Legal Opinion
ASSAN
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1975No. ID 2358PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2358 MATTER OF ASSAN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20121202 Decided by Board March 21, 1975 Where the beneficiary of a petition under section 201(b) of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act and his former spouse were apparently both natives and citizens of Ecuador, the fact that neither the beneficiary nor his former Ecuadorian spouse ap- peared personally at their divorce proceedings in Ecuador does not preclude it from being recognized as valid in New York, the place of beneficiary's subsequent marriage to petitioner. The record is remanded to the District Director in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
- Rosenbaum v. RosenbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Rosenstiel v. RosenstielNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- PEARSONBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- TAGLEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1976