CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Iran                                                                                                  

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from Iran who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa to pursue his research project. His J-1 program was not subject to the INA 212(e) two year foreign residency requirement. In January 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on January 23, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on February 21, 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 August 24, 2018, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients at their interview as well.  Eventually, on the same day of his interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 (Petition for Father) and Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Malaysian

LOCATION: Fairfax, VA

Our client retained us to petition her father for his green card. Our client was born and raised in Malaysia, but was naturalized in the United States in June 2017. She contacted our office in July of 2017 and discussed with us the green card process. Her father came to the United States from Malaysia on a G-4 visa in September 2016. After consultation, he retained our office again on July 21, 2017.

Once retained, our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on September 27, 2017 for her father.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and a work permit all came on time. On August 15, 2018, our client appeared at his I-485 adjustment of status interview at Fairfax, VA USCIS Field Office. Prior to the interview, our office prepared him via conference call. Eventually, on August 22, 2018, our client’s father’s adjustment of status application was approved. Now, he is a green card holder.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina                                                                                                      

LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa in December 2016. Her J-1 program was not subject to the 2-year foreign residency requirement (INA Section 212(e)).  In October 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband. After she got married, she 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 January 12, 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 as well. On August 21, 2018, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on August 24, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Kenyan
LOCATION: Tampa, FL

The marriage-based green card approval we got recently was for a Kenyan client who came to the U.S. on a J-2 Visa in August 2001. She came to the U.S. with her mother who came on a J-1 visa for her research program in the United States.  Later, our client changed her J-2 visa to F-1 visa. After she graduated, she married her current U.S. citizen husband in June 2013 and her husband filed an I-130 petition on her behalf. The I-130 petition was approved in December 2015.

Our office worked on our client’s J-2 visa waiver through the Interested Government Agency (IGA) route.  Eventually, the CIS receipted the fee and issued an I-612 approval notice for our client’s waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement on March 8, 2017.

After we received the I-612 waiver, our client retained us again and sought legal assistance for her I-485 adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the 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 through conference calls. On August 2, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Tampa, Florida USCIS office. Eventually, on August 8, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Chinese

LOCATION: Hartford, CT

Our client is from China who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor’s visa in December 2015. In July 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office for her green card application on August 17, 2017. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 31, 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 August 1, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Hartford Connecticut USCIS office.  Eventually, on August 8, 2018, her green card application was approved. 

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Chinese

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from China who came to the U.S. on a F-1 student visa. In August 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office for her green card application on October 26, 2017. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 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 at our office. On July 30, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on August 8, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Indian                                                                                                        

LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio

Our client is from India who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor’s visa in January 2018. In February 2018, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  After she married, she 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 April 30, 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 as well. On July 18, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on August 10, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Irish

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from Ireland who came to the U.S. on a K-1 Fiancé Visa in December 2017. Within the 90 days of his entry (in January 2018), our client is married his current U.S. citizen wife. Since our client was a K-1 visa entrant, the I-130 petition is not needed to be filed. However, our client did not file his adjustment of status application before his K-1 visa expired.

He retained our office for his green card application on March 14, 2018.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on May 1, 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 as well. On July 18, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu also accompanied our clients as well.  Eventually, on August 2, 2018, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Pakistani

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

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

She is from Pakistan and she married a U.S. citizen in April 2014. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in January of 2015. Our office helped her in her green card process.  Her conditional residency terminated in January 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 January 19, 2017 and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On January 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 July 2, 2018. Eventually, on July 23, 2018, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Filipino

LOCATION: Oregon

Our client contacted our office in October of 2016 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from the Philippines and he married a U.S. citizen. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in April of 2015. Thus, his conditional residency terminated in April 2017.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her spouse had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. He retained our office on October 17, 2016, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On February 7, 2017, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from his friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint leasing documents, joint tax documents, and photos of our client and his spouse to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later. Eventually, on July 6, 2018, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application without any Request for Evidence (RFE).

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