Firm Resettlement Bar

29 I&N Dec. 362 (BIA 2025) · 2025

Evidence that a respondent had a legal right to enter, live, work, and own property indefinitely in the country of proposed resettlement demonstrates that the respondent was offered 'some other type of permanent resettlement' for purposes of the firm resettlement bar.

Clarifies that indefinite legal residency rights abroad — even without formal refugee status — can trigger the firm resettlement bar.