Opinion ID: 2982033
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Privilege of Voluntary Departure

Text: Solis-Nolasco also asserts that the BIA erred in declining to reinstate the voluntary-departure period granted by the IJ and instead ordering Petitioner removed to Guatemala. Petition for Judicial Review, at 26-30. In support of its decision to order Petitioner’s removal, the BIA stated that the record did not reflect that Petitioner provided proof of having paid his voluntary-departure bond. AR 4. The administrative record presented to this court, however, reflects that Petitioner attached the receipt from the DHS for his bond payment to his appeal to the BIA. See AR 48-54. The BIA did not make any mention of this receipt or explain why attachment of the receipt was not sufficient proof that Petitioner timely paid his voluntary-departure bond. See AR 4. Therefore, we remand the case for further explanation or reconsideration of the BIA’s decision not to reinstate the voluntarydeparture period and instead order Petitioner removed pursuant to the IJ’s alternate order.