IN RE PETITION OF CHIN THLOOT HAR WONG

No. 746968.

224 F.Supp. 155 (1963)

In the Matter of the Petition for Naturalization of CHIN THLOOT HAR WONG in Behalf of Her Adopted Son, Kenneth Wong.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Gim, New York City, for petitioner.

Marjorie Jackson, Naturalization Examiner, New York City, for the United States.


FEINBERG, District Judge.

This case, like so many arising under the immigration and naturalization laws, raises an issue narrow in scope but vitally important to those affected by it. The question is whether a child adopted by a husband and wife, only one of whom is a citizen, can be naturalized upon the petition of the citizen alone.

On April 29, 1963, Chin Thloot Har Wong, a naturalized United States citizen, filed a petition for the naturalization of her...

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