CASE: I-751 / Waiver of the Joint Waiver Requirement
APPLICANT: Filipina
LOCATION: Waukegan, IL

Our client contacted our office in September of 2018 regarding a response to the RFE for her I-751 filing. She is from the Philippines and she married a U.S. citizen in February 2013. Through her marriage with a U.S. citizen spouse, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in February of 2015. Therefore, her conditional residency terminated in February 2017. She filed the I-751 with her husband in November 2016. However, she got an RFE from the USCIS.

Unfortunately, during their marriage, our client and her ex-husband went through struggles. They lived separately for a while and their divorce proceeding was initiated. Our client could not proceed with the I-751 joint filing with her ex-husband. After consultation, we advised that we can respond to the RFE and convert her application to one with a waiver of the joint filing requirement. We requested a waiver because our client entered into marriage in good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce or annulment before they can file a joint petition.

On October 23, 2018, our office filed the Response to RFE with a conversion request from joint to waiver. The response had various supporting documents (over 15 exhibits and an affidavit over 6 pages) to demonstrate our client’s bona fide marriage with her ex-husband.  

In September 2020, the USCIS scheduled an I-751 interview for our client. Prior to the interview, our office thoroughly prepared our client via conference call with potential issues at the interview. On September 29, 2020, our client was interviewed for her I-751 application at the USCIS Chicago, IL Field Office. The interview was very extensive and the officer questioned her a lot.  Nevertheless, the USCIS approved her I-751 application on October 9, 2020. Now, she has her ten-year green card.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Filipina

LOCATION: Birmingham, AL

Our client contacted our office in January 2019 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from the Philippines and she married a U.S. citizen in July 2016. Through her marriage, she obtained her 2-year conditional green card in February of 2017.  Her conditional residency terminated in February 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her husband had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. She retained our office on January 18, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client.

On February 6, 2019, our office filed the I-751 application to the USCIS. 

The receipt notice and fingerprint notice were issued, extending our client’s LPR status. The USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) and so we filed an extensive Response to RFE on July 21, 2020.  

On September 1, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received her 10-year green card.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Indian

LOCATION: Westlake, OH

Our client contacted our office in September of 2019 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from India and she married a U.S. citizen in April 2017. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in December 2017.  Her conditional residency terminated in December 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her husband had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. She retained our office on September 12, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with all the required documents.

On September 20, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage. 

After the application was filed, a receipt notice was issued and extended our client’s LPR status.  Eventually, on September 1, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application without any RFE.  Our client received her 10-year green card which removed the conditions.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Nigerian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client contacted our office in July 2020 regarding his I-751 RFE Response. 

He is from Nigeria and he married a U.S. citizen in January 2016. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in May 2017.  His conditional residency terminated in May 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and his wife had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. He filed his I-751 application without an attorney.  

On July 27, 2020, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) to demonstrate the bona fideness of his marriage. He contacted our office and retained us for the RFE response. 

On August 7, 2020, our office filed an extensive RFE response to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from his friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and his wife to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

On September 1, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and he received his 10-year green card. .

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Romanian

LOCATION: Sheffield Lake, OH

Our client contacted our office in April of 2019 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from Romania and she married a U.S. citizen in September 2015. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in July of 2017.  His conditional residency terminated in July 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and his wife had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. He retained our office on April 15, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with the necessary supporting documents.

On May 6, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from his friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and his wife to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later. The USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) to demonstrate the bona fideness of our client’s marriage with his wife. We filed an extensive Response to RFE to the USCIS with more bona fide marital documents on July 17, 2020.  

As a result, on August 28, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received his 10-year green card which removed the conditions.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Honduran

LOCATION: Piqua, OH

Our client contacted our office in July of 2019 regarding her and her daughter’s I-751 applications.

She is from Honduras and she married a U.S. citizen. Through her marriage, she and her daughter obtained a 2-year conditional green card in August of 2017. Thus, their conditional residency terminated in August 2019. 

