Legal Opinion
BONNETTE
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980No. ID 2840PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2840 MATTER OF BONNETTE In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24209799 Decided by Board November 5, 1980 (1) Under the rule laid down in the Ninth Circuit in Palmer v. Reddy,
622 F.2d 463
(9 Cir. 1980), a visa preference is available to beneficiaries who become stepchildren prior to their eighteenth birthday as a class without qualification. Matter of Moreira, Interim Decision 2720 (BIA 1979) and Matter of Moreira, Interim Decision 2792 (BIA 1980) no longer apply in the Ninth Circuit. (2) Beneficiary of a visa petition who was allegedly born out of wedlock to petitioner's husband…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nation v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- AMADO AND MONTEIROBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1969
- Andrade v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Pauline Palmer v. John J. Reddy, District Director at Helena, Montana, Immigration& Naturalization Service, United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- SOARESBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1968
3Cited by5 opinions
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- ANSELMOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1989
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- CAZARESBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1996
- Medina-Morales v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004