SERNA

Interim Decision #2681 MATTER OF SERNA_ In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21338935 Decided by Board December 6, 1978 (1) Delayed birth certificate, even where unrebutted by contradictory evidence, will not in every case establish petitioner's status as United States citizen. Matter of Herrera,131. & N. Dec. 755 (BIA 1971), clarified. (2) Each case in which United States citizenship is sought to be established through a delayed birth certificate must be decided on its own facts with regard to the sufficiency of the evidence presented as to petitioner's birthplace. ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: Laurier…