CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Indian
LOCATION: Seattle, WA

Our client came to the United States in 2011 with an L-1 intra-transferee visa from India.  He is currently working as a lead engineer for his employer in Seattle, WA.  He married a U.S. Citizen wife in 2011 and retained our office on October 19, 2011 for his adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 27, 2011.  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 through conference calls.  On January 12, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Seattle, Washington USCIS.  The day after the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ghanaian
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States in March 2009 with a J-1 Exchange Visitor visa from Ghana. Although his J-1 program was completed in 2009, he stayed in the United States since then.  He got a waiver of the two- year foreign residency requirement. He married his U.S. Citizen wife in January 2011 and retained our office in the middle of September for his adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on September 21, 2011.  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 at our office. On January 6, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  We accompanied them at the interview as well.  On the same day, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States in June 2008 with a B-2 tourist visa from the Philippines. She married a U.S. Citizen in June 2011 and retained our office in late August for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on September 20, 2011.  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 at our office.  On December 22, 2011, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  Attorney Sung Hee Yu accompanied them at the interview as well.  On the same day, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: British
LOCATION: Alexandria, VA

Our client came to the United States in February 2011 with a B-2 visitor visa from the United Kingdom.  In August 2011, he married a U.S. Citizen and retained our office on September 19, 2011 for the petition and adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on September 22, 2011.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, work permit, and advance parole all came on time. There was no Request for Evidence.  Prior to the interview, we prepared our clients. On December 15, 2011, our client was interviewed at the Fairfax, VA USCIS Field Office.  On December 16, 2011, his green card application was approved.

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Case: Request to Join in a Motion to Terminate with DHS and Motion to Terminate with the Cleveland Immigration Court
Nationality: Chinese
Location: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States in January 2002 with a valid B-1 visa.  He has stayed in the United States ever since. He was placed in removal proceedings a few years later. While he was in the United States, his wife, who obtained her green card through asylum, filed an I-130 petition for him. It was approved in June 2010.  At the time of the I-130 filing, our client’s wife was a Lawful Permanent Resident, so the priority date for our client was not current. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen on June 17, 2011.

Before our firm was retained, our client already had a scheduled asylum individual hearing in 2013.  In August 2011, our client consulted with our office and sought legal assistance. We advised him that we would try to terminate his removal proceedings with the DHS’ cooperation.  Our office filed a request to join in a Motion to terminate proceedings with a copy of the I-485 application and supporting documents on November 8, 2011.  The DHS counsel in Cleveland agreed to terminate our client’s removal proceedings.  The Immigration Judge then granted the Motion to terminate without prejudice on December 7, 2011.

Now that removal proceedings are terminated, he can file an I-485 adjustment of status (green card) application with the USCIS. His case will be at the USCIS Cleveland Office for final adjudication.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa
CLIENT: Korean
LOCATION: Dayton, OH

Our client came to the United States in June 2011 as a K-1 visa entrant from Korea.  Our client is the beneficiary of an approved I-129F petition. She came to the United States as a K-1 Fiancée of a U.S. Citizen whom she 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.

Our client contacted our office initially in the middle of August and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. She retained our office on August 23, 2011.  Our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 29, 2011 one week before her K-1 authorized stay period expired.  Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time.  Her work authorization card was issued on November 9, 2011.

It is not mandatory to have an adjustment of status interview for an applicant who entered on a K-1 visa.  However, the USCIS may require an interview to test the validity and bona fide nature of the marriage between the Petitioner and Beneficiary. The USCIS did not require an adjustment interview for our client.  On December 5, 2011, her green card application was approved.

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CASE:  Request to Join in a Motion to Reopen
CLIENT: Pakistani
LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client is a Pakistani citizen who currently resides in Houston, Texas with her U.S. Citizen husband.  Our client entered the United States on a valid L-2 visa in November 2000.  She was  then granted withholding of removal in July 2006 by the Philadelphia Immigration Court as a derivative beneficiary of her father’s sought relief.  In March 2009, our client married her U.S. citizen husband and her husband filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client.  The I-130 petition was approved in October, 2010.  However, due to bad advice by their previous counsel, they also filed an I-485 application with the USCIS which was understandably denied due to lack of jurisdiction considering she is in withholding of removal status.  They were not informed that our client’s case should first be reopened in the Immigration Court before she can apply for adjustment of status either with the Court, or with the CIS should proceedings be terminated after reopening.

