Matter of Miguel Angel CASTRO-LOPEZ

U.S. Department of Justice 
Executive Offices of Immigration Review 
Board of Immigration Appeal

Cite as 26 I&N Dec. 693 (BIA 2015) 

Interim Decision #3854 693

The 10 years of continuous physical presence required by 8 C.F.R. § 1240.66(c)(2) (2015) for aliens seeking special rule cancellation of removal under section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, Pub. L. No. 105-100, tit. II, 111 Stat. 2160, 2193, 2196 (1997), amended by Pub. L. No. 105-139, 111 Stat. 2644 (1997), should be measured from the alien’s most recently incurred ground of removal, at least where that ground is among those listed in 8 C.F.R. § 1240.66(c)(1).