CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Northfield, OH

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in September 2021 and retained our office on September 24, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 1, 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 February 22, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. On February 23, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Jamaican

LOCATION: Davenport, FL

Our client came to the United States from Jamaica on a J-2 visa in August 2016. She married a U.S. Citizen in November 2019 and retained our office on April 15, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 3, 2021. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and employment authorization documents all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On February 10, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Tampa, Florida USCIS office. On February 11, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Nigerian                                                                       

LOCATION: Fort Polk, LA

Our client is from Nigeria who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visa in November 2019. Since then, she has remained in the United States.  In February 2020, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband. She retained our office on July 10, 2020 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 22, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and an employment authorization document all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On February 17, 2022, our client was interviewed at the New Orleans, LA USCIS office. On the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Singaporean                                                                                  

LOCATION: North Royalton, OH

Our client is from Singapore who came to the U.S. on a B-2  visa in April 2021. In July 2021, our client married his U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on August 17, 2021 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 7, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On February 7, 2022, our client was interviewed at Cleveland, OH USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento, Esq. accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on February 8, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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Case: I-130/I-485

Potential Issue: Response to Notice of Intent to Deny

Client: Cameroonian

Location: Fayetteville, NC

Our client entered the United States from Cameroon. She married her U.S. citizen husband and they filed an I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application to the USCIS in April 2018. In July 2021, they appeared at the adjustment of status interview at the USCIS Durham Field Office in North Carolina. However, on October 13, 2021, the USCIS issued a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID).  The NOID claimed that there was substantial and probative evidence that the marital union between the Petitioner and Beneficiary was not bona fide.  The NOID pointed out that the submitted documentation of Petitioner and Beneficiary did not establish a bona fide marriage. 

In response to the USCIS’s NOID, our office included multiple supporting documents including, several affidavits from their friends, joint bank account statements, a joint tax return, and several pictures of our client and her husband in several occasions with different people.  Several legal authorities were cited based on particular issues discussed, and on November 5, 2021, we filed the Response to NOID prior to the 30-day deadline.

On February 18, 2022, the USCIS approved our client’s case. Both the I-130 Petition and I-485 Green Card Applications were approved. Our client is now a green card holder.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Spanish                                                                             

LOCATION: Schaumburg, IL

Our client is from Spain who came to the U.S. on a J-2 visa in June 2019. With our firm’s legal assistance, he got his J-2 waiver in October 2020.  In October 2020, our client married his U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on March 18, 2021 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 2, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment notices, and the employment authorization document all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On February 7, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Chicago, IL USCIS office. On February 8, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Kenyan                                                                                

LOCATION: Fowlerville, MI

Our client is from Kenya who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor’s visa in November 2015. Since then, she has remained in the United States.  In January 2021, our client married her U.S. citizen husband. She retained our office on June 7, 2021 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on June 30, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On January 26, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Detroit, MI USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied our clients as well. On February 5, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Ghanaian                                                                          

LOCATION: Columbus, OH

Our client is from Ghana who came to the U.S. on a J-2 visa in February 2012. In February 2020, our client married his U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on November 5, 2020 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 4, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment notices, and the employment authorization document all came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On November 10, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Columbus, OH USCIS office. 

However, the USCIS office issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) after the interview. The USCIS office specifically requested our client to submit more bona fide marital documents between him and his wife. Our office filed the Response to RFE on January 10, 2022. On February 1, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Mclean, VA

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2021 and retained our office on March 17, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 29, 2021. 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 January 29, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Fairfax, VA USCIS office. On the same day of the interview, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing (Immigrant Visa) – Marriage-Petition

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married his wife in India in December 2017.  After the marriage, he came back to the United States and retained our office for the I-130 and immigrant visa filing for his wife. He retained our office on January 24, 2020. Our office prepared and filed the I-130 petition for his wife on February 20, 2020. The I-130 petition was approved by the USCIS on May 1, 2020. 

Once the I-130 petition was approved, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on October 16, 2020, who in turn forwarded our client’s materials to the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. An interview notice was set for the client at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, and we prepared her for the interview. On February 8, 2022, the interview was conducted.  Eventually, on the same day of the interview, the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico approved and issued her immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant Visa, our client’s wife can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two months of entry.

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