CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Nigerian

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA

Our client came to the United States in July 2019 from Nigeria on a B-2 visitor’s visa. She has remained in the United States since then. She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2019 and retained our office on March 27, 2020 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 28, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On June 17, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Atlanta, Georgia USCIS office. Eventually, on June 24, 2021, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Westlake, OH

Our client came to the United States from India on a F-1 student visa. He married his U.S. Citizen wife in July 2020 and retained our office on September 15, 2020 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 24, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On June 8, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. His green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Thai

LOCATION: Shaker Heights, OH

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

He is from Thailand and he married a U.S. citizen in September 2016. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in October 2017.  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 August 30, 2019, and our office prepared and filed the I-751 application on September 27, 2019

On June 2, 2021, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received his 10-year green card.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Elyria, OH 

Our Filipina client came to the U.S. on a B-1 visitor’s visa in July 2010. She remained in the United States since then. In September 2010, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office on September 9, 2020 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 25, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On June 4, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Falmouth, MA

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a B-1 visitor’s visa in July 2015. Since then, she has remained in the United States. In July 2020, our client married her U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office on January 7, 2020 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 21, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On April 2, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Boston, MA USCIS office. On May 28, 2021, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Solon, OH 

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa in January 2018. Her J-1 program was not subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. In July 2019, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  Once she got married, she retained our office on September 19, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 11, 2019.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office. On March 2, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on May 28, 2021, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Turkish

LOCATION: Reno, NV

Our client is from Turkey who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in August 2016 as an exchange student. In October 2019, she married her U.S. citizen spouse. She wished to apply for a waiver of the two year foreign residency requirement so that she can file her adjustment of status application along with her husband’s I-130 petition.  

She retained our office on January 13, 2020. Thereafter, our office prepared for the waiver request through a No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Turkish Embassy. Every country’s Embassy maintains different procedures with regard to the J-1 No Objection Statement waiver.  Our office contacted the Turkish Embassy in D.C. to pursue the waiver for our client.  The Embassy requested several documents including a statement of reason for the waiver and Turkish National ID.

On February 5, 2020, the J-1 Waiver (Form DS-3035) Application was filed to the Department of State.  We also sent a request to the Turkish Embassy to issue a No Objection Statement and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client wants to adjust her status based on her marriage to a U.S. citizen spouse. 

Eventually, the Turkish Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division.  On June 15, 2020, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. On July 13, 2020, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice for the waiver of our client’s two-year foreign residency requirement. 

Once her J-1 waiver was approved, our client retained our office again for her adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485Adjustment of Status Application on July 3, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients through conference calls. On May 14, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Reno, Nevada USCIS office.  The interview went well, and eventually, on May 28, 2021, her green card application was approved.

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Case: I-130/I-485
Applicant/Beneficiary – German
Location: Cleveland, OH

Our client entered the United States in August 2020 from Germany under the visa waiver program. As a Visa Waiver Entrant, she was only authorized to remain in the United States for 90 days.  She married her U.S. citizen spouse in October 2020. 

In November 2020, they contacted our office and consulted with us regarding adjustment of status. They retained our office on November 2, 2020.  One issue in her green card application through marriage was the fact that she came to the United States under the visa waiver program.   As our office wrote in our previous success story with a similar issue,  under the visa waiver program, citizens of certain countries can enter the U.S. for 90 days without a visa with the condition that the visitor waives his or her right to contest removal (other than on the basis of asylum).  The “no-contest” provision of the Visa Waiver Program is fundamental; if someone could enter under the VWP and then contest removability, it would defeat the whole purpose of the Program which is to make it easy for certain nationals to come to the United States to visit and then leave without all the red-tape involved in visa issuance.

Since our client resided in Cleveland, Ohio, her application had a better chance compared to states under the 9th Circuit (see Momeni v. Chertoff).  

Nevertheless, our office filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 12, 2020.  Our office requested the CIS to exercise favorable discretion in granting adjustment of status. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permit all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On May 14, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS Field Office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied our clients. The interview went well, and the USCIS approved her adjustment of status application on the same day of the interview.  Now, our client is a green card holder.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Mongolian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Mongolia on a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in October 2020 and retained our office on October 14, 2020 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 27, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On May 6, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on May 12, 2021, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: British

LOCATION: Brecksville, OH

Our client came to the United States from the United Kingdom on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa. His J-1 program was not subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. He married a U.S. Citizen in May 2020 and retained our office for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 1, 2020. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On May 6, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. Our client’s green card application was approved on the same day.

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