Accepting Foreign Benefits, Education, or Entitlements

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.

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).

• family ties to the U.S. · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 19-00378 granted · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a retired British Army lieutenant colonel who held dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons …
• ISCR 16-01895.h1 granted · 2018
  The judge granted the applicant's eligibility for a public trust position, finding no disqualifying foreign influence concerns. The applicant's ties to Colombia, including family and property interest…
• ISCR 06-25959 denied · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old information technology architect who immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in 1983 and became a U.S. citizen in 2002. The Defense Office of Hearings…
• ISCR 07-00434 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old individual who held dual citizenship with Belgium and Canada, in addition to being a U.S. citizen. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons …

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