deeining whehe he DHS has me i brden of proof, we look towehe he aen reuning o an unenquhed lawl ermanent resdene aer a emporayvsit abroad d a 753 Te nenon of he aen, when an be aserned, l cono Id;atter ofKane 15 &N Dec 258 (B 975) Suh nen may e deened by exang e
ocaon of famy es, propery hodngs, jo, and wheher he aen inended o re o theUned Saes as a place of empoyen or busines or as an aual ome Id. We hae asoconidered he appican's prpose n depng om he Unied Sate, wheher he vs abroadcan be expeced o einae wihin a reavey sho period of me, and wheher e ermnaondae c be xed by some ey even ate of Kane, supra aien's proed nen ore o he Uied Sae wou more no uen o uppor he aens e. Matter ofHuang supa a 7 55
In ndng ha e respondent aadoned hs R satu, e mmigraon Judge eed on e-47 sgned by he respondent nd rejeced e reonden aim ha e execued he n a er ha wa kowng, negen, and vounay (J a 67) However, even assumng,
whou decding, ha e mgraon dge was corre n s anayss as to e 407, thsdoumen, aone, s no dposive of the abndoen ie n order o determne wether anLR has abandoned su aus, he totali of the cicumstances inudng e ors lsedabove, mus be onidered See eg, Hana v Goales 40 3d 472, 476 (6th 2005)(saing ha, at eas n the conex of excluson oceedng, a cou houd consder he "oatyof he rcumsce in deenng whether a py has abandoned R au) oinv Ashco 335 3d 415, 41 (5 Cir 23) ng Reno 13 3d 1512 (9h . 99).
n s cae there ae a number of cor hat, f rue, woud ape o spo hereondens aeron at, deie e gnng o he 407, e dd no nend o abandon hisLR saus, but rahe inended to reu o a einquied domie n e ned Sae aer
a shor p o Canada oaby, e heng ranscpt n atemens om e resondensousel accompyng evdeniy submssons ndicae not oy ta he responden has eena LR snce 95, but ha he ha away mantaned a resdence n te Uned Sae, a heow ropery n he Ued Saes, incudng a ome in lorda, land n New Yok, da bnes n New or, at e as aiy n he Uned Sae, and a he te aped oecome a naurazed Uned Sae cien, ncudng n 2006 (Tr a 113, 2122, 3 Uaredevdenty bmission daed May 22, 22) He also asser hat he wa smpy ving hsCanadian wfe r a w day at her home n 2009, d away nended o e o h oe norda hory ereaer ( a 35)
s conderaon of he veracy and mor of these serion nvolve tnding, we nd aroprae o remand ths maer to the graon Judge o asess hese cors, d oreevauae he ue of whether, under he oa of he crcmaes, the eponden hadoned s LR saus ee CFR § 3 (d)3 )(v) povdng , ube ernexcepons no appcabe o he resen cae, the Board w no engage n facndng n hecouse of decidng apeas) so dong, te graton Judge shoud consder the addonaevdence e reonden a sbed on aeal, ad shod alow he es o oe addonaargment and evdene
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ordingl, e llowing order will e enered
ER e rerd remanded o e mmigraion dge r rer roeedngoien wih he regong oinon and r e enr of a ne deiion
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UNITED STATES DEPARTENT OF JUSTCE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IGRATON REIEW
UNITE STATES RATION CORT
BUFFAO, E YORK
Fle: A039-091-797 October 18, 202
n the atte of
OTILALL PERSAU REOVAL PROCEEIS
RESPONDENT
CHARGES:
APPCATIOS:
(a) 7 A i of te mgaton and
Natonalty Act as aended nasuch as te
respondent s chaged as an mgant who at the
te of appcato fo adsson was not n
possesson of a vald unexpred gant vsa
eenty pemt borde cossng card o other
vad enty docuent equed by the Act and a
vad unexped passport o othe sutabe tave docuent o docuent of dentity and natonaty
as equed unde te eguatons ssued by the
Attoney enea unde Secton 21a of the Act
ON BEAF OF RESPONDENT: AE FARABEE
ON BEHALF OF HS: DENISE C. OCU
ORA DCSO O TE IRATION UDGE
The espondent s a 66-yea-old ale natve and
ctzen of uyana who as adtted paagaphs 2 and 3 of the
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Noice o Appea Februar 20 and dened paagaph 4 a d
. 5 wa ef bland a d theefore the Cou will preue ha
he alo dened ha a wel bu even gve he o favorable
