Opinion ID: 390039
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: adjustment of status issue

Text: 5 Under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a), an alien may be granted status as a permanent resident if, among other things, (a)n immigrant visa is immediately available to him at the time his application is filed. (Emphasis added.) 6 Kalezic's application for permanent resident status was submitted on August 5, 1977, following the approval of his wife's visa petition on his behalf on July 21. This petition was revoked at his wife's request on July 8, 1978, retroactively effective as of the date of the original approval, July 21, 1977. See Amarante v. Rosenberg, 326 F.2d 58 (9th Cir. 1964); accord Wright v. INS, 379 F.2d 275, 276 (6th Cir. 1967). Therefore, Kalezic was statutorily ineligible for a change of status and his application was properly denied. 7