Matter of N-P-A-

BIA

29 I&N Dec. 347 (BIA 2025)

2025

Holding

Respondent did not establish a well-founded fear based on a pretextual summons for political activity where a similar summons did not result in harm to his son and the respondent lived for years in Moldova without harm following the summons.

Practitioner Note

Illustrates that country conditions evidence combined with the applicant's own uneventful prior experience can undercut the objective component of well-founded fear.

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