CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Vietnamese

LOCATION: Youngstown, OH

Our client came to the United States from Vietnam in April 2018 with her B-2 visitor’s visa. Since then, she has remained in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in November 2021. She retained our office on February 7, 2022 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on February 14, 2022. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On May 17, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. On May 18, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipino                                                                       

LOCATION: Stuttgart, AR

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa. In September 2021, our client married his current U.S. citizen spouse. He retained our office on December 7, 2021 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 23, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On April 28, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Memphis, TN USCIS office. On April 29, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Indian                                                                          

LOCATION: Willowick, OH

Our client is from India who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa. In August 2021, our client married his U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on August 21, 2021 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on February 2, 2022.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients over the phone. On April 28, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied our clients. On April 29, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status at Removal Proceeding
CLIENT: Nigerian
LOCATION: Newark, NJ

Our client came to the United States in 2004 with a F-1 student visa from Nigeria. He failed to maintain his status and was placed in removal proceedings. He missed his hearing and got an In Absentia order of removal. In November 2015, he retained our office for his Motion to Reopen in Absentia. Our office filed the Motion to Reopen on November 13, 2015. In December 2015, the Houston Immigration Court reopened our client’s case. 

He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2015.  Our client’s wife filed an I-130 petition on his behalf, and this I-130 petition was approved by in August 2016. Once the I-130 petition is approved, our client retained our office again for the representation in his removal proceedings.

Upon retention, office prepared and filed the Motion to Change Venue and the venue was changed from Houston, TX to Newark, NJ.  His case was scheduled to the immigration judge’s docket and our office prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application and other supporting documents to the Newark Immigration Court.

On April 21, 2022, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client at his Individual Hearing for adjustment of status at the Newark Immigration Court.  After the hearing, the Immigration Judge granted our client’s adjustment of status.  Our client’s removal proceeding was terminated simultaneously. Now, our client is a green card holder.    

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Case: I-130/I-485
Applicant/Beneficiary – Korean
Location: San Diego, CA

Our South Korean client entered the United States in May 2021 under the visa waiver program. She came here to visit her U.S. citizen boyfriend (now her husband) during the summer. As a Visa Waiver Entrant, she was only authorized to remain in the United States for 90 days.  

In August 2021, our client and her U.S. citizen boyfriend married in the United States. They contacted our office and retained us.  One main 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.

Nevertheless, our office filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 10, 2021.  Our office requested the CIS to exercise favorable discretion in granting adjustment of status and argued that the application was filed before her authorized stay period expired. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and the work permit all came on time. There was no Request for Evidence.  Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients. On April 19, 2022, our client was interviewed at the San Diego, CA USCIS Field Office.  Despite the visa waiver issue, the USCIS officer approved her green card application on April 21, 2022.  Now, our client is a green card holder.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Culver City, CA

Our client came to the United States from India in August 2021. She married her US citizen husband in December 2021. She retained our office on January 7, 2022, for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 20, 2022. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On April 12, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Los Angeles, CA USCIS office. On April 13, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Ghanaian

LOCATION: Allentown, PA

Our client came to the United States from Ghana with a F-1 student’s visa. He married his US citizen wife in July 2021. He retained our office on October 4, 2021 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 20, 2021. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client via conference call. On April 12, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Philadelphia, PA USCIS office. On April 13, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Malaysian                                                                                     

LOCATION: Urbana, IL

Our client is from Malaysia who came to the U.S. on a F-1 visa. In November 2020, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office on March 16, 2021 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on June 22, 2021.  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 call. On October 14, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Chicago, IL USCIS office. Eventually, on April 14, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Ukrainian

LOCATION: North Royalton, OH

Our client came to the United States from Ukraine in June 2019 on her B-2 visa. Since then, she has remained in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2021. She retained our office on December 20, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 27, 2021. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients via conference call. On April 5, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. On April 7, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina                                                                                      

LOCATION: Katy, TX 

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. with a J-1 visa in January 2019. Her J-1 program was not subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. In September 2020, our client is married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office on September 15, 2020 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on November 17, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients via conference call. On February 15, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Houston, TX USCIS office. On April 6, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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