CLAHAR

Interim Decision #2852 MATTER OF CLAHAR In Visa Petition Proceedings A-221609'70 Decided by Board March 24, 1981 (1) To qualify for visa preference status as a brother or sister under section 203(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(5), both the petitioner and the beneficiary must once have qualified as the "child" of a common "parent" within the meaning of sections 101(b)(1) and (2) of the Act. (2) A child within the scope of the Jamaican Status of Children Act of 1976 is included within the definition of a legitimate or legitimated "child" as set forth in section…