USCIS adopted decision · Family immigration
Matter of Blair
14 I&N Dec. 153 (Reg. Comm. 1972)
The applicant entered as a K nonimmigrant fiancée of a U.S. citizen and married the citizen within three months of entry; the citizen died in a military aircraft accident the day after the marriage, before the applicant filed for adjustment. The Regional Commissioner held that because the applicant met all statutory requirements of section 214(d), her lawful admission for permanent residence should be recorded notwithstanding the petitioner's death.
Rule cited
A K fiancé(e) who validly marries the citizen petitioner within three months of entry and is otherwise admissible is statutorily eligible for creation of a record of lawful permanent residence under section 214(d), even if the citizen petitioner dies before the application is filed.
Scope of application
This is an administrative precedent decision by an INS Regional Commissioner. Its rule applies where a K fiancé(e) marries the citizen petitioner within three months of entry but the petitioner dies before the adjustment application. USCIS cites it in the adjustment context for the requirement that the marriage underlying K status be bona fide.
Official citation and verification records
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[^ 18] See Matter of Sesay (PDF) , 25 I&N Dec. 431 (2011). See Matter of Dixon (PDF) , 16 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 1977). See Matter of Blair (PDF) , 14 I&N Dec. 153 (Reg. Comm.1972). The marriage upon which the alien obtained K nonimmigrant status must have been bona fide, even if it was terminated, in order to adjust status. See Lutwak v. United States , 344 U.S. 604 (1953). See Matter of Laureano (PDF) , 19 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1983). If the evidence would permit a reasonable fact finder to conclude that the marriage was not bona fide, adjustment would properly be denied. It is necessary to follow the standard procedure in 8 CFR 103.2(b)(16) before denying adjustment based on evidence of which the applicant may not be aware.
The records identify official use of the cited rule. A partial reversal, statutory amendment or controlling court ruling may affect its scope.
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Interim Decision #2152
临时决定第2152号
MATTER OF BLAIR
布莱尔案
In Section 214(d) Proceedings
依据第214(d)条进行的程序
A-19598072
A-19598072
Decided by Regional Commissioner May 30, 1972
由区域专员于1972年5月30日决定
An alien who was admitted to the United States as the fiancee of a United States citizen upon presentation of a nonimmigrant visa issued under the provisions of section 101(a)(15XK) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, upon the basis of an approved petition filed in her behalf pursuant to section 214(d) of the Act, and who concluded a valid marriage to the citizen petitioner within three months after entry, is statutorily eligible for the creation of a record of lawful admission for permanent residence notwith- standing the death of the citizen petitioner subsequent to the marriage and prior to the filing of her application for creation of a record of admission for permanent residence.
一名外国人，作为美国公民的未婚妻获准进入美国，其出示的是依据《移民与国籍法》第101(a)(15)(K)条（经修正）规定签发的非移民签证，该签证系基于依据该法第214(d)条为其提交并获批准的申请，且其在入境后三个月内与作为申请人的公民缔结了有效婚姻，尽管该公民申请人在婚姻之后、在其提交创造永久居留合法入境记录申请之前死亡，该外国人仍依法有资格创造永久居留合法入境记录。
The District Director approved the application and certified this case to me for review and final decision. The facts in this case are well stated in the District Director's decision. The applicant is a Japanese national born in Okinawa on November 19, 1949. On October 26, 1971, her now deceased hus- band, a citizen of the United States by birth and sergeant in the United States Air Force, filed a petition in her behalf pursuant to section 214(d) of the Act to classify applicant as a fiancee under section 101(aX15)(K) of the Act. The District Director approved the petition on November 3, 1971 and the applicant was admitted to the United States as a fiancee on January 1, 1972. She married her petitioner/husband in Arkansas on February 17, 1972. He was killed in a military aircraft accident on February 18, 1972. She is living with parents of her deceased spouse. This record clearly establishes that applicant was lawfully ad- mitted as a fiancee under section 101(a)(15)(K) and has complied with all the applicable provisions of section 214(d) which read as follows:
地区主任批准了该申请，并将本案提交我审查并作出最终决定。 本案事实在地区主任的决定中已有充分陈述。申请人是1949年11月19日出生于冲绳的日本国民。1971年10月26日，其现已死亡的丈夫——一名出生即为美国公民的美国空军中士——依据该法第214(d)条为其提交申请，请求依据该法第101(a)(15)(K)条将申请人归类为未婚妻。地区主任于1971年11月3日批准了该申请，申请人于1972年1月1日作为未婚妻获准进入美国。她于1972年2月17日在阿肯色州与其申请人/丈夫结婚。他于1972年2月18日在一场军用飞机事故中丧生。她与其已故配偶的父母同住。 该记录清楚证明，申请人系依据第101(a)(15)(K)条作为未婚妻合法入境，并已遵守第214(d)条的所有适用规定，该条规定如下：
A visa shall not be issued under the provisions of section 101(a)(15XK) until the consular officer has received a petition filed in the United States by the fiancee or fiance of the applying alien and approved by the Attorney General. The petition shall be in such form and contain such information as the Attorney General shall, by regulation, prescribe. It shall be approved only after satisfactory evidence is suhmitted by the petitioner to eatablioh that the parties have a bona fide intention to marry and are legally able and actually
在领事官员收到由申请签证的外国人的未婚妻或未婚夫在美国提交并经司法部长批准的申请之前，不得依据第101(a)(15)(K)条的规定签发签证。该申请应采用司法部长通过法规规定的格式并包含其规定的信息。只有在申请人提交令其满意的证据，证明双方具有真实的结婚意图，并且在法律上有能力且实际上
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willing to conclude a valid marriage in the United States within a period of ninety days after the alien's arrival. In the event the marriage with the petitioner does not occur within three months after the entry of the said alien and minor children, they shall be required to depart from the United States and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with sections 242 and 243. In the event the marriage between the said alien and the petitioner shall occur within three months after the entry and they are found otherwise admissible, the Attorney General shall record the lawful admission for perma- nent residence of the alien and minor children as of the date of the payment of the required visa fees. (Emphasis supplied). The applicant did marry the petitioner within three months after entry. She is otherwise admissible. Having met these statu- tory requirements, section 214(d) directs the Attorney General to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the appli- cant as of the date of the payment of the required visa fees. 8 CFR 245.2(d) provides that the District Director shall record the lawful admission of the applicant as of the date of approval of the application. It further provides that the fee previously paid for filing the application shall be considered payment of the required visa fees, as of the date of approval of the application. ORDER: It is ordered that the application be approved and that applicant's lawful admission for permanent residence be recorded as of May 30, 1972.
愿意在该外国人抵达后九十天内于美国缔结有效婚姻之后，方可批准该申请。如果与申请人的婚姻未在该外国人和未成年子女入境后三个月内发生，则应要求他们离开美国；如未离开，则应依据第242条和第243条将其驱逐出境。如果该外国人与申请人之间的婚姻在入境后三个月内发生，且他们被认定在其他方面可予入境，则司法部长应将该外国人和未成年子女的永久居留合法入境记录登记为支付所需签证费之日。（着重号为原文所加）。 申请人确已在入境后三个月内与申请人结婚。她在其他方面可予入境。在满足这些法定要求后，第214(d)条指示司法部长将申请人的永久居留合法入境记录登记为支付所需签证费之日。8 CFR 245.2(d)规定，地区主任应将申请人的合法入境记录登记为申请批准之日。该条还规定，先前为提交申请而支付的费用应视为所需签证费的支付，自申请批准之日起算。 命令：兹命令批准该申请，并将申请人的永久居留合法入境记录登记为1972年5月30日。
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