GONZALEZ

Interim Decision 462575 MATTER OF GONZALEZ In Visa Petition Proceedings A 20830191 - Decided by Board April 13, 1977 (1) Beneficiary was granted a divorce in the Dominican Republic on March 5, 1975, which was not pronounced and registered by the Office of the Civil Registry until May 14, 1975, or more than two months following the decree. On March 29, 1976, beneficiary married petitioner in Brooklyn, New York. The District Director denied the immediate relative visa petition based on that marriage on the grounds that the marriage took place before the beneficiary's divorce became final, and…