f•ArrrEa of K— 

In VISA PETITION Proceedings 

A-11909774 

Decided by Board September 16, 1960 

Preference quota status—Adopted child—Not entitled to benefits from natural 

parent. 

Child adopted in accordance with requirements m section 101(0) (1) (E) is 

not entitled to benefits from petition tiled by natural parent to confer preference quota status. 

BEFORE THE BOARD 

DISCUSSION: The case comes forward on appeal from the order 

of the District Director, Chicago District, dated June 23, 1960, denying the visa petition for the reason that it appears that the beneficiary was given in adoption on November 22, 1934, at Copenhagen, 

Denmark, by the petitioner and can, therefore, no longer he considered the legal daughter of the petitioner. 

The petitioner, a native and citizen of Sweden, 52 years old, female, is a lawful permanent resident alien. She seeks preference 

quota status for the beneficiary under section 203(a) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as her unmarried daughter. The 

beneficiary is a native and citizen of Denmark, 28 years old, female. 

Evidence has been submitted that the beneficiary has been twice 

divorced and is presently qualified as "unmarried" (8 U.S.C. 1101 

(a) (39)). 

The record also contains a copy of a royal decree establishing that 

the beneficiary was adopted at Copenhagen, Denmark, on Nuvtaiiber 22, 1934, by K—T—R and his wife and was given the surname 

of the adoptive parents. It is to be noted that the beneficiary was 

two years of age when adopted. 

Section 205(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended by the Act of September 22, 1959, provides that no petition 

for a preference in behalf of a son or daughter under paragraph 

(3) of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall 

be approved unless the petitioner establishes that he is a parent as 

defined in section 101(b) (2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

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Act, of the alien in respect to whom the petition is made. Section 

101(b) (2) provides that the term "parent" means a parent only 

where the relationship exists by reason of any of the circumstances 

set forth in paragraph (1) of that section. The five categories set 

forth in paragraph (1) include a legitimate child, a stepchild, a 

legitimated child, an illegitimate child in relation to its natural 

mother, and finally, in subparagraph (E), a child adopted while 

under tho age of 14 years if the child has thereafter been in the 

legal custody of and has resided with the adopting parent or parents 

for at least two years: Provided, that no natural parent of any 

such adopted child shall thereafter by virtue of such parentage be 

accorded any right, privilege or status under the Act. 

In the instant case it appears that the beneficiary was given in 

adoption at the age of two years. The adoption therefore complies 

with the requirements of section 101(b) (1) (E), and the proviso contained in that subparagraph—that no natural parent of any such 

adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such natural parentage, 

be occorde,d any right, privilege or status under the Act--would 

apply (Matter of B—, A-8115379, 9 16). The natural parent by 

virtue of the provisions of section 101(b) (1) (E) is precluded from 

asserting any right, privilege or status with respect to the natural 

child under the Act, in view of the intervening adoption. The appeal 

will be dismissed. 

ORDER: It is ordered that the appeal be and the same is hereby 

dismissed. 

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