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· 8/7/2013

Teresita Ching v. Alejandro Mayorkas

Citations

  • 725 F.3d 1149
  • 2013 WL 4007563
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 16316

How courts have described this case

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  • finding a property interest in approval of an I-130 visa petition 3 because approval process requiring application of law to factual determinations was 4 nondiscretionary
  • finding confrontation to be required where the former spouses submitted significant and credible competing evidence about the nature of their marriage
  • noting Ching’s “extensive” evidence of her and her former spouse’s life together, including joint utility bills and an apartment lease
  • finding risk of erroneous deprivation was high because visa petitioner had substantial evidence that first marriage was bona fide, including bills, leases, evidence of living together, and evidence of intimate conversations
  • discussing protected interest in immediate relative status for an alien spouse
  • \The right to live with and not be separated from one's immediate family is 'a right that ranks high among the interests of the individual.' \

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Judges: Schroeder, Thomas, Silverman

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