Legal Opinion

POON

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1972No. 2153PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2153 MATTER OF POON ' In Visa Petition Proceedings A-10106076 Decided by Board June 12,'1972 The holding in Matter of Ng, Interim Decision No. 2147, is extended to recognize as valid for immigration purposes the adoption under Chinese law and custom in Hong Kong in 1953 of a male child, even though not related by blood, not of the same clan, and not of the same surname. [Matter of Chin,

12 I. & N. Dec. 240, reaffirmed.] ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: ON BEHALF OF SERVICE: Joseph S. Hertogs, Esquire R. A. Vielhaber 580 Washington Street Appellate Trial Attorney San Francisco,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. YUEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1968
  2. CHINBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1967
  3. YIUBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1970

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. MOZEBBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1975
  2. LEEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1975

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