Court Reverses Visa Category Change for Naturalized Man’s Son

The State Department erroneously reclassified a naturalized citizen’s visa petition for his 21-year-old son, a federal appeals court said.

Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Menezes qualifies for an immediate relatives visa because he was under 21 years old at the time his father was naturalized, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said Thursday in reversing and remanding the district court’s dismissal of the claims of Carlos and his father. Immediate relatives visas are for children under the age ...