Interim Decision #1778 

MATTER or Woo 

In Exclusion Proceedings 

A-10096314 

Decided by Board September 7, 1967 

Jurisdiction to consider an application for adjustment of status under section 

245, Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, by an alien excluded and 

paroled into the United States, who has not been served with an order to show 

cause or a warrant of arrest, lies with the District Director (8 CFR 245.2(a) ). 

EXCLUDED : ACt of 1824—NO immigration visa. 

Executive Order No. 8706—No passport. 

ON BEHALF OF APPELLANT • 

Elmer Erica, Maguire 

515 Madison Avenue 

New York. New York 10022 

(Brief filed) 

ON BEHALF OF SERVICE: 

Allan A. Shader 

Trial Attorney 

Brief filed) 

The case comes forward on motion of counsel dated March 29, 1967 

requesting that the "deportation" proceeding 1be reopened to allow 

the respondent to apply for the privilege of adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. 

The new facts set forth are that since the entry of the final order 

herein, a relative visa petition has been approved granting the respondent immediate relative status (201 (b) ) ; that the alien is eligible 

to receive an. immigrant visa and is admissible to the United States 

for permanent residence and an immigrant visa is immediately available to him at the time his application will be approved; and that he 

has become, in all respects, eligible for adjustment of status under 

section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality 'Act, as amended. 

This case was previously before us on September 30, 1952 on appeal 

from an order 'entered by the Acting Assistant Commissioner on May 

28, 1952, affirming the appellant's exclusion from the United States 

by a Board of Special Inquiry on the above-stated grounds. Briefly, 

the record relates to a native and citizen of China, born February 3, 

It is assumed that the reference to a deportation proceeding rather than to 

an exclusion proceeding is an Inadvertent error. 

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1912, male, married, who arrived at the port of New York on December 25, 1951, claiming to be Wong Ling, a son of Wong Wing, a United 

States citizen. On the basis of the appellant's testimony that he believed himself to be the blood son of Wong Wing and Lee Shee, he 

was issued a travel affidavit on November 27, 1951 by the American 

Consul at Hong Kong. However, the findings before a Board of Spe-

.cial Inquiry established that the appellant was an adopted son and did 

not acquire citizenship under the provisions of section 1993 of the Revised. Statutes. He was thereupon ordered excluded. Subsequently, on 

October 10, 1952, an order of parole was entered. A visa petition filed 

by Connie Wei for immediate relative status under section 201(b) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, was approved on 

February 24, 1967. 

The trial attorney has filed a brief in opposition to the motion to 

reopen, asserting that under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the appellant is ineligible for such relief, inasmuch as 

he has not been inspected and admitted but excluded from the United 

States on his false claim to citizenship in 1952; thus, he is ineligible 

for section 245 relief. The alien's counsel has filed a brief claiming that 

the alien has been paroled into the United States and is therefore 

eligible under section 245 of the Immigation and Nationality Act; 

and that a hearing should be held before a special inquiry officer. 

We believe the matter is covered by regulation, 8 CFR 245.2(a), 

which provides as follows : 

Au application for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Act * * by 

an alien after he ban been served with an order to show cause or a warrant of 

arrest shall be made and considered only in proceedings under Part 242 of this 

chapter. In any other ease, an alien who believes that he meets the eligibility 

requirements of section 245 of the Act * " and section 245.1 shall apply to the 

district director having jurisdiction over his place of residence. 

In the present case, an order to show cause or a warrant of arrest 

has never been issued. Therefore, the consideration of eligibility under 

section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act lies within the 

jurisdiction of the District Director as provided by the above regulation. The motion will be denied. without prejudice to renewal before 

the District Director. 

ORDER: It is ordered that the motion to reopen be denied. 

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