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green card application, petitioner said that he intended to study
in the United States and stay as an immigrant. The United States
issued a green card6 to petitioner, his parents, and a brother
and sister in the mid-1960s. Petitioner’s father came to the
United States in the mid-1960s for an amount of time not
specified in the record and then returned to Iran.
Petitioner visited the United States in July 1965. He had
his green card at that time. Also that month, he began attending
high school in Great Britain. Petitioner attended high school in
England until May 1969.
2. Petitioner’s Presence in the United States From 1969 to
1977
Petitioner applied only to colleges in the United States.
Petitioner came to the United States on an Iranian passport and a
student visa7 issued by the United States in 1969.
Petitioner attended Florida Southern College from July 1969
to May 1973, and he received a 4-year college degree in business.
Rosenfield, Immigration Law and Procedure, sec. 6.10d (rev. ed.
1959) and sec. 6.9d (rev. ed. 1985).
6 In a letter to petitioner dated Sept. 22, 1986, the
District Director for the New York District of the U.S.
Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service,
stated that petitioner was a lawful permanent resident on July
28, 1965.
7 A student visa authorizes an alien to be admitted to the
United States for the time necessary to complete a full course of
study plus 60 days. Immigration and Nationality Act (1952), ch.
477, sec. 101(a)(15)(F), 66 Stat. 163, 168; 8 U.S.C. sec.
1101(a)(15)(F); 8 C.F.R. sec. 214.2(f)(5).
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