CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: Lakewood, OH

Our client came to the United States from China and worked in the United States on her H-1B status. She married a U.S. Citizen in October 2019 and retained our office on November 8, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 21, 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, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Streetsboro, OH

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student’s visa. He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2017 and retained our office on September 4, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 2, 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 as well. On February 28, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130/I-485

NATIONALITY: Turkish                                                                                                        

LOCATION: Bryan, TX

Our client is from Turkey who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in January 2012 as a research scholar. In June 2019, she married her U.S. citizen spouse. She wishes 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.  

Once she retained our office, we promptly prepared for filing a waiver request through a No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Turkish Embassy in the United States. Every country’s Embassy maintains different procedures and policies with regard to the J-1 No Objection Statement waiver.  Our office promptly 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 June 17, 2019, 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 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 July 25, 2019, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. On August 13, 2019, 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 Adjustment of Status Application on September 30, 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 through conference calls. On February 20, 2020, our client was interviewed at the San Antonio, Texas USCIS office.  The interview went well, and eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Filipina

LOCATION: Costa Mesa, CA

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines with a B-2 visitor’s visa in November 2016. Since then, she has remained in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2019 and retained our office on March 15, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 3, 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 via conference calls. On February 19, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Santa Ana, California USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Springfield, GA 

Our client came to the United States in March 2019 with a J-1 Exchange Visitor visa from the Philippines.  Her J-1 visa was not subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement, so she could apply for adjustment of status in the United States without a waiver.  She married a U.S. Citizen in June 2019 and retained our office on July 23, 2019 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 9, 2019.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, the 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 via conference calls. On February 18, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Charleston, South Carolina USCIS Field Office.  On the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved. 

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student visa to pursue her undergraduate degree. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2019 and retained our office on April 1, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 2, 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 via conference calls. On February 14, 2020, our client was interviewed at Houston, Texas USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Green Card 

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Kenosha, WI

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines with a B-2 visitor’s visa. He married his current wife, who was a green card holder, in June 2016.  After the marriage, his wife filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client in November 2016. This I-130 petition was approved in March 2018. While this I-130 petition was pending, our client overstayed his B-2 authorized stay period. Nevertheless, his wife became a naturalized U.S. citizen in August 2019.

Our client retained our office for his I-485 adjustment of status application. Our office prepared and filed an I-485 adjustment of status application, together with all necessary supporting documents on September 25, 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 via conference calls. On February 12, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Milwaukee, WI USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: British

LOCATION: Moreland Hills, OH

Our client came to the United States from the United Kingdom on a B-2 visitor’s visa. Though he had his permanent residency in the U.S. before, he abandoned itt. He married a U.S. Citizen in April 2019 and retained our office on May 3, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 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 as well. On February 10, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on February 11, 2020, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Killeen, TX

Our client came to the United States from South Korea with a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in November 2015 and retained our office on March 5, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 10, 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 via conference calls. On February 10, 2020, our client was interviewed at the San Antonio, Texas USCIS office. On the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Nigerian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Nigeria on a F-1 student’s visa in May 2018. He married a U.S. Citizen in June 2019 and retained our office on September 5, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 17, 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 as well. On February 6, 2020, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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