COKER

Interim Decision #2255 MATTER OF COKER In Visa Petition Proceedings A-19509617 Decided by Board January 8, 1974 (1) In order to qualify as a "daughter" for preference classification purposes, a beneficiary of a visa petition must once have qualified as a child of the petitioner under section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. (2) Under the law of Nigeria, a child born out of wedlock is illegitimate; such a child may be legitimated through the subsequent marriage of the child's parents or by the father's acknowledgement. Acknowledgement involves conduct or an act by…