Legal Opinion
RODRIGUEZ-CRUZ
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1981No. ID 2871PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2871 MAll.•R OF RODRIGUEZ-CRUZ In Visa Petition Proceedings A 23050125 - Decided by Board June 10, 1981 (1) Pursuant to Article 130 of the Constitution of Mexico, only marriages contracted in accordance with civil formalities are recognized in Mexico. (2) A religious marriage ceremony in Mexico does not result in a valid marriage, despite the parties' intention that it be such. Matter of A-E-,
4 I&N Dec. 405
(BIA 1951), reaffirmed; Molter of K-, 7 l&N Dec. 492 (BIA 1957), overruled. (3) Since the petitioner and the beneficiary's mother did not enter into a civil marriage…
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