Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to United Arab Emirates in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to United Arab Emirates resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, never a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on United Arab Emirates allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 13 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 4 cases
- parent in foreign country · 3 cases
- friend in foreign country · 3 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 2 cases
- foreign real estate · 2 cases
- in law in foreign country · 1 case
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted United Arab Emirates cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 2 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 16-02954.h1 granted · 2017The judge found that the applicant mitigated the security concerns related to foreign influence due to his contacts with foreign nationals. The relationships were characterized as professor-student or…
- ISCR 17-03308.h1 granted · 2018The judge found that the applicant's foreign ties, including family members in Egypt and property interests in Dubai and Egypt, did not pose a security risk. The applicant's strong ties to the United …
- ISCR 08-01734.h1 denied · 2010The judge found that the applicant's foreign contacts and financial support to family members in Sudan and the UAE raised significant security concerns under Guideline B, Foreign Influence. Despite so…
- ISCR 08-10815.h1 denied · 2010The judge found that the applicant had not mitigated the security concerns related to foreign influence. Despite the applicant's claims of infrequent contact with foreign relatives, the judge ruled ag…
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Other countries in the record
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