VAN PAMELEN

Interim Decision #1678 Ma.).1, t or VAR PAMLEN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-14913610 Decided by Board December 21, 1966 Since under the law of The Netherlands, petitioner, although acimorriedged by his natural parents following birth out of wedlock, has never been legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents, he is ineligible to file a visa petition to accord his half-sister preference status under section 203(a) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, inasmuch as the common parent is the father. The case conies forward on appeal from the order of the Acting…