MARTINEZ

Interim Decision #2941 MATTER or MARTINEZ In Visa Petition Proceedings A-26013185 Decided by Board May 10, 1983 (1)In order to obtain preference status for the beneficiary as his married daughter under section 253(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(4), a petitioner must establish that the beneficiary once qualified as his "child" within the meaning of section 101(b)(1) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1). (2)Under the law of Florida, the father's residence and domicile, legitimation of a child born out of wedlock requires the marriage of the child's natural parents.…