GERONIMO

Interim Decision #2456 MATTER OF GERONIMO In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20453877 Decided by Board December 1, 1975 An adopted child who has not been adopted in accordance with the requirements of section 101(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, cannot be classified as a "stepchild" under section 101(b)(1)(B) of the Act, as amended, even if the adoptive parent marries a United States citizen before the child reaches the age of 18. Hence, since the beneficiary in the instant case was adopted in the Philippines by the United States citizen petitioner's wife less than two…