From the desk of Han Lin, Manager
December 17, 2025
The BIA denied asylum to a Respondent [R] from Moldova. R was beaten twice by the police in 2021, because of his political opinion. R then lived in peace until he went to the airport to depart. “He testified that he used his passport to depart from the airport in Moldova, and no government official tried to stop him.” Matter of N-P-A- 29 I&N Dec 347 [BIA 2025]
R “ lived for years in Moldova without harm.”
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Moral of the Story
Be prepared to answer these questions:
“Your government has forgotten about you, and no longer is angry, correct?”
“Why didn’t your government arrest you at the airport?”
POSSIBLE REMEDY:
After you departed from your country, did officials ask your family about you?
Have you done anything in the USA to bring yourself to the attention of your government?
Did you pay a bribe at the airport? Was the official at the airport a supporter of your cause? Was he strongly pro-government, or was he just a tired and over-worked employee who did not care who departed? Did the official at the airport have a list of “bad people” who should be arrested?
Did the police department give information to the official, and did he read it?