GARCIA

Interim Decision #3020 MATTER OF GARCIA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-26285801 Decided by Board September .9, 1986 (1) In order to accord preference status to the beneficiary as his unmarried son under section 203(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

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(aX2) (1982), a petitioner must establish that the beneficiary qualified as his "child" within the meaning of section 101(bXl) of the Act,

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(bX1) (1982). (2) Under the New Jersey Parentage Act, effective May 21, 1988, all children and parents have equal rights with respect to each other regardless of the…