{"id":1099,"date":"2026-09-09T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usstatebenefits.com\/blog\/understanding-matter-of-delcarmen-lara-the-new-meaning-of-departure-under-ina-%c2%a7-212a9b-8\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:00:02","slug":"understanding-matter-of-delcarmen-lara-the-new-meaning-of-departure-under-ina-%c2%a7-212a9b-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usstatebenefits.com\/blog\/understanding-matter-of-delcarmen-lara-the-new-meaning-of-departure-under-ina-%c2%a7-212a9b-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Matter of Delcarmen-Lara: The New Meaning of &#8220;Departure&#8221; Under INA \u00a7 212(a)(9)(B)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Understanding Matter of Delcarmen-Lara: The New Meaning of &#8220;Departure&#8221; Under INA \u00a7 212(a)(9)(B)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field--topics field-topics field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field--item\">DACA<\/div>\n<div class=\"field--item\">Family-Based<\/div>\n<div class=\"field--item\">Temporary Protected Status<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><span>ddelacruz<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\"><time class=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-01T14:29:16-07:00\" title=\"Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 14:29\">Tue, 09\/01\/2026 &#8211; 14:29<\/time><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field--publication_date field-date field--label-inline\">\n<div class=\"field__label\">Publication Date<\/div>\n<p>              <time class=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-01T12:00:00Z\">Sep 01, 2026<\/time>\n      <\/div>\n<section class=\"social-share\">\n<p>      <span class=\"social-share__label\">Share<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"social-share__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilrc.org%2Frss.xml\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\"><\/i><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n          <a class=\"social-share__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilrc.org%2Frss.xml\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/i><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n          <a class=\"social-share__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilrc.org%2Frss.xml\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\"><\/i><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"field--featured_image field-media-featured field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-scaled-1-4-width\">\n<div class=\"field--image field-media-image field--label-hidden\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, that overruled Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly \" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ilrc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scaled_350\/public\/2026-09\/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%205.32.13%E2%80%AFPM_0.png?itok=PFq_Jsnp\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"field--page_content field-page-content field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field--item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-formatted-text paragraph--view-mode--default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field--item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-formatted-text paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field--content field-cft-content field--label-hidden\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On August 13, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision on&nbsp;<i>Matter of Delcarmen-Lara<\/i>, that overruled&nbsp;<i>Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly<\/i>&nbsp;and held that travel on advance parole is now a &#8220;departure&#8221; for purposes of the unlawful presence bars at INA \u00a7 212(a)(9)(B)(i). Under this new interpretation, a person who has accrued more than 180 days of unlawful presence and then leaves the United States on advance parole will trigger the 3- or 10-year bar to admissibility. The BIA applied its holding prospectively, so trips taken before this decision was issued should not have triggered the bars. 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