Guyanese man loses petition to stay in US

A Guyanese man has lost his fight to remain resident in the United States, after failing to prove that notice for an asylum hearing, which he did not attend, was improperly served.

Lawrence Melchoir Fanfair showed very little interest in the matter and only made an attempt to reopen his asylum proceedings after he was arrested seven years later, an October 14, 2011 decision from the US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit said.

According to the decision, records show that immigration officials detained Fanfair upon his arrival in the United States in 2003 and notified him that his application for asylum had been referred to