Legal Opinion
FONG
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980No. ID 2749Published
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2749 MATTER OF FONG In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21324649 Decided by Board January 7, 1980 (1) A visa petition by the natural child of his father and his father's "second" Chinese wife, for his father's "first" wife as his stepmother, is not based on a polygamous "marriage," and the beneficiary is eligible to derive an immigration benefit through the petitioner. Matter of Stultz,
15 I&N Dec. 362
(BIA 1974,1975; A.G. 1975) followed. Matter of Man,
16 I&N Dec. 543
(BIA 1978) distinguished. (2) The fact that a petitioner has already successfully petitioned for his natural mother…