CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Filipina

LOCATION: Chinle, AZ

Our client came to the United States in August 2016 on a H-1B visa from the Philippines to work as a high school teacher. Later, she married a U.S. Citizen in August 2018 and retained our office for her petition and adjustment of status application. She also asked us to file her minor son’s (Petitioner’s step-son) adjustment of status application.

Once retained, our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application on December 5, 2018. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. There were no requests for evidence.

Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On September 18, 2019, our clients were interviewed at the Phoenix Arizona USCIS office. On the same day of their interview, our client and her son’s green card applications were approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Turkish
LOCATION: Parma, OH

Our client came to the United States on her F-1 student visa from Turkey.  She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2015 and retained our office on April 22, 2019 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 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. On September 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  Attorney JP Sarmiento, Esq. accompanied them at the interview as well.  Eventually, on September 20, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Korean

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Our client is from South Korea who came to the U.S. on a F-1 student visa as an MBA student. In September 2018, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office for her green card application, and our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 15, 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 September 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Chicago Illinois USCIS office.  Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Chinese

LOCATION: Findlay, OH

Our client contacted our office in December of 2017 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from China and she married a U.S. citizen in October 2014. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in January of 2016.  Her conditional residency terminated in January 2018.

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, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On January 3, 2018, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later. However, the USCIS issued the Request for Evidence (RFE) to demonstrate the bona fideness of our client’s marriage with her husband. We filed an extensive Response to RFE to the USCIS with more bona fide marital documents on August 12, 2019.  

As a result, on September 9, 2019, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received her 10-year green card which removed the conditions.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ukrainian
LOCATION: Sandusky, OH

Our client came to the United States in May 2015 on a J-1 exchange visitor visa from Ukraine.  She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2019 and retained our office on February 12, 2019 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 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. On September 9, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied them at the interview as well.  Eventually, on September 11, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-360 Petition

NATIONALITY: Indian

LOCATION: Wooster, OH

Our Canadian client came to the U.S. in September 2013. He entered the United States with B-2 visitor’s visa. In October 2017, he contacted our office to seek legal representation for his I-360 petition. According to his story, our client’s marital life was tough and he eventually was abused by his spouse.  

Our client experienced domestic violence and spousal abuse during his marriage. His wife physically and mentally abused our client after the inception of their marriage. Thus, we prepared and filed his I-360 petition, which included 32 exhibits and a detailed brief to the USCIS Vermont Service Center on December 12, 2017.  Eventually, on August 28, 2019, the USCIS Vermont Service Center approved our client’s I-360 petition.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Youngstown, OH

Our client came to the United States from India on a H-1B visa and has worked in the United States. He married a U.S. Citizen in January 2019 and retained our office on March 20, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 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 as well. On August 28, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu 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-751

APPLICANT: Filipino

LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

Our client contacted our office in June of 2018 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from the Philippines and he married a U.S. citizen in February 2016. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in August of 2016.  His conditional residency terminated in August 2018.

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 June 8, 2018, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client.

On June 28, 2018, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from his friends and family members, joint bank statements, joint taxes, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and his wife to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later. There was no RFE issuance or interview request for our client’s I-751 application. As a result, on August 27, 2019, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received his 10-year green card which removed the conditions.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Iranian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Iran with a B-2 visitor’s visa in November 2014. In 2015, he changed his status from B-2 to F-1.  He married a U.S. Citizen in August 24, 2018 and retained our office on April 29, 2019 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 7, 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 August 26, 2019, our client was interviewed at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on August 28, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Green Card (Same Sex Marriage Case)

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Orlando, FL

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a J-1 Exchange Visitor’s visa in May 2000. After his J-1 program was completed, he remained in the United States. With our firm’s legal assistance, he obtained his J-1 visa waiver in October 2018.  He married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in December 2017.

On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of “marriage” and “spouse” to apply only to heterosexual unions, by Section 3 of the defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. ___ (2013). After Windsor decision, the USCIS implemented a new policy that the USCIS officer must review immigration via petitions filed on behalf of a same-sex spouse in the same manner as those filed on behalf of an opposite-sex spouse. As long as a same-sex couple is married in a U.S. state that recognizes same-sex marriage, their marriage shall be considered a valid marriage under the immigration law. 

They married in Florida where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on September 20, 2018 for his I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application, together with all necessary supporting documents, on October 4, 2018. 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 August 27, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Orlando, Florida USCIS office. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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