Interim Decision #1743 

MAW= OP MENDNDEZ 

In Adjustment of Status Proceedings 

A-11897797 

Decided by Dietfriot Director Arne 29,1987 

Since applicant's change of status on January 4, 1962 from immigrant to nonimmigrant pursuant to section 247 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

may be equated with inspection and admission into the United States as a 

nonimmigrant within the meaning of section 1, Act of November 2, 1966 

(P.L. 89-732), he is eligible for the benefits of section 2 of that Act, having 

been admitted subsequently for permanent residence on September 8, 1966. 

The application was submitted to record the date of admission as a 

permanent resident of the applicant as of the date of his original 

admission to the United Sates as a nonimmigrant or as of May 2, 1964, 

whichever is later. 

The applicant is a native and citizen of Cuba, born on March 7, 

1922, at Cienfuegos, Las Villas, Cuba. He was originally admitted 

to the United States as an immigrant on September 17, 1959. On 

January 4, 1962, under the provisions of section 247 of the I & N Act, 

his immigration status was adjusted to that of a nonimmigrant, and 

he was granted classification under section 101(a) (15) (G) (iv) of 

the Act, for duration of status. This action was taken pursuant to 

request of his employer, the Inter-American Development Bank, 

Washington, D.C., an international organization under the International Organization Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669). The applicant 

has engaged in the same employment continuously since 1961. 

Since January 4, 1962, the applicant has made numerous short trips 

out of the United States primarily on business for his employer. He 

has, however, over the entire period subsequent to January 4, 1962, 

been physically present in this country in excess of two years. He 

was lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence 

on September 8, 1966, at Thousand Islands Bridge, New York, upon 

presentation of an immigrant visa. 

P.L. 89432 effective November 2, 1966, provides as follows: 

Section ". . the status of any alien who is a native and citizen of 

Cuba and who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United 

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States subsequent to January 1, 1959 and has been physically present in the 

United States for at least two years, may be adjusted by the Attorney Gen-

-era, ... to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if 

the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant -visa and is admissible to the 

United States for permanent residence .. .". 

Section 2: "In the case of any alien described in section 1 of this Act who, 

prior to the effective date thereof, has been lawfully admitted into the United 

States for permanent residence, the Attorney General shall, upon application, 

record his admission for permanent residence as of the date the alien originally 

arrived in the United States as a nonimmigrant or as a parolee, or a date 

thirty months prior to the date of enactment of this Act, whichever date is 

later." 

The question presented is whether the applicant is an alien described 

in section 1 of P.L. 89-732 despite his having been admitted as an 

immigrant on September 17, 1959. It is concluded that this question 

must be answered in the affirmative. The applicant's conversion to 

nonimmigrant status on January 4, 1962 must be equated to an inspection and admission into the United States as a nonimmigrant 

under section 101 (a) (15) (G) (iv) as an employee of an international 

organization, to wit, the Inter-American Development Bank. Such 

admission would constitute his original arrival in the United States 

as a nonimmigrant. He has been physically present in the United 

States for at least two years after that date. Consequently, it is concluded that the applicant may have his admission for permanent 

residence recorded as of the date his status was changed to that of a 

nonimmigrant, or as of a date thirty months prior to the date of 

enactment of P.L. 89-732, whichever is later. Since the later date in 

this case is the one thirty months prior to enactment of P.L. 89 -732, 

the applicant's admission for permanent residence should be recorded 

as of May 2, 1964 and it is so ordered. 

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