CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Kenyan                                                                                

LOCATION: Fowlerville, MI

Our client is from Kenya who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor’s visa in November 2015. Since then, she has remained in the United States.  In January 2021, our client married her U.S. citizen husband. She retained our office on June 7, 2021 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on June 30, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On January 26, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Detroit, MI USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied our clients as well. On February 5, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Ghanaian                                                                          

LOCATION: Columbus, OH

Our client is from Ghana who came to the U.S. on a J-2 visa in February 2012. In February 2020, our client married his U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office on November 5, 2020 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on December 4, 2020.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment notices, and the employment authorization document all came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients at our office via conference calls. On November 10, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Columbus, OH USCIS office. 

However, the USCIS office issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) after the interview. The USCIS office specifically requested our client to submit more bona fide marital documents between him and his wife. Our office filed the Response to RFE on January 10, 2022. On February 1, 2022, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Mclean, VA

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2021 and retained our office on March 17, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 29, 2021. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permit all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On January 29, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Fairfax, VA USCIS office. On the same day of the interview, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing (Immigrant Visa) – Marriage-Petition

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married his wife in India in December 2017.  After the marriage, he came back to the United States and retained our office for the I-130 and immigrant visa filing for his wife. He retained our office on January 24, 2020. Our office prepared and filed the I-130 petition for his wife on February 20, 2020. The I-130 petition was approved by the USCIS on May 1, 2020. 

Once the I-130 petition was approved, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on October 16, 2020, who in turn forwarded our client’s materials to the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. An interview notice was set for the client at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, and we prepared her for the interview. On February 8, 2022, the interview was conducted.  Eventually, on the same day of the interview, the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico approved and issued her immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant Visa, our client’s wife can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two months of entry.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Cleveland Heights, OH

Our client came to the United States from South Korea on a F-1 student visa. She married a U.S. Citizen in August 2021 and retained our office on August 20, 2021 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 19, 2021 Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On February 1, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on February 2, 2022, our client’s green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Canadian

LOCATION: Rocky River, OH

Our client contacted our office in October of 2020 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from Canada and she married a U.S. citizen. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in January of 2019. Thus, their conditional residency terminated in January 2021. 

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 the application.

On November 5, 2020, our office filed the I-751 application. In December 2021, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client and her husband. Our client and her husband were requested to appear for the interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office on January 28, 2022.  Glen Yu from our office accompanied them at the interview. The interview went well, and on the same day of her interview, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application.

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CASE: I-751 / Waiver of the Joint Waiver Requirement
APPLICANT: Jamaican
LOCATION: Bedford Heights, OH

Our client contacted our office in November of 2019 regarding his potential I-751 filing. He is from Jamaica and he married a U.S. citizen in March 2017. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in February 2018. Therefore, his conditional residency terminated in February 2020.

Unfortunately, during their marriage, our client and his ex-wife went through struggles. Therefore, they lived separately for a while and eventually got divorced. Thus, our client could not file the I-751 application jointly with his ex-wife. We requested a waiver because our client entered into the marriage in good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce or annulment before they can file a joint petition.

On December 13, 2019, our office filed the I-751 application with various supporting documents (including a detailed affidavit from our client) to demonstrate our client’s bona fide marriage with his ex-wife.  On November 12, 2020, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence and requested our client to submit additional bona fide marriage document swith his ex-wife. Our office filed the Response to RFE with additional evidence on January 8, 2021. Our client also appeared at the I-751 interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office on April 9, 2021. Prior to the interview, our office prepared him thoroughly in our office and also accompanied them at the interview as well.

Eventually, on January 25, 2022, the USCIS approved the I-751 waiver application. Now, he has his ten-year green card.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Haitian

LOCATION: Chantilly, VA

Our client came to the United States with a B-2 visitor’s visa from Haiti in December 2020. He married a U.S. Citizen and retained our office for his petition and adjustment of status application. He also asked us to file his daughter’s (Petitioner’s step-daughter) adjustment of status application.

Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application on March 23, 2021. 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 January 21, 2022, our clients were interviewed at the Fairfax, VA USCIS office. On January 31, 2022, our client and his daughter’s green card applications were approved.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa

CLIENT: Filipina

LOCATION: Akron, OH

Our client came to the United States in September 2021 as a K-1 visa entrant from the Philippines.  Our client is the beneficiary of an approved I-129F petition. She got married within 90 days of her entry. By law, if you married your petitioner-fiancé within 90 days of your K-1 visa entry, you are eligible to apply for adjustment of status (green card) in the United States. She got married in September of 2021. 

Our client contacted our office initially and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. She retained our office on September 17, 2021.  After retention, our firm prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 24, 2021.  Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time.  

Thereafter, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client’s adjustment of status application.  Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On January 25, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. On January 26, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Mexican                                                                                   

LOCATION: Plymouth, OH

Our client is from Mexico who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visa in May 2021. She married her U.S. citizen husband in Mexico prior.  She retained our office on August 6, 2021 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 1, 2021.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients via conference call. On January 25, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied our clients as well. On January 26, 2022, her green card application was approved.

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