CABUCANA

Interim Decision #2584 MATTER OF CABUCANA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21267608 Decided by Board May 20, 1977 (1) The beneficiary, who was born in the Philippines in 1964, was adopted by petitioner in 1973 pursuant to a decree issued by a family court in the State of Hawaii. The District Director denied the visa petition to classify the child as an immediate relative under section 201(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on the ground that the adoption decree was not entitled to recognition because the beneficiary had never lived in Hawaii. (2) A Hawaiian court has jurisdiction to…