LEE

Interim Decision #2098 MATTER OF LEE In Visa Petition Proceedings A-17523878 Decided by Board September 30, 1971 Petitioner's alleged adoption of beneficiary in China in 1943 when latter was 8 years of age has not been established for immigration purposes since there was no written adoption agreement nor was beneficiary brought up as a child of the adopter since infancy (under 7 years of age) in accord- ance with Article 1079 of the Chinese Civil Code. Further, even if adop- tion occurred as alleged, beneficiary's subsequent return in 1946 to Indone- sia where he lived with his natural mother…