CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Indian

LOCATION: North Carolina

Our client contacted our office in September of 2017 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from India and he married a U.S. citizen in September 2015. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in January of 2016.  His conditional residency terminated in January 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 again on October 2, 2017, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On October 16, 2017, 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 February 7, 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 Green Card (Same Sex Marriage Case)

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Dallas, TX

Our client came to the United States from India on an F-1 student visa. He married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in May 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 Delaware where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on June 12, 2017 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 July 21, 2017. 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 January 31, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Irving, Texas USCIS office. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Filipina

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

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

She is from the Philippine and she entered to US on a K-1 fiancée visa. She married her current U.S. citizen husband, and she got her green card in August 2015. Our office helped her in the green card process.  Her conditional residency terminated in August 2017.

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 April 28, 2017, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On May 30, 2017, 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 leasing 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 November 5, 2018.

Nonetheless, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client and her husband. On January 24, 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: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Pakistani                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client is from Pakistan who has worked in the United States under J-1 status. In July 2012, our client is married her current U.S. citizen husband. She could not file her adjustment of status application due to her 2 year foreign residency requirement. With our office’s legal assistance, she obtained her J-1 hardship waiver in June 2017.

Once her J-1 waiver was issued, she retained our office on July 10, 2017 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on July 19, 2017. 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 call. On January 8, 2019, our client was interviewed at Houston Texas USCIS office.  Eventually, on January 24, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Lithuanian                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA

Our client is from Lithuania who came to the United States on an H-2B visa in March 2017. In November 2017, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on December 7, 2017 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 14, 2017. 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 call. On January 29, 2019, our client was interviewed at Atlanta Georgia USCIS office.  Eventually, on January 30, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Chinese                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Columbus, OH

Our client is from China who has worked in the United States under an H-1B status. In September 2018, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office on October 5, 2018 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 19, 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 call. On January 23, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Columbus Ohio USCIS office.  Eventually, on January 24, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipino                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our Filipino client came to the US on a B-2 visitor’s visa.  In February 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office in September 2018 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 3, 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 at our office. On December 21, 2018, 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 January 10, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Tobagonian                                                                                                   

LOCATION: Baltimore, MD

Our client is from Trinidad and Tobago. He has worked in the United States under an H-1B status. In November 2017, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office in January 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 3, 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 call. On November 29, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Baltimore Maryland USCIS office.  Eventually, on January 9, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Filipina

LOCATION: New Mexico

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

She is from the Philippines and she married a U.S. citizen in June 2015. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in November of 2015.  Her conditional residency terminated in November 2017.

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 August 3, 2017, 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 December 5, 2018.  

As a result, on December 28, 2018, 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: I-485 Adjustment of Status based on approved I-360 Petition

NATIONALITY: Kenyan

LOCATION: Columbus, OH

Our Kenyan client came to the U.S. in June 2003 on a F-1 student visa. In April 2016, she contacted our office to seek legal representation for her I-360 VAWA self-petition. Our client’s marital life was tough and she was abused by her U.S. Citizen spouse.  With her story and other evidence, our office determined that she would be eligible for I-360 self-petition as a spouse of an abusive U.S. citizen.

Our client experienced domestic violence and spousal abuse during her marriage. Her husband physically and mentally abused our client throughout the years. Thus, we prepared and filed her I-360 petition, which included 19 exhibits and a detailed brief to the USCIS on August 12, 2016.

Despite our client’s thoroughly prepared I-360 application, in June 2017, the USCIS Vermont Service Center issued a Request for Evidence (RFE).  Specifically, the RFE letter requested our client to submit more documents to prove her marriage was entered in good faith and the abuse that she was experienced was “extreme cruelty”. Our client and our office thoroughly gathered the requested documents, and filed a response to RFE on September 19, 2017.

Eventually, on January 5, 2018, the USCIS Vermont Service Center approved our client’s I-360 petition. With the approved I-360 petition, our firm prepared and filed the Adjustment of Status Application on April 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 via conference all. On December 21, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Columbus, OH USCIS.  Eventually, on the same day of the interview, USCIS approved our client’s adjustment of status application and issued a green card.

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