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Kim, Sungmin515 E. Golf Road Ste 202Arlngton Heights, IL 60005

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Date of tis notice 2/4/204

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he respde appeas m mmigrai Jdge's May 18 2012 decisi deyig er

appcai r a waver f iadissibi uder sec 2 l 2(k e migrai aiaiy Ac, 8 SC 1182(k, ad rderig her remve he Uied Saes eappea w be susaied.

e respde s a aive ad ciize f Su Krea. I 991, he respdes mheraed a Uie Saes permae resde crd (e, gree car" Frm 551 r erse ypayig a bribe a crup cer e mer Immigrai ad Naaiai Service Shaer receivig er bgus gree card, he respde's mher ed a immigra isa eii e respdes ehalf cassiig her as a secd-prerece amyssred imigra ie,e unmaed dagher a ermae reside (LPR ha visa eii wasapprved i 1992, ad i 1999 n mgran visa as issued he respe by a cuar

cer Suh Krea 2000 he respde sed a imigrn visa ai admissi he Ued Saes as mmigan, and she as ee a LR f he ied Saes ever ice

e 200, e respde made a ri Su Krea, d ie here se receed aeehe ca m er LR brher i e Uied Saes irmig e ha ere g e aprem i heir mers gree card" ad a se s re e e aesimediaey (r. a 41 Oc. 14, 011. ii 2 eeks aer seakig he rter heresde reeere he Uied Saes as a reig LR, sg e gree card Tr a 4Oc 14, 2011.

Apri 200, p discverig a e respdes LPR saus as e rui f er

mers ery, e Depame f Hmead Seciy (DHS cmmeced e resereva prceedgs ig a ce appear Immigrai Cu chargig e rese eaiy ude seci 27a )(A) e A, U C 227(a)( )(A) as a aie as adissie a e de e ack a aid iigra is seci 2ai e Ac, 8 SC 118a(( Ta chrge is presey ispe ad s e

he resde's reqes r ra argume is deied

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only sse on appeal peans to he espondents eues a wave unde secon 22(k) ofthe c whch povdes hat an aien who is nadmssibe ude secton 212(a)()()(i) ofthe ct d

ho s n possesson of an mmgat vsa may f ohewise admssibe be

admtted n the disceton of the oey Geneal if the oey Geea issatse tha excluson was not known to and could not have been asceained ye execse of easonable dligence by the immgant bee he tme ofdepaue of the vessel o aca om he las po outsde he nited States andousde egn contguous tetoy o in the case of an mmiant comng omegn contguous etoy bee the tme of he immgants appcato admssio3

The Immgaton uge ud the espodet nelgbe a sectio 2 2(k) aive o theound a he nadmssibly unde secton 22(a)(7)()() could . . have been asceaed by

heexecse of eaonable dligence" po to he e o he nied Sates om South oea i

003 (I. a 3- . We conclude howeve hat the espondents eligblty a secto 2(k)ave depends upon he sate of mnd when she appled ams a a mat n 000not upon he stae of mnd when she eenteed he nited States a a eting R in 200

By ts tes sectio 212(k peans to condtions existing when he appicn soughtadmsson" o he ed States usng an mmgant visa hat was defective o ivad someeon that was uno to its beae The espondent has sought admsso" as a imigatonly once in 2000 Whe he espondent peseted hesef inspectio as a etig LR 2003 she was not applying admission" as an mmgant On the contay a eig LRcot be eaed as applcant amsson unless the DS esabshes he applcablity of

one o moe of e sx statoy condtions eumeated n secton 101(a)(13)(C) of the ct8 U.SC. 10(a)(3)(C) See at Rves, 25 IN Dec 623 (B 2011) Te DS hasnot alleged o shon that any of those condtons appes hee ccoigly we cocude thtthe espondent s eligble to appy a secto 2 2(k) ave

lteatvey he Igaton udge ud that te espodet does not eit secto 2 l 2k)elief n dscetion ecuse she chose to eente the ited States i 2003 usng e gee "

