BAUTISTA

Interim Decision 4E2671 MATTER OF BAUTISTA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21307895 Decided by Board Septemixr 12, 1978 (1) The marriage of the petitioner and the beneficiary, second cousins, will be recognized for Immigration purposes only if it is valid under the law of the Philippines, the place of celebration. (2) Article 81 of the Civil Code of the Philippines proscribes marriage between collateral relatives within the fourth civil degree. Since the beneficiary, the child of the peti- tioner's cousin, is related to the petitioner in, the fifth degree, her marriage to the petitioner is not…