SHALOM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH v. ACTING SECRETARY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

No. 13-4434.

783 F.3d 156 (2015)

SHALOM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH; Carlos Alencar v. ACTING SECRETARY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Director United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Director of the California Service Center of Uscis; Director United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Administrative Appeals Office, in their official capacity, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed April 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Stock, Esquire (Argued), Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.

Geoffrey Forney, Esquire (Argued), Melissa S. Leibman, Esquire, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Scott D. Pollock, Esquire, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Appellee.

Before: RENDELL, GREENAWAY, JR., and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) enables an immigrant to obtain a visa as a "special immigrant religious worker" if the immigrant meets certain statutory criteria, including that he has been "carrying on" religious work for at least the two years preceding the filing of the visa petition...

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