CASE: I-130 (Petitions for Parent) and Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Indian
LOCATION: Peninsula, OH

Our client retained us to petition for her mother who came to the U.S. from India to visit her daughter. Our client was born and raised in India, but was naturalized in the United States. She filed the I-130 petition for her mother and it was approved by the USCIS in April 2020. She contacted our office in June of 2020 and discussed her mother’s adjustment of status application. After the consultation, she retained our office on June 29, 2020. 

Once retained, our firm prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 17, 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 as well. On May 6, 2021, our client’s mother was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our client. On the same day of the interview, the adjustment of status application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from China on a F-1 student’s visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in March 2020 and retained our office on October 27, 2020 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 2, 2020.  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 April 30, 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, our client’s green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Cincinnati, OH 

Our client came to the United States in November 2019 with a B-2 visitor’s visa from the Philippines. Since then, she has remained in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in August 2020 and retained our office on August 11, 2020 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 28, 2020.  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 April 26, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Cincinnati, Ohio USCIS Field Office. Eventually, on April 27, 2021, her green card application was approved. 

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status (F-2A category)

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client came to the United States from India. She came to the United States with a H-4 visa and later changed her status to F-1.  She married a lawful permanent resident in October 2019 and retained our office for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 31, 2019.  We could file both I-130 and I-485 applications simultaneously since the priority date for F-2A category was current at the time of the filing. 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 as well. On April 21, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. Eventually, on April 23, 2021, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Chinese

LOCATION: Akron, OH

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

She is from China and she married a U.S. citizen. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in November 2017. Thus, their 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 October 18, 2019, and our office prepared the I-751.

On November 4, 2019, our office filed the I-751 application to the USCIS. On April 21, 2021, our client and her husband appeared for their interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office.  Prior to the interview, our office prepared them thoroughly over the phone. Eventually, on April 23, 2021, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application. 

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CASE: I-130 (Petitions for Parent) and Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Mayfield Heights, OH

Our client and her parents contacted our office in August 2020. Our client’s parents came to the United States in November 1998 with B-2 visitor’s visa. Thereafter, they have remained in the United States without lawful status. Our client was born in the US afterwards. 

Our client became 21 years old in September 2020. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Applications on September 23, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permit all came on time. On April 22, 2021, our clients appeared at their I-485 adjustment of status interview at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS Field Office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of her interview, the’ adjustment of status applications were approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Canadian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Canada on a R-1 Religious Worker’s visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in August 2020 and retained our office on August 28, 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 April 19, 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, our client’s green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Canadian

LOCATION: Diamond, OH

Our client contacted our office in May 2020 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from Canada and she married his U.S. citizen spouse in January 2018. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in June 2018.  Her conditional residency terminated in June 2020.

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 11, 2020. 

On May 26, 2020, our office filed the I-751 application to the USCIS. Eventually, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE). We filed an extensive Response to RFE to the USCIS with more bona fide marital documents on March 12, 2021.   

As a result, on April 8, 2021, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received her 10-year green card.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status at Removal Proceeding
CLIENT: Uzbek
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH (EOIR)

Our client came to the United States in September 2006 on a F-1 student visa from Uzbekistan. He failed to maintain his F-1 status in the U.S. and unbeknownst to him, he was placed into removal proceedings. He thus did not appear in Court and had an in absentia final order of removal.  

He married a U.S. Citizen in 2013.  Our client’s wife filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client, and this I-130 petition was approved by the USCIS in January 2018. Once the I-130 petition was approved, our client filed an I-485 adjustment of status application to the USCIS. However, due to his final order of removal, his case was denied. He filed a Motion to Reopen in absentia order and his case was reopened by the immigration court. 

He retained our office in October 2019 for the representation in his removal proceedings. Once retained, our office prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application, and other supporting documents to the Cleveland Immigration Court.

On April 12, 2021, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client’s at his Individual Hearing for adjustment of status at the Cleveland Immigration Court.  After the hearing, the Immigration Judge granted our client’s adjustment of status relief.  Our client’s removal case was terminated simultaneously. Now, our client is a green card holder.   

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CASE: I-130/I-485

NATIONALITY: Philippines

LOCATION: Covington, TX

Our client came from the Philippines on a J-1 in August 2016 to work as a teacher. Based on her  DS-2019, she was subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. 

In January 2018, she married her U.S. citizen husband and later on consulted with our firm for her J-1 visa waiver prior to applying for adjustment of status. If someone is subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement, he or she cannot get a green card in the United States until he or she fulfills the requirement or obtains a waiver.

Upon retention, our office promptly prepared a waiver request through a No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Philippine Embassy in the United States and eventually the EVP in the Philippines.

On November 27, 2019, the J-1 Waiver Application (Form DS-3035) was filed to the Department of State.  On December 16, 2019, our office sent our client’s materials to the Waiver Review Committee in Manila, Philippines.  Then, the Waiver Review Committee forwarded the materials and favorable recommendation to the Philippine Embassy in D.C. who eventually issued a No Objection Statement.

On May 5, 2020, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement.  Eventually, on May 12, 2020, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice for the waiver. 

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-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 15, 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 April 6, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Louisville, KY USCIS office.  The interview went well, and eventually, on the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.

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