When determining whether a person has firmly resettled, does the applicant have to be a national of the country where the offer was made?

firm resettlement. And conversely, the firm resettlement statute and regulation do not refer to nationality or require an analysis of the asylum applicant's nationality. When determining whether a person has firmly resettled, it does not matter whether the person is or is not a national of the country where resettlement is alleged to have occurred. Instead, the regulation asks only whether the person has received "an offer" of some type of permanent status. 8 C.F.R. 208.15 ; see Maharaj v. Gonzales, 450 F.3d 961, 976 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc) (holding that, in determining whether a petitioner has firmly resettled, "[t]he focus ... remains on receipt of an offer of permanent resettlement"). It is irrelevant whether the person has accepted the offer; it is irrelevant whether acceptance of the offer would constitute the acquisition of nationality.