RICE

Interim Decision #2552 MATTER OF RICE In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21266592 A-21266593 Decided by Board January 27, 1977 (1) Article 66 of the Philippine Civil Code provides that when one or both of the contract- ing parties to a marriage are citizens or subjects of a foreign country, it shall be necessary, before a marriage license can be obtained, to provide themselves with a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, to be issued by their respective diplomatic or consular officials. However, despite the lack of such a certificate a mar- riage license was issued and the marriage…