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Department of Justice
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l Church. Virginia 20530

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Name: BITZOS, STYLIANOS

A 205-019-980

Date of this notice: 1 /15/2015

Enclosed is a copy of the Board's decision and order in the above-referenced case.
Sincerely,

DOn.nL CaAAJ
Donna Carr
Chief Clerk

Enclosure
Panel Members:
Holmes, David 8.

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Cite as: Stylianos Bitzos, A205 019 980 (BIA Jan. 15, 2015)

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KRIEGER, FRANKLYN MAURICE

U.S. Department of Justice

Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Falls Church, Virginia 20530

File:

A205 019 980 - Orlando, FL

Date:

JAN 15 20t5

In re: STYLIANOS BITZOS

IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS

ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT:
ON BEHALF OF DHS:

Franklyn Maurice Krieger, Esquire

Manuel Ramirez
Assistant Chief Counsel

APPLICATION:

Reopening

ORDER:
This matter was last before the Board on June 30, 2014, when we dismissed the respondent's
appeal. The respondent has now filed a timely motion to reopen to pursue, among other things,
adjustment of status, based on his marriage to a United States citizen. Considering the evidence
submitted with the motion to reopen, the motion to reopen is granted and the proceedings will be
reopened to provide the respondent a further opportunity to demonstrate his eligibility for relief
from removal (Motion Exhs. F-K).

see also Matter of Velarde,

See Matter of Coelho, 20 I&N Dec.

464, 472-73 (BIA 1992);

23 l&N Dec. 253, 256 (BIA 2002). We are unpersuaded by the

Department of Homeland Security's arguments in opposition to the motion that the motion
should not be granted because the respondent was only recently married and the visa petition
filed on his behalf has not yet been adjudicated.
Accordingly, the proceedings are reopened and the record is remanded for consideration of
the respondent's eligibility for adjustment of status as well as any other form of relief for which
he may be eligible.

FOR THE BOARD

Cite as: Stylianos Bitzos, A205 019 980 (BIA Jan. 15, 2015)

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