Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Extended Family (uncle/aunt/cousin) in foreign country
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.
Official mitigating conditions in play
The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 8(a) | 191 | 16 |
| ¶ 8(b) | 123 | 8 |
| ¶ 8(c) | 51 | 14 |
| ¶ 8(e) | 15 | 1 |
| ¶ 8(f) | 8 | 0 |
What judges credited in granted cases
Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 100 granted cases
- U.S. military service · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 23-01331 granted · 2023The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old systems analyst employed by a defense contractor since August 2022. She was born in Colombia, became a U.S. citizen in March 2018, and had family members r…
- ISCR 06-25859.h1 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old computer software engineer employed by a defense contractor. Originally from Taiwan, he immigrated to the United States in 1981 and became a U.S. citizen i…
- ISCR 07-00083 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a dual citizen of Serbia and the United States, who had actively exercised his foreign citizenship by renewing and using a Federal Republic of Yugoslavia passport after …
- ISCR 17-00473 denied · 2019the individual's control; and (c) the individual has taken significant steps to address the financial issues. In this case, the applicant admitted to the allegations regarding his financial diffic…
Related issues under Guideline B
- Parent (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 2,267 cases
- Sibling (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,743 cases
- In-law (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,017 cases
- Spouse (foreign citizen or dual citizen) · 792 cases
- Foreign Real Estate Holding · 496 cases
- Financial Support to Foreign Relative · 408 cases
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