Legal Opinion
KONG
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2737PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2737 MATTER OF KONG In Visa Petition Proceedings A-22165175 Decided by the Board October 24, 1979 (1) In order to qualify as brothers or sisters under section 203 (a)(5) of the Act, a petitioner must establish that both he and the beneficiary once qualified as children of a common parent and that parent is still a parent of each of them at the time the visa petition is adjudicated. (2) The "once qualified" rule has been applied to give effect to the time limitations set uut in the Act's definition of "child". while recognizing that the circumstances creat- ing the…
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