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2009

APPLICATION:Application

for

Waiver

of

Grounds

of

InadmissibilityunderSection212(i)

of

the

Immigration

and

NationalityAct,8

U.S.C.

§

1182(i)

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ON

BEHALF

OF

APPLICANT:

ALANLEE,ESQ.

408EIGHTH

AVENUE,

SUn'E

SA

NEWYORK,NY

10001

INSTRUCTIONS:

Thisisthedecision

of

theAdministrativeAppealsOffice

in

yourcase.

An

documentshave

been

returnedtotheoffice

thatoriginally

decidedyourcase.

Any

furtherinquiry

mu.c;t

be

made

tothat

office.

AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09031367. (Posted 03/13/09)

DISCUSSION:Thewasdenied

by

DistrictDirector,Atlanta,GeorgiaandnowbeforetheAdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO)onappeal.Theappealwillbesustained.Theapplicantisanativeandcitizen

of

Chinawhowasfoundto

be

inadmissibletotheUnitedStatesundersection212(a)(6)(C)(i)

of

theImmigrationandNationalityAct(theAct),8U.S.C.

§

1182(a)(6)(C)(i),forhavingattemptedtoprocureadmissionintotheUnitedStatesbyfraud

or

willfulmisrepresentation.

I

Theapplicantistheson

of

anaturalizedUnitedStatescitizenandseeksawaiver

of

inadmissibilitypursuanttosectiO)l212(i)

of

theAct,8U.S.C.

§

I182(i),

in

order

to

resideintheUnitedStateswithhisfather.TheDistrictDirectorconcludedthattheapplicanthadfailedtoestablishthatextremehardshipwould

be

imposeduponaqualifyingrelativeanddeniedtheApplicationforWaiver

of

Ground

of

Excludability(Form1-601)accordingly.

Decision

of

theDistrictDirector,

datedOctober31,2005.

On

appeal,theapplicantcontendsthatCitizenshipandImmigrationServices(theService)erredasamatter

of

lawinfindingthattheapplicantfailedto

e s t a b ~ s h

extremehardshiptohisqualifyingrelative,asnecessaryforawaiverunder212(i)

of

theAct.

Form1-290B;Attorney's

brief

In

support

of

thewaiver,counselsubmitsabrief.Therecordalsoincludes,butisnotlimitedto,statementsfromtheapplicant'sfather;anexpertaffidavitregardingChina'sfanlilyplanningpolicies;publishedcountryconditionsreports;statementsfromtheapplicant;apsychologicalevaluation

of

theapplicant'sfather;medicalrecordsfortheapplicant'sfather;gradeschoolreportcardsfortheapplicant'schildren;employmentlettersfortheapplicantandhisspouse;bankstatementsfortheapplicant,hisspouse,andhisfather;criminalrecordsfortheapplicant;anda

life.

insurancepolicyfortheapplicant'sfather.

'[he

entirerecordwasreviewed,mdconsideredinrenderingthisdecision.Section212(a)(6)(C)

of

theActprovides,inpertinentpart,that:(i)Any

a1ieJl

who,

by

fraud

or

willfullymisrepresentingamaterialfact,seekstoprocure(orhassoughttoprocure

or

hasprocured)avisa,otherdocumentation,

or

admissionintotheUnitedStates

or

otherbenefitprovidedunderthisActisinadmissible.Section

of

theAct

n r n ' V l l 1 . ~ ~

that:

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3

(I)

AttorneyGeneral[nowtheSecretary

of

HomelandSecurity(Secretary)]inthediscretion

of

theAttorneyGeneral[Secretary],waivetheapplication

of

clause(i)

of

subsection(a)(6)(C)inthecase

of

analienwhoisthespouse,sonordaughter

of

aUnitedStatescitizenor

of

analienlawfullyadmittedforpennanentresidence,

if

it

isestablished

to

thesatisfaction

of

theAttorneyGeneral[Secretary]thattherefusal

of

admissiontotheUnitedStates

of

suchimmigrantalienwouldresultinextremehardshiptothecitizenorlawfullyresidentspouseorparent

of

suchanalien.TherecordreflectsthatonDecember22,

1991

theapplicantattemptedtoprocureadmissionintotheUnitedStatesatHonoluluInternationalAirportinHonolulu,HawaiibypresentingafalsepassportfromSingapore.

Record

of

SwornStatement,

datedDecember22,1991.Basedonhispresentation

of

afraudulentdocumentattheport

of

entry,theapplicantisinadmissibleunderSection212(a)(6)(C)(i)

of

theImmigrationandNationalityAct.Asection

2<12(i)

waiver

of

thebartoadmissionresultingfromviolation

of

section212(a)(6)(C)

of

theActisdependentfirstuponashowingthatthebarimposesanextremehardshiptothecitizenorlawfullyresidentspouseorparent

of

theapplicant.Theplainlanguage

of

thestatuteindicatesthathardshipthattheapplicantwouldexperience

if

theapplicant'swaiverrequestisdenied

is

notdirectlyrelevant

to

thedetenninationas

to

whethertheapplicantiseligibleforawaiverundersection212(i).Theonlyrelevanthardshipinthepresentcaseisthehardshipsufferedbytheapplicant'sfather

if

theapplicantisremoved.

If

extremehardshipisestablished,itisbutonefavorablefactortobeconsideredinthedetennination

of

whethertheSecretaryshouldexercisediscretion.

SeeMatter

of

Mendez,

21

I&NDec.296(BIA1996).

Matter

of

Cervantes-Gonzalez,

22

I&NDec.560,565-566(BIA1999)providesalist

of

factorstheBoard

of

ImmigrationAppealsdeemsrelevantindeterminingwhetheranalienhasestablishedextremehardshippursuant

to

section212(i)

of

theAct.Thesefactorsincludethepresence

of

alawfulpennanentresidentorUnitedStatescitizenfamilytiestothiscountry;thequalifyingrelative'sfamilytiesoutsidetheUnitedStates;theconditionsinthecountry

or