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Interim Decision #2606 MATTER OF LEE In Visa Petition Proceedings A 20929617 - A-20929618 A-20929619 Decided by Board August 18, 1977 Under Korean law, the relationship created between a child born out of wedlock and his father by "recognition" through registration in the Korean Family Registry is identical in all relevant respects to that between a father and child born during marriage. Since the rights and duties flowing from each of the relationships is identical, a "recognized" child is a "legitimated" child under section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Where, as here, the…