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Interim Decision #2359 MATTnR. OF LEE In Visaa Petition Proceedings A-20316834 Decided by Board March 21, 1975 The petitioner, a United States citizen, applied for preference status for the beneficiary as her brother under the provisions of section 203(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. However, blood tests excluded the claimed relationship and the visa petition approval was revoked. Petitioner's mother now claims that she adopted the beneficiary at birth in Hong Kong in 1957. The petition must be denied for two reasons. First, under Chinese law, the beneficiary's mother could not…