3 he nth Ccuit has detened tha the espodent my seek a sectio 2 l 2k) waive to

ovecome he depoablty unde secon 237(a)()( of the ct gven hat the chge s aedon an alegaton that she as inadmssbe at ey due to the ack of a vald mmgt visa eeShi e pa at 28 n7

le e phae bee the tme of the immgats applicato amssio" des ot o itsce appea to apply to ales who did o ete te Uited States om a cotgos eigcouny n context it mst so appy because he inadmssiiity goud sought to be waived o ose ts ackg a valid mmgant visa at the time of apicato asson. Secton 212()(7)()(i). Fuheoe thee s o ogcal basis to distiguis i tises ween alens omng om conguous ad o-contiguous counes

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I sect cnc. I diae hat esondent was not an apcan admsson in203 when sh gt to eente he ite tas whe n posseson of a "en cad tat wasno a ta. s he Nn Ccut nd whle the esondnt was noa ult hhavi oband tat evaivl s a aw peann sdn (LR), a status s demevd ab intio ecase t wa no ubstanive awl acue See h ole 60 3d1213 (th Ci 200) (citing e ala a of Koloamaa 23 &N Dec 54 (BIA 2003)).

Te maot p evea of e ation Jdes denal f a con 2 l2(k) waveto he asseion hat the esonden was on an aplcat admision n 200 when shesoh admisin a igan not 2003 when she eed o the Uned Sats omKoa whi n ssessin f sensble PR stts becaue, the ue, s a etun , hespondn comes unde he egme set h n secn 0(a)(3)(C of Ac, ad coud on deemed a aplc admsson f e ll wn on o moe f e s umeaedexceptons in hat subagaph, nne of hch s applca. Bu auh aee tha nn fe s ecptns api, I d n ae the majot's pem ha s s sujct o cn10(a)(13)(C).

Tat povin' oc gua sate "n aen al aded pemaen

ednc n the nte States sha not e ede a seekin an admsn n UniteStaes puo f mmiation las uns he aln [cme wn on o moe f sxenmeaed catgoes tha povided]. Te mao asme tat e spnden atsese ndcto lngua descptn as en "a alien awll add eaensdenc Bt tha is not ue Unde ate of oloamaa spa he espndn s deeedneve o have been accded such status ecause t wa nl cne ee, se oenot fl unde he egm ceated an wh gh an LPR stas, se h n ectn 0 (a)(3)(C

Te maoit's asstion hat an an wh has a "geen ca ad who apes at a pof ent s in sect 10(a)(13)(C) spective of whth te aien's LPR saus s late

und o ave been adlent es wnl obaned, s nconsien wt hedenn f th te "aw amied pemnen esidence conane n secn0(a)(20) f ct (n he sm sen, ned sa suscn Ac as secn(a)(3)(C)), at we cnsued n at of oloamata ee a subsael aloan of hat sta t wud ave een as Cnes a en nco

Move n asceaing ones' nn, t is gnc ta o neeaon n atte of Koloaaa nd at of cs of appal eacn ame conclsn, ong pecded eenacent of seton 10 (a)(0)s dn uch ta t ws pesumab knn ons

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nge of secion 11)()C) o se " len admied pemnen esdence, ec(heeb elimining he od " o ech he es he mjo nds B s eecoo ised se e dened em n ien "lll dmied pemne esdece cedenoes s nenion o have h egime appl on o hose aens ose L sas assbsnive il cqed.

s o nd h he esponden ws n ppicn dssion n 2 Hoeve ech he se ocome as he mjoi becase isagee h e mmigio dge ha eesponden shoud be denied secon 212(k) ave de o he lleged lck of de dilgence nncoveg he nlalness of he P ss o o he 2 en. nsed conc h hemo on ce she mes sch elief in he execise of disceion

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See e ate T, 6 &N Dec 6 (BA, A. 94; e v. NS 9 d 72 (9 186 ate Lta 7 6 2d 49 (5h . 998.

