RICHARD

Interim Decision #2898 MATTER OF RICHARD In Visa Petition Proceedings A-22677182 Decided by Board February 9, 1982 . (1) Under the Civil Code of Haiti, as amended by the 1959 Presidential Decree, children born out of wedlock after January 27, 1959, and acknowledged by their natural father have the same rights and obligations as legitimate children. (2) Where the beneficiary, a native and resident of Haiti, was born out of wedlock in 1069 and acknowledged by the natural father in 1977, prior to his eighteenth birthday, he is deemed a legitimate child for immigration purposes under section…