Opinion ID: 204100
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: BIA's First Decision

Text: On May 29, 2007, Petitioner filed a timely appeal of the IJ's decision to the BIA contending that the IJ erred in finding that Petitioner abandoned his derivative citizenship claim. On appeal, Petitioner submitted the following new evidence to establish derivative citizenship: (1) an amended birth certificate dated June 1, 2007, indicating that Wynter, not Vashtie, was Petitioner's mother; (2) DNA results from July 19, 2007 comparing Petitioner and Wynter and concluding that, based on specimens taken from both of them on July 9, 2007, [t]he relative chance of Maternity, assuming a 50% prior chance, is 99.9996% as compared to an untested, unrelated woman in the Black population; and (3) the Form N-600 that Petitioner had filed on May 1, 2007. On September 4, 2007, the BIA, citing the new evidence on appeal, remanded the case to the IJ for further proceedings.