TORRES

Citations

• 22 I. & N. Dec. 28

Syllabus

TORRES, 22 I&N Dec. 28 (BIA 1998) ID 3347 (PDF) In order to qualify as a \legitimated\ child under section 101(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(C)(1994), a child residing or domiciled in Peru must have been under the age of 18 at the time the changes in Peruvian law regarding legitimation took effect, and \extramarital filiation\ must have been established prior to the child's 18th birthday, unless he or she was legitimated under the former laws of that country. Matter of Quispe, 16 I&N Dec. 174 (BIA 1977) and Matter of Breninzon, 19 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 1984), modified.