The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is the highest administrative tribunal on immigration and nationality matters in the United States. The Board is responsible for applying the immigration and nationality laws uniformly throughout the United States. Accordingly, the Board has been given nationwide jurisdiction to review the orders of Immigration Judges and certain decisions made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and to provide guidance to the Immigration Judges, DHS, and others, through published decisions. The Board is tasked with resolving the questions before it in a manner that is timely, impartial, and consistent with the Immigration and Nationality Act and regulations, and to provide clear and uniform guidance to DHS, Immigration Judges, and the general public on the proper interpretation and administration of the Act and its implementing regulations. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(1).

The BIA has appellate jurisdiction under C.F.R. § 1003.1(b) to hear the following matters:

• Decisions of Immigration Judges in removal, deportation, and exclusion proceedings (with some limitations on decisions involving voluntary departure, pursuant to 8 C.F.R.§ 1003.1(b)(2), (3));
• Decisions of Immigration Judges pertaining to asylum, withholding of deportation, withholding of removal, Temporary Protected Status, the Convention Against Torture, and other forms of relief;
• Decisions of Immigration Judges on motions to reopen where the proceedings were conducted in absentia;
• Some decisions pertaining to bond, parole, or detention, as provided in 8 C.F.R. part 1236, subpart A;
• Decisions of DHS on family-based immigrant petitions, the revocation of family-based immigrant petitions, and the revalidation of family-based immigrant petitions (except orphan petitions);
• Decisions of DHS regarding waivers of inadmissibility for nonimmigrants under § 212(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
• Decisions of Immigration Judges in rescission of adjustment of status cases, as provided in 8 C.F.R. part 1246;
• Decision of DHS involving administrative fines and penalties under 8 C.F.R. part 1280