In this unpublished decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reopened proceedings upon finding that while the respondent had not established exceptional circumstances for his failure to appear at the hearing at which he was ordered removed in absentia, he plausibly claimed that he did not receive actual notice of the hearing and had an incentive to appear at future hearings in light of a pending visa petition filed on his behalf. The decision was written by Member Edward Grant and joined by Vice-Chairman Charles Adkins-Blanch and Member Sharon Hoffman.