U.S. Department of Justice

EOIR BIA Decision

The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a decision in Matter of B-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 313 (BIA 2025).

Under the plain language of section 240(c)(7)(C)(iv)(III) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(iv)(III) (2018), the extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship waiver for motions to reopen only applies to temporal limitations for filing a motion to reopen to apply for relief under the Violence Against Women Act and not to the numerical limitation on such motions.

                                                                                        
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