CHO

Interim Decision #2577 MATTER OF CHO In Visa Petition Proceedings A-31184541 Decided by Board April 19, 1977 (1) Beneficiary was born in Korea on June 21, 1960, and had lived there in the home of his adoptive parents (petitioners) from 1968 to 1972. In 1972 the adoptive parents emi- grated to the United States. In 1973, beneficiary was adopted by proxy when his name was entered in the Korean Family Registry as the adopted child of the petitioner and his wife. (2) Even though the adoption was not formalized until after the adoptive parents had emigrated to the United States, the adoption was…