· 4/27/1992
Ruben Dario Rosario v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Citations
- 962 F.2d 220
- 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 8524
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a minor can establish domicile for section 212(c) eligibility through a parent and can be credited with 7 years’ domicile even if he has not been a permanent resident for that long
- “One may have more than one residence in different parts of this country or the world, but a person may have only one domicile.”
- “The terms resident and domicile, though sometimes synonymous, have different common law meanings.”
- a minor can establish domicile for section 212(c) through a parent and can be credited with 7 years’ domicile even if he has not been a permanent resident for that long
- “Residency means an established abode, for personal or business reasons, permanent for a time. A resident is so determined from the physical fact of that person’s living in a particular place.”
- “[A] person may have only one domicile.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Feinberg, Newman, Cardamone
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