The BIA recently returned to a critical and deceptively complicated part of cancellation of removal, the stop-time rule, with a fairly narrow but important decision. Matter of Ordaz, 26 I&N Dec. 637 (BIA 2015).Migrants are eligible for relief from removal if they can meet certain durational requirements, among other criteria. Lawful permanent residents must be able to show that they have continuously resided in the United States for at least seven years.