In March 2011, our client and her U.S. citizen husband contacted our office and sought legal assistance for her immigration matters. Our client retained us on March 29, 2011.  Upon retention, we filed a Request to Join in a Motion to Reopen to the USICE-DHS office in Philadelphia.  Our cover brief explained the withholding of removal status, the approval of the I-130, and other equitable factors totaling 28 exhibits.

We called the DHS office in Philadelphia several times and on November 23, 2011, they finally agreed to join in the Motion to Reopen and an assigned counsel signed the Joint Motion. Now our client can apply for Adjustment of Status with the Immigration Court, or with the CIS upon a possible termination by the Court.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Hartford, CT

Our client came to the United States in 2004 with an H-4 visa from the Philippines. Her ex-husband was an H-1B visa holder, so our client came as an H-4 dependent.  Unfortunately, her marriage with her ex-husband ended in 2010.  Several months later, she married a U.S. Citizen and retained our office in May 2011 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on June 17, 2011.  Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, the fingerprint appointment, and the work permit all came on time.   Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients over the telephone. Our client had a divorce and her husband had three prior divorces so we anticipated that the officer would ask a lot of questions and maybe even separate them.  On November 7, 2011, our client was interviewed at the Hartford, Connecticut USCIS Field Office. Attorney Sung Hee Yu accompanied them at the interview as well.  On November 14, 2011, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing – Marriage-Petition
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Chinese Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: Sacramento, CA; Beneficiary: Hubei, China

Our Chinese client contacted our office in the middle of May 2011. He is a U.S. Citizen living in California and sought legal assistance for his wife’s case in China. The USCIS, based on a request from the U.S. Embassy in Guangzhou, issued an intent to revoke his I-130 petition.
Our client married his Chinese citizen wife back in November 2008. This was the first marriage for both him and his wife. He mentioned that he never even had a girlfriend before, all the time consumed with work and school here in the United States. He is a civil engineer in Sacramento California.

Our client filed an I-130 petition for his wife in January 2009.  On March 20, 2009, the Director of the California Service Center approved the I-130 petition and his wife was eventually interviewed at the U.S. Embassy in Guangzhou. Her U.S. Citizen husband was even there during the interview. However, the U.S. Embassy denied her immigrant visa application, and the approved I-130 petition was subsequently returned to the California Service Center by the Department of State for further review and action. The USCIS then issued a Notice of Intent to Revoke.

After our office was retained, we filed a Response to Intent to Revoke on July 7, 2011 with the USCIS California Service Center. Over 200 pages of documents and 30 exhibits were submitted in our response. On July 21, 2011, the USCIS determined that they will not to revoke our client’s I-130 petition.   After the affirmation of the I-130 petition, the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China set another interview date for our client’s wife for her immigrant visa.  On November 9, 2011, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China conducted the immigrant visa interview for our client’s wife and simultaneously approved and issued her immigrant visa on the same day.

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 weeks of entry. She finally would be able to be with her husband.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing – Marriage-Petition
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Chinese Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: New York; Beneficiary: Shanghai, China

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married her Chinese girlfriend in China in 2008. He had his marriage ceremony with his wife in the China, and had resided there until December 2010.  When he came back to the United States, he wanted to bring his wife over here. He contacted our office in late January 2011 and retained our office to help bring his wife to the States.  As we explained in previous success stories, an alien cannot adjust his or her status (get a green card) outside the U.S. by filing an I-130 and I-485 simultaneously. Since the client’s wife was not in the United States, and their marriage occurred in China, our office promptly filed the I-130 to the National Visa Center first on April 10, 2011.

After the I-130 was filed, everything went smoothly and the receipt notices came on time. The I-130 Petition was approved by the USCIS on June 20, 2011.  After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on August 23, 2011, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China. An interview notice was set for the client at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, and we prepared her for her interview. On October 31, 2011, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China 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 weeks of entry.

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