BARDOUILLE

Interim Decision #2880 MATTER OF BARDOUILLE In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24652753 A-24652754 Decided by Board September 22, 1981 (1) In order to be eligible for relative preference classification under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1153(a), the alien beneficiary must be fully qualified at the time the visa petition is filed. (2) Visa petitions to classify the beneficiaries as "unmarried sons" under section 203(a)(2) of the Act are denied where the beneficiaries' alleged legitimation by their petitioner father occurred only after he filed the petitions and,…