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her spouse had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. She retained our office, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client and her daughter with all supporting documents.

On July 25, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint tax documents, and photos of our client and her spouse in various occasions to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

After the application was filed, we obtained the receipt notice and the fingerprint within 2 weeks. Eventually, on July 9, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application without any RFE.

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CASE: I-751 / Waiver of the Joint Waiver Requirement

APPLICANT: Chinese

LOCATION: Palisades Park, NJ

Our client contacted our office in early October 2018 regarding his I-751 filing. He came to the United States from China and he married a U.S. Citizen (his ex-wife) in August 2016. Through his marriage, he was able to obtain a 2-year conditional green card in August of 2017. His conditional residency terminated in August 2019. However, our client experienced a lot of difficulties in his marital life with his ex-wife. Unfortunately, their marriage ended in May 2019.  Thus, our client could not file the I-751 application jointly with his ex-wife.

After our office was retained, we prepared a waiver of the joint filing requirement because our client entered into marriage in good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce. We focused on the supporting documents that he can show and helped him draft an extensive and detailed affidavit about their marriage, and why it ended the way it did.

On August 5, 2019, our office filed the I-751 application with various supporting documents (including an affidavit over 7 pages) to demonstrate our client’s bona fide marriage with his ex-wife. Eventually, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application on June 8, 2020 without any RFE or interview. Now, he has his ten-year green card.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Indian

LOCATION: Maryville, TN

Our client contacted our office in July of 2019 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from India and he married a U.S. citizen in December 2016. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in October of 2017 through our firm.  His conditional residency terminated in October 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and his wife had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. He retained our office on July 9, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client.

On July 26, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with several supporting documents to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

After the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later. There was no RFE issuance or interview request for our client’s I-751 application. As a result, on May 27, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received his 10-year green card.

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CASE: I-751 / Waiver of the Joint Waiver Requirement
APPLICANT: Vietnamese
LOCATION: Round Rock, TX

Our client contacted our office in March of 2019 regarding his daughter’s I-751 filing. Our client is from Vietnam and he married a U.S. citizen and got his conditional green card in 2015. He filed his I-751 application and his I-751 application was approved as well. When he was petitioned by his U.S. citizen wife, his wife also filed I-130 petitions for our client’s daughter and she (the daughter – the subject of this success story) got her conditional green card in March 2015. Therefore, her conditional residency terminated in March 2017.

Unfortunately, during their marriage, our client and his ex-wife went through struggles. His ex-wife (his spouse at that time) refused to sign the form I-751 for his daughters to remove their conditional green cards. His daughters had to file the form I-751 under extreme hardship. In their application package, besides the required documents, each of them wrote a letter, explaining their hardships if they are forced to depart from the U.S and return to Vietnam. The hardship evidence included the fact that they left Vietnam at an early age, being unable to communicate in Vietnamese anymore, no protection, family separation, being unable to continue with their education, life insecurity, and physical and emotional depression. 

Nevertheless, our client received a Request for Evidence for this I-751 application in January 2019 and contacted our office for legal assistance.  After consultation, we advised that we can help her re-file the I-751 application with a waiver of the joint filing requirement. We requested a waiver because our client (applicant’s father) entered into the marriage in good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce or annulment before they can file a joint petition.

On April 3, 2019, our office filed the I-751 application with various supporting documents for the daughter. Eventually, on May 27, 2020, the USCIS approved our request for the removal of conditions on her permanent resident status without even an interview nor an RFE. Now, she has her ten-year green card.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Indonesian

LOCATION: Marietta, GA

Our client contacted our office in May of 2019 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from Indonesia and she married a U.S. citizen in March 2017. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in November 2017.  Her conditional residency terminated in November 2019.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her husband had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. She retained our office on May 21, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with the necessary supporting documents.

On August 21, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage. 

Eventually, on May 11, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received her 10-year green card which removed the conditions.

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