Singh v. Holder, No. 07-73792

In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's application for a hardship waiver of the joint petition requirement for permanent residence, the petition is denied where: 1) the BIA considered hardship to all the family members discussed in petitioner's testimony; 2) because petitioner was a former permanent resident who lacked conditional status when he filed his second and third petitions requesting hardship waivers, he had no status to extend; and 3) even if the immigration judge erred in evaluating the evidence concerning hardship, his errors were rendered harmless by the BIA's de novo review.

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Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2009

Filed January 8, 2010

Judges

Opinion by Judge Berzon

Counsel

For Petitioner:

Martin Avila Robles, Immigration Practice Group, P.C., San Francisco, CA

For Respondent:

Eric W. Marsteller, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC