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B-176973 1 (1973-01-24)

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                 COMPTROLLER .GNERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                   -       WASHlINGTOND.C. 205 4



   B-176973
                                                 JAN 24 1973




   Captain D. .4. SartoriUSAJ     .. '.            .
   Mcolinting ~nd TinaniCl -OfftiOr
   Throuh Pepoty MAistant  . CO   r    o-
        Ac2utin AMd Fitanc (Ak fACF4).y
   Headkuarter, United States. Air .Force

   Dearv.Captain Sartori:

        Your letter dated August 8, 1972,. 4ith -e-ulosures, refereane ACF,
   orwarded here .by lettr' dated .epe br 8,-19fl.'.from the. Deputy Assis-
   tant- CompttolLer- for Atcountiit& an~d.Fiuftce) -United States Air Force,
   Wshjuton,. D.V', C requests an advanc d. 4ision is to the .entitlement
   of Staff Sergean t, to basic, allowance
   for -quarters (BAQ) .-on acco unt of a .deapendent  .
       ). Your reque   was signed Nei. DO-AF-I67 by the Department
   of. Defense Mlitary Pf-ay._d A1Iowane C9qoitteele.

        The r eord...indicate's. thit               ,.-formerly .
                                     -:a notie of the. ?hilippizes, was
   admitted to theUnited-States as a non-imigrant-teworary visitor in
   January 1970.,! She obtaitwd -a'divoce from bar. hiiband,
         o on-arch 28, 1970, in the First Civil Court of the District
   of Bravos,. ChihuaiA, Nexico. She .appeared personaily, and subtted
   a car i     e-te showing bar resideny .in JUsrer. Hr. Her husband,
   S-repident of tbh. Philippines, * appeared by con~sel. Subsequently, she
   and .Sergeant.      were ceremonIally .married on. May 17, .1970, -in
   E Omids, Washington. The marriage certificate shows their residence
   to  r .  iwod, Washiniton. -.

       Based upon this marri4.,                  applied for. and
   recived- basi .alowane..for quarters: fOr the period from May 17,
   1970:, to April.7 1971. In .additidi 'thie record shows that the
   Board of - mmi.ration Apeals, D' iant of Justice' .decided on
   February 19, 1971,. that* foreign divorce decree
   was valid and accorded :hr 1iimmediat. relative!. i-migrant .status. under
   section 201(b) of the .Iumigration .ad N4tionaiy Act, 8. U.S.C. II51,f'
   as the 'spouSe O' a.United Stes dt-r..en. Ther e s no indication in
   the record- that the Validiy of the- Iecan div*orce,or the'validity
   of the marriake babeex    nidedbacor of -colipetent jurlsdic-
   tio n ul thenited-S tates.-.


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