BIA Ordered To Eye Tolling Possibility In Residency Petition

By Cara Salvatore (February 25, 2020, 8:21 PM EST) -- Widows applying for U.S. residency based on their late spouses' citizenship could deserve extensions of the usual two-year petition deadline in special cases, an Oklahoma federal court found Tuesday, ordering the Board of Immigration Appeals to reassess whether tolling is an option in cases like the one in which a widow experiencing extenuating circumstances missed the cutoff by 18 days....

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