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EMONDUM

Th rpndn a cz f h Rblc f Kra wh wa admd h Und

Sa ply a a lawl pman rdn n 2000 Sh wa lacd n rmaprcdng n 2003 bca hr ll prann rd ta w nald, ang ruldm a crmna audl ch Ar a hng, cu und ha rpndn rdna wa nald, ha h wa ra a chargd, and ha wa ingbl r a war nadmbly udr Scn 212(k f h Imgran and Nana Ac NA h BIAamd Th Crt f Apal r h nh Crc ad h dng ha rpnd wan a lawf an rd ad wa rab a chagd, u l ha wa g aly r a war f nadl ndr A Scn 22(, a radd h ca. Sh Holder, 67 F 3d 1213 (h Cr 10

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A dcrd n ong Muksey, 5 I 8 F 3d 030 9 Cr 2008, bwn rgy 986ad 1994 a rmr ury ply f h gan d Naralzan Src nadLlad Sar gagd n a ch l lawfl rann rd card aln n hUd Sa Bca Suar' ury n, h wa abl drc h uanc fF -, cnly wn a grn cad, u h dd n chag r ny, n bcauh al nd n ch h rr ba rdn a

pnd r ban a grn card thgh Sar S ld a pn ran rla n bhalf f rn In 2000, rpndn wa gran rdn a b h

US Eay n Kra bad hr hr , ad h rd h Und Sa

Ar rpnd wa pace n removal poceeings, she asserte tha er geen aa and a w a aw a rdn, d c a ny ran waab ba her wa a a r f hr' r' n, ad r mhr had tar a trg Sar' ad Sh agud n aa ha h hld b gran a

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waive under Section 22(k) of the IA, which allows the Atoey Genera, uder cetaincicumsces discussed beow, to waive a dect in othewise vaid visa ad alow theadmission o the appict o he nied States

Secion 212(k) states as ows:

Any aien, inadmissible om the nited Staes under paragraph (5)(A) or ()(A)(i) osubsection (a) of his section, who s in possession o ii visa may, if othewiseadmissible, be admitted in the discretion of the Atoe Genera if the Atoey Generais satised hat inadmissiii was not known to, ad coud not have been ascetaied bythe exercise o reasonable diigence by, the imigant bere the time of depe of hevesse or aircra om he last pot outde the nited Sates and outside reigncontiuous eitoy or, in he case o an immigrant coming om reign contiguousteritory, ere e time of he iigrants appication r admission

This cout denied the respondents request to apply r a waiver o inadmissiiiy on twoods rs, the respondent had aready been admitted, ad hence had no need r a waiver toalow her to be admitted and second, whe a waiver o inadmissity woud allow theadmission o the applicant, the waiver woud do nothing to make valid the respondents invaidgreen cad. hus, even if admited, responden would ack a ega staus in e Unted States ora decision of August 1, 2005 a pp. 56

The BIA afmed he Board's approach n denying eligibiiy r the 212(k) waiver wastha rs, 212(k) appied only when the alien had been n possesson of a valid visa, ad therespondens visa wa invalid because i derved o the Sustaire scheme second, the Boardheld that because the respondent never had a vaid visa she was not othewise admissbe" o

he Uned Sates BI decison, dated June 0 2008.

In Shi Hode 607 F d 2 (th C 200) a pae of he nth Crcuit rst hedthat respondent was removabe as charged and did not have vaid aw permanent residentsatus: he Shns aumets hat they were lawly admited r permanent residece despiteheir mohers status do not persuade us . . Signicant, the Shins were not subsantivelyqualied r admission as LPRs at the tme they entered the nited States." Id at 217

The panel divded on the issue of wheher he respondent was eligible to apply fo awaiver uder Section 22(k) Anaying the BIAs hodn that respondent wa not othewise

admissbe," e majorty hed tha the record did no reveal an impediment to responden'sadmissiiliy other than the audulentyobained visa As a resul, the majorty held, respondenwa ohewise admssibe," because the ony impedmen o admssbi was e pedense souht o adress with the 22(k waver Judge Waace dissened om ths portion of hecase, arguin that the pase othewse admissbe" was amguous and ha he case shoudremded o the BIA r a er expicaion of is vews Id. at 122125.