consrucion o he eonde t he Cou wou fnd ha he ha
abandoned h lawful pea e eie tau and he Cou
will explan reao wh
The respondent eiie aong ohe hing on
dec exainaon ha i 995 he becae a awful peanen
esent and ved n Quee s New York fo a few ear wih hi
US cien aughe accordin o what he eifed o He
ha been maed four o ve ear accodng o h emon
and i aed to a Canadia ce ha woked in he uckng
bue o d wok in he ucking bui es according o h
eon and a o had a furniure oe wou d be hard o
iagne a peron being a busiea and o be g abe o read
o wte o undesand he docuen ha one is called uon
fro me o e o gn bu aside o hat he espode
connued wh hi eion and tated ha he wen back and
forh o Canada and afe aring n Canaa he obane
au hee a a eden a d ad a eidence n Ca ada as
wel. He ao clai to have ed U S coe tax reu bu
he Cour obeved ha none are sgned and all appea o have
been ackdated. a s te ones a e respndent has
ube o he Cour The repo en alo caed he gned a
form a he ime of being a he borde which becae known a
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an I4 0, and dd so on September 15, 009, at Detrot,
Mhgan Respondent lams that he dd not gve up hs
resdene, hoever, and sates he told he offers tha he
ved n era, no Canada He also ams he dd no no
ha he as sgnng, tha he dd no gve up hs rghs, and he
ams he dd so thnng he as gong o a funeral He further
saed tha t as no hs nenton o renqush hs
resdeny, and he lams he got the ax returns, as se forth
heren above n hs tesmony referred o by the Cour earer,
from hs aountan, bt does no have he orgnals or e
opes of them.
The Court nqured at ths paruar jnture or a
abot hat tme hether or no frther nqury as made to the
Interna Revenue Serve, gven the fa ha hey do keep
reords gong bak ha far, b he or has no been favored
h them. He also lams hat he as ataras, and had
srgery earer ths year, and has famy n Guyana, and hat he
e fled an applaon for naurazaton, and fed he
frst one sx years ago, and dd so aferard as el, b as
no suessfu He ams he ould not read, but he dd ae
ou a naralzaon appaton. He managed to do tha
On frher nqry n rossexamnaon, he testfed
ha i 2006 he applied fo aualizaio, bu "did'
reember" ha dae th referene to he dae of hs marrage
n 005 He also saed on ross-examnaon he beame a landed
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immigant 00, but says e nt emember. " gan, those
ors int remember hen he fe out a aturalaton
appiation He aso testifie that e has been marie te
an is st maie to a oma n Caaa, a laims he i not
o e a given up is ights, eve thoug he sgne te fom
n questo hih as eeive as Governments xhbit 2, an in
partular, the -4 0, an he ent o to state that he not
unestan hat te Immgatio offie as saing He aso
testifie an sai tat the offe put an "X on the fom hee
he as to sign Cose examnation of te I-4 0 iiates tee
is no X Thee is a X ext to te sgnatue on te NT, but
tere is no X on te I-4 07. The Cout fis tat testimon to
be omplete isingenuous an fase n aso, he put his
iitias on te I4 07 He amits that So there is onfting
testimony That oes not ome o i favo of te esponent
in terms of is eibiity, te Cout paenthetially as, but
ontnuing on th his testimony, he as st mare to hs
ife in Caaa, an as bee marie for seven ears, an as
ot even state ivore poeeings. If he ere living i te
Unite States of meia, a in partuar, i Kissimmee,
lora, all one nees is six monts of ontinuous resien
there to file a petton fo issolution of maiage He has
n e . h s e ore t tha s nvine he
Court that te respoents estmoy s not genue, a e s
being sngenuous, an is not reible He oul have file
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tat dvore petton n e or o Florda, ad f he as een
lvng lorda for as long as he says he has een, tat tme
ould have ome and gone a long tme ago, t e dd not, so te
presmpton s that he s stll marred to a oman n Canada and
stll retans sustantal ontats and onnetons th Canada,
addton to many oter tngs.
