PAGAN

Interim Decision #3378 In re Tanessia Amelia PAGAN, Beneficiary File A73 673 764 - Vermont Service Center Decided March 3, 1999 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) Although the paternity of a beneficiary must be established in order to qualify as a “legit- imated” child under section 101(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(C) (1994), the child’s father need not prove that they have any relationship other than a purely biological one. (2) As blood tests are the sole manner of proving a claimed…