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maintained a bank account in the United States. He owned
substantial farming and business interests located in California
that he had inherited from his father in 1958. Decedent gave his
house in Pakistan to his son Ashiq, and the only property
decedent owned in Pakistan was the 15-acre farm.
Decedent's family had a long history of immigrating to the
United States. When decedent was a young child, his father and
three uncles immigrated to the United States and established
extensive farming and real estate operations. Decedent's eldest
son, Aslam, came to the United States in 1958, was granted a
permanent resident visa in 1973, and acquired his U.S.
citizenship in 1982.
Decedent's second son, Ashiq, also wanted to immigrate to
the United States. He applied for a permanent resident visa in
1984, after Aslam obtained his citizenship, but was not able to
obtain an immigrant visa at that time because of the limitation
on the number of immigration visas available as prescribed by
law. He finally was granted permanent immigration visas for his
family in 1996, after waiting 12 years.
We do not think that decedent's failure to obtain a library
card or driver's license after immigrating to the United States
indicates that he did not intend to permanently reside in this
country, considering he could not read or write English (or any
other language). Nor would we expect an individual who did not
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