rthermore, on s natralzaton applaton n 06
he as ased f he as marred, and e sad, sngle " Well,
that as a false statement hat fators to the overal
elevalt of the respondent as el. t s st one more
pee to determe ether or not te totalty of the
rmstanes lead to a onluson, h n ts ase sos
that he s not redle or elevale Furtemore, e agan
lamed e as marred, t en son the natralzaton
applaton, he fnall admtted he as not sngle, t agan,
only after vgoros rossexamnaton ad repeated qestons dd
the respondent, and ten ontned t dssemle and as evasve
and nresponsve hen ased questons regardng hs status
On anoter form, he sed the ord, none, hen ased
f marred, and n effet, stated e ne he as requred to
tell te trut and dd not Puttng togeter on tng after
anoter, tat leads to one logal onlso, and that s, te
esponden ws no cedile n is esmony
e dd testfy on redret examnaton aot s
eyesght, t tere s no evdene at the tme tat he sgned
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this particular document that he was uabe to read or write or
uderstand the cotets of what it was he siged. Now going
back to te I- and tere was a record of sworn statement by
the way that te resondet aso gave it states o there at
paragrah 6A I o onger lie ere ad have ot for the last
two years ad there is a iitia MP. e resondet said
those were his iitials. Tere is o testioy that an oficer
force hi to o tis. fid it was knowingly signe
iteligenty siged a voutariy siged and I do ot see
aywhere I see te sigature of te aie ad the date 5-
Tere is no X ext to is sigature were the officer woud
have suggested that tat is wat he ha to sig or was comele
o sig it. On te next page I o ot see a X ether next to
is signature e says we tere is a itte dot We I
do not see a itte dot there An if you ook at te curicue
on the way he signs his ame tat is orma a atural
especiay we you ook at te NTA ad ake a sie-by-sie
anaysis an compariso betwee te two. There there was
ceary an X You can see that X But he has a oop at the
eginning of the M in sigig his nae. That is exacty what
aears on te I-. There was o dot there was no X tere
was o suggestion that e sig tis or was mise into sigig
Te Cot no eard an onvnng eence o f that.
Now the esones estimony here today ad the
ourt must make a tresod iding as to credibility and te
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ou also has to dtmin on's dmano, cado, o
sosiss and h ih ausibilit of th aican's
account h consisncy btwn h alica's win and
oal stams, wihot ad o whth a iconsistcy os
to th ha of an aican's caim bu aso, do no want to
a ou h fact ha h is a cod of swo samnt
h wo knowinly sid ha n mad an amn
hat i was focd uon him o ha h did not kowin
inllny, and ounaiy i tha swo samn
On of h his Juds und th REAL I Act a
mid o do is o dtmi a son's dmao duin th
hain in assssin cdibiliy Vaunss and asinss of
on in oidin simon is a faco. Th ou os back
also o h cod of swo samnt tha h sondn a,
ad cal h was askd as h Gonmnt cocy oind
ou qstion, whn did ou mo to Canada? Asw abot th
as ao whn I ot n cad fo aada ll th ou
finds ha h sondn's tsimoy was no cdib and
in h umous incosiscis in his stimony ha ha
no bn saisfactoiy concid, no o mnio his
conficin and asi simon th ot cocuds hat th
sodnt's ax tns aso w backdad o mak i aa
tat wa wokn a ica snt i ntd
Sats, which cod ha bn usd as a indicia hat was i
h Unitd Stats and wokin and doin so coninuousl ad
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residen staus. heefoe the Cor fids a e is
iadmissibe acodig o 2a { (A} {i) ). he Co finds
that the Govenet has cared is brden of poof b cea,
conicin, an eqivocal eviece ccordi, e
espode is hereby fond o be inadmissible i to the Unied
Saes pursa to 1(a) 7 {)(i and ins ha he has
abadone is awf peae esidet saus
039-0997
PHILP J. MONTANE JR
Imigation dge
9 October 18, 202
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Imigraton Judge PHILP J. MONTANTE JR
onanp on Janary 14, 203 a 3:04 PM GMT
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