JAMES

Interim Decision #2461 MATTER OF JAMES In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20356519 Decided by Board December 22, 1975 Under the law of Dominica, British West Indies, legitimation may be accomplished only if the illegitimate child's mother and father subsequently marry each other. Since ben- eficiary's father, the U.S. citizen petitioner, has never been married to her mother, beneficiary, wt o was born out of wedlock in Dominica in February of 1988, has not been legitimated within the meaning of section 101(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act, as amended, and, therefore, is…