VALERIO

Interim Decision #2489 MATTER OF VALERIO In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20800337 Decided by Board January 21, 1976 (1) Under Article 17, Law 1306-his, Civil Code of the Dominican Republic a divorce judgment will not become final unless the spouse who obtained the judgment appears personally before the Official of the'Civil Registry within two months of the date of the judgment to have the divorce "declared" or pronounced, and the judgment registered. (2)Alien beneficiary obtained a divorce in the Dominican Republic July 20, 1970, married the U.S. citizen petitioner on December 18, 1973, and…