GREENWOOD

Interim Decision #2945 MATTER OF GREENWOOD In Visa Petition Proceedings A-23447250 Decided by Board July 19, 1983 (1) Where an alien minor is admitted to the United States classified as an "eligible orphan" pursuant to section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, S U.S. C. 1101(b)(1)(F)—even absent a subsequent formal adoption—thefurther proviso therein operates to forever bar the eligible orphan from conferring immigration benefits upon his natural parents (or prior adoptive parents). CO Naturalized United States citizen petitioner who once was admitted to the United States…