Legal Opinion
ASTORGA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2711PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision 112711 MATTER OF ASTORGA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20952928 Decided by Board June 19, 1979 (1) Under the laws of the State of Washington, a marriage in any jurisdiction may be declared invalid as of the date of the marriage and this declaration in essence renders the question of the existence of the marriage totally irrelevant. Wash. Rev. Code 26.09.040. (2) Under
Wash. Rev. Code § 26.09.040, the question of void and voidable marriages is avoided and a declaration of invalid marriage is obtained in proceedings akin to divorce proceedings. (3) As a general rule, marriages…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lilia Nequinto Hendrix v. United States Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- SAMEDIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
- WONGBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1977
- CASTILLO-SEDANOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1975
- ADAMOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1968
3Cited by6 opinions
- Witter v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Trinidad Z. Garcia v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Kaivan Sharifzadeh-Fahraji v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Maria Gomez v. William BarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Rybusinski v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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