CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Indian

LOCATION: Aurora, OH

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

She is from India and she married a U.S. citizen. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in April of 2017. Thus, her conditional residency terminated in April 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, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On February 12, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint tax documents, birth certificate of their son, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Several months later, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client and her husband. On July 9, 2019, our client and her husband were requested to appear for the interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office.  Prior to the interview, our office prepared them thoroughly in our office and also accompanied them at the interview as well. The interview went well, and as a result, on July 17, 2019, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application. 

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Gambian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Gambia on a B-2 visitor’s visa in September 2015. He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2017 and retained our office for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 5, 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 as well. On April 25, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on July 17, 2019, his 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 visa in December 2017. She married a U.S. Citizen in March 2019 and retained our office on March 27, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 22, 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 July 8, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Eventually, on July 17, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Vietnamese

LOCATION: Lubbock, TX 

Our client came to the United States from Vietnam on a J-2 visa in August 2014. Through our office’s legal assistance, he obtained his J-2 waiver in May 2018.  He married a U.S. Citizen in March 2018 and retained our office on April 18, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 9, 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 July 18, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Dallas, Texas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, after the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Ukrainian

LOCATION: Lyndhurst, OH

Our client contacted our office in December of 2017 regarding her and her son’s I-751 applications.

She is from Ukraine and married a U.S. citizen. Through her marriage, she and her son obtained a 2-year conditional green card in April of 2016. Thus, their conditional residency terminated in April 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 and her son with other supplemental exhibits.

On February 12, 2018, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint tax documents, 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 March 25, 2019. 

Nonetheless, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client and her husband. On July 16, 2019, our client and her husband were requested to appear for the interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office.  Prior to the interview, our office prepared them thoroughly in our office and also accompanied them at the interview as well. The interview went well, and as a result, on the same day of the interview, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application.

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CASE: Fiancé Visa

PETITIONER: US Citizen in Cleveland, OH

BENEFICIARY: German

PETITION FILED: August 9, 2018

PETITION APPROVED: January 18, 2019

K-1 VISA APPROVED: June 26, 2019

Our client, a US Citizen Petitioner, met his fiancée in September 2016.  They started their relationship, and spent time together in Germany. They decided to get married and our client decided to file a fiancé petition for his fiancée.  He retained our firm to file a fiancé petition for her on June 19, 2018. 

After retention, we informed our client about the necessary supporting documents to demonstrate the bona fide nature of their relationship. We helped him and his fiancée draft letters in support of the fiancé petition, and we filed the petition on August 9, 2018.

On January 18, 2019, the I-129F fiancé petition was approved. On June 26, 2019, our client’s fiancée appeared at the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany for her K-1 visa interview. The interview went well, and after the interview, the U.S. Consulate General issued her K-1 visa. 

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Colombian

LOCATION: Wooster, OH

Our client came to the United States from Colombia on a B-2 visitor’s visa in December 2018. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 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 March 1, 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 July 1, 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 the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.

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

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Decatur, GA

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa. With our firm’s legal assistance, he got his J-1 waiver for his two-year foreign residency requirement.  In June 2018, he married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in Georgia.

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 Georgia where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us in October 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 10, 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 July 1, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Atlanta, Georgia USCIS office. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Indian                                                                                                       

LOCATION: Farmington Hills, MI

Our client is from India who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa. In May 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office for his green card application on November 13, 2018. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 26, 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 June 20, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Detroit Michigan USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: Lakewood, OH

Our client came to the United States from China on a F-1 student visa and he completed his Master’s program. In March 2019, he married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in Ohio.

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 Ohio where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on March 5, 2019 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 March 12, 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 June 24, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu accompanied our clients as well. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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