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ein was ed n Oce 4 201 e te case was emnded is cubecase n estmn ad evus been ken n e mes esndens 2 2(k acainResnden esed and esened evdence in su e acan See Red Es

d 2 te cus eques esnden as suied addina ben n he e ssues ne case Resndens evidence swed a she ws nne yeas d tha se s sne das n cden He te s n Su Ke He bhe w was i as aesnden n s cse as as eued Su ea Resnden as a sse n Suea as we

Resndent as een eed as a eiseed nuse snce 2004 Se s been acve ne c cuch d esened cumens d sevea ees m mebes f he cuc ades esn e d cace as we as e a eus Se as w uces and a cusinn e Unied Saes Se sd se as n ess cnvcns

u e Oce 4 20 eain esnden esed when se s aned heeen cd se ad n ikn a ee m e an bes w . She ws asked wen ses eed tee be a bem and se sad ha ccued in 200 Se said se hadne t Sut Kea vis nd wie ee e be eeed e Resndens bed e hat wen he me had vsed the ne Staes n 2002 ee was a bem we een cd d e sad at tee e a e w esndens een cd as weHe d esnden a se su eu e ed Saes as sn as sse Resndensd se dd s als iede wthn e ne weeks Se dd nt tak e eau wa le se ad ad Wen se eued e Uned Saes se shwed thefces a e a e een cd an e aded he e Unted Saes wi aesns.

Analysis

A. Eigibiity For A Sectio 212(k) Waver

On e ec ee t a a e e c f aeas ed a esnden was eie a Secn 22( wave Bu wen esn was taken n Ocbe 4 20 csemeed e s e ic sw hat esnen s eibe te wave Secin22(k is avabe n e cs a e e acans vsa dectve ae n knw emn cud n ave been sceaned e eecse esnabe dence eiia bee te me dee e ned Sates n ts case e esndent

esed a se eed 200 wie e hee ad been bem wi emes een ca nd was u n ice a ee t be a be wh e een cd we e eea e scee ta ad e esndens me e een c sa ed uy te een cad sceme in Febu 000 and ad de a cnessnncudin vdin e veen w a is en Numbes cesndin t te aduen

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le w es sea se ese a se ae bak o e Ue Saes as quly asosse us e ee a se kew was obema

As w e esoe a of Arlo, 19 I&N De 458 (BI 987) sesoe e o exese ay ee a e o e ay ses o ase maoabou e ossb a e ee a was ee sea se exay wa (k sese o ee: se use e ee ee a o uky eu o e Ue Saes aa asso ase o e eo e ou s a esoe s o ee awe ue Seo (k)

B. Disce

e aeae ee esoe s elbe a Seo 1(k) wae eaao s ee as a mae o seo As w y seoy eemao sou mus bae e pose a eae os s ae S gally atr of ai,3 &N De 494 ( 190) As oabe os e ou oes a esoe oes aeabou ee yeas o esee e Ue Saes se a a e axes se s emoye asoo aae as o ess o oos

Howee esoe's am es o s o ae susaa He oe boea sse e Koea; oy les a a ous ae ee Resoe s se a as o

e Se as o esos e Ue Saes wo ae eee o e oue esee suo No emae eo ae eae ee bee e o e ea TeReu o Koea s eoomay a uualy aae emoa soey aesoe s abe o se Koea O gea moae o s ou s e a e oyeo esoe s ese e Ue Saes a a oso o ay a Seo 1(k)wae s eause of e ma ou o Lea Suse

I s e a esoe esoay aae auule ou as eo o aeas oe Shi esoe a o bass eee o Ssae ey o ee aes s aso e a esoe s o a mal ee e osas uo

ousas o eoe a oe e wo wo ae o mas a wo wou e o ae eaaos emae esee aoe mmeaely Resoe ooses o be u ae ea o e le o oe easo a a e moe obae a ee a s a esu oe Suse's auue sem aoal egae o is ha espoe se heee a o eee he Ue Saes ae se a bee u o oe a ee ou be a

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