KIRBY

Interim Decision #1949 MATTER OF KIRBY In Visa Petition Proceedings A-14247013 Decided by Board March.19, 1969 Where beneficiary was legally adopted by court decree in the Philippines on September 25, 1950 when she was less than a year old and until 1964 she was in the possession and custody of the adoptive, parents, a valid adop- tion exists in accordance with the requirements of section 101(b) (1) (E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and the proviso to that section precludes the approval of a visa petition filed on behalf of the benefi- ciary by her natural mother to…