BULLEN

Interim Decision #2621 MATTER OF SULLEN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21778510 Decided by Board November 7, 1977 (1) In visa petition proceedings, the burden of establishing the claimed relationship is upon the petitioner. (2) In order to qualify as a "daughter" for preference purposes under section 203(a)(2) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(2), the beneficiary must once have qualified as the child of the petitioner under section 101(b)(1) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(I). (3) The term "legitimate" as used in section 101(b)(1)(A), 8 U.S.C. 111)1(a)(1)(A), refers solely to a child born in wedlock.…