PICHARDO AND BRUGMAN

Interim Decision #2479 MATTER OF PICHARDO AND BRUGMAN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20581862 A-20581864 Decided by Board March 5, 1976 Since the law a' the Dominican Republic on mutual consent divorce obtained by foreigners does not state that both parties to such a divorce must be foreigners in order to render applicable the exception of the waiting period for pronouncement, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, it is concluded that a mutual consent divorce obtained in the Dominican Republic in which one of the parties is a foreigner may be pronounced at any time. Hence, the…