PALELEI

Interim Decision #2698 MATTER OF PALELEI In Visa Petition Proceedings A 21328815 - Decided by Board April 10, 1979 (I) In order to qualify as a "daughter" for preference purposes, a beneficiary must once have qualified as a "child" of the petitioner under section 101(b)(1) of the Act. (2) To be valid for immigration purposes, an adoption must create a legal status or relationship. (3) To determine whether an adoption is valid, we look to the law of the place where the adoption took place. (4) To prove a customary adoption, the petitioner must establish that a custom existed which was…