KEYWORD: Guideline B; Guideline C

DIGEST: Applicant’s close relatives in Hong Kong could be a means through which Applicant comes to the attention of those who seek U.S. information and technology and would attempt to exert coercion. The record need not contain evidence of an actual threat of espionage.  Factors such as the  relatives’ obscurity or the failure of foreign authorities to contact those relatives in the past are not a meaningful measure of a trustworthiness risk There is no reason to disturb the Judge’s conclusion that Applicant’s relatives pose a heightened risk. Adverse decision affirmed.

CASENO: 14-01655.a2

DATE: 12/09/2015