CORREA-GARCES

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 451

Syllabus

CORREA-GARCES, 20 I&N Dec. 451 (BIA 1992) ID 3169 (PDF) (1) The immigration judgehas no authority to extend the appeal period provided for by federal regulationsat 8 C.F.R. § 242.21(a) (1991). (2) The authority togrant a stay of deportation once an order of deportation is entered againstan alien is generally vested in the district director under federal regulationsat 8 C.F.R. § 243.4 (1991), and the immigration judge's authorityis limited to granting a stay in connection with a motion to reopen ora motion to reconsider, or in connection with an appeal from a decisionon such a motion. (3) A conviction whichforms the basis of a finding that an alien lacks good moral characterunder section 101(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.§ 1101(f) (1988), need not be the basis upon which the alien is founddeportable. (4) A conviction formaking false statements on an application for a United States passportin another person's name, and for willfully, knowingly, and with intentto deceive, falsely representing a social security account number as one'sown, for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a passport in another person'sname, is for a crime involving moral turpitude.