EAJA Awards (#198034)

Fares v. Barr
13-71916
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)
REDACTED
25,000.00
Adjudication
Null
Petition for review challenging the denial of naturalization application due to he ineligibility for the DV2 immigrant visa and unlawful entry into the United States.
The Court issued a published decision and overall concluded that, notwithstanding his failure to satisfy or receive a waiver of the two-year residence requirement, petitioner remained admissible under several provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) and, as a matter of law, was “otherwise admissible” for the purposes of the waiver under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(H). EAJA claim was settled.