CASE: Marriage-Based Green Card 

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Katy, TX

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a F-1 student visa. He married his current wife, who is a green card holder, in March 2017.  After marriage, his wife filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client in April 2017. This I-130 petition was approved on January 15, 2019. Our office helped our client in the I-130 petition process. 

Our client retained our office again for his I-485 adjustment of status application. We could file the I-485 application because the priority date for F2A category was current at the time of filing. Our office prepared and filed an I-485 adjustment of status application, together with all necessary supporting documents, on February 4, 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 via conference call. On December 3, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. The interview went well, and the priority date for our client was current at the time of the interview as well. Eventually, on December 16, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Filipino Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: New Mexico; Beneficiary: Manila, Philippines

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Filipina lady in New Mexico in 2015. As our previous success story shows, our client’s Filipina wife got her green card through our office’s legal assistance in November 2015.  

Our client’s wife has a son in the Philippines.  Thus, after his wife got her green card, our client decided to petition for his step-son in the Philippines for an immigrant visa. He contacted our office again in November 2015 and retained our office to help bring his step-son to the States.  It is important to note that 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 step-son was not in the United States, our office promptly filed the I-130 petition to the USCIS first on December 13, 2016.

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 December 1, 2017. After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on January 8, 2018, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for the client’s step-son. On March 19, 2018, the beneficiary went to his interview in Manila. Eventually, on April 16, 2018, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines approved and issued his immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s step-son can come to the United States immediately, and he will get his green card.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Filipina Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: Ohio; Beneficiary: Manila, Philippines

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Filipina lady in 2009. Our client’s Filipina wife got a green card through our office in January 2017.  

Our client’s wife has a daughter in the Philippines. Our client decided to petition for his step-daughter in the Philippines for an immigrant visa when he filed I-130 for his wife. Since the client’s step-daughter was not in the United States, our office filed the I-130 to the USCIS first on September 16, 2017.

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 January 27, 2017. After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on June 1, 2017, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for the client’s step-daughter. On September 19, 2017, the beneficiary went to her interview in Manila. On the same day, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines approved and issued her immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s step-daughter can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status based on I-130 petition for minor step-son of US Citizen

CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Mongolian Beneficiary

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our clients are a U.S. citizen husband and his Mongolian wife in Cleveland, OH.  Our client has a son from her previous marriage. Her son came to the United States with B-2 visitor’s visa from Mongolia in September 2013 and has lived with them in Cleveland, Ohio.

Her U.S. citizen husband decided to petition for his step-son for an I-130 petition and the step-son wanted to file an adjustment of status application.

They contacted our office in January 2014 and retained our office to help them for the I-130 and I-485 for their step-son. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on February 13, 2014.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time.

Eventually, on June 5, 2014, the USCIS approved both the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application without an interview. Now, our client’s minor step-son is a green card holder.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Filipina Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: Seattle, WA; Beneficiary: Manila, Philippines

Our clients are a U.S. citizen husband and his Filipina wife in Seattle, Washington. This success story pertains to the Filipina’s daughter in the Philippines. They haven’t seen each other in years.

They contacted our office initially for a J-1 waiver and eventual green card in December 2010. As our previous success stories showed, she got a J-1 waiver and green card. (Success Story on Waiver, Success Story on Green Card)

Our client has a daughter from her previous marriage in the Philippines. Thus, after she got her green card, her husband decided to petition for his step-daughter for an immigrant visa.

They contacted our office again in February 2012 and retained our office to help bring his step-daughter to the States. It is important to note that 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 step-daughter was not in the United States, our office filed the I-130 to the USCIS first on March 1, 2012.

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 25, 2012.

After the I-130 approval, we prepared and filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on September 7, 2012, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for the client’s step-daughter.

On November 9, 2012, the beneficiary went to her interview in Manila. On the same day, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines approved and issued her immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s step-daughter can come to the United States immediately, and she will eventually get her green card.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing for Petitioner’s two minor stepdaughters
LOCATION: Petitioner: New Jersey; Beneficiaries: Jamaica

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Jamaican in New Jersey. Through our firm, he filed an I-130 Petition for his wife and his wife eventually obtained her green card. His two minor stepdaughters though were residing in Jamaica.

After his wife got her green card, we filed the immigrant visa petitions for his stepdaughters. We also submitted the packet 3 and 4 immigrant visa packets for them on June 18, 2012.
Their immigrant visa interview was scheduled on August 3, 2012 at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. The U.S. Embassy in Kingston eventually approved the immigrant visas for his stepdaughters on September 26, 2012.

Our client’s step-daughters can be here in the United States soon and will be reunited with their mother and step-father.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing for Petitioner’s two minor stepdaughters
LOCATION: Petitioner: Maryland; Beneficiaries: Philippines

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Filipina in Maryland. Thereafter, he filed an I-130 Petition for his wife and his wife eventually obtained a green card.  However, his two stepdaughters did not get green cards at the time his wife adjusted her status.  His two minor stepdaughters were residing in Philippines. Apparently, they did not know that the Petition could have also been simultaneously filed for his stepchildren.

Once his wife got her green card, our client filed the I-130 petition on behalf of his two stepdaughters in the Philippines.  He filed the I-130 by himself and the USCIS issued an extensive RFE in October 2010.  Upon the issuance of RFE, our client contacted our firm and sought for legal assistance from us.

We initially set up an appointment with our client at our Washington DC office. He is the CEO of his own company and apparently did not have time to go to DC, so we drove to Columbia Maryland and met him there to discuss the case. He retained our office immediately, and our office started to work on the Response to RFE and Packet 3 and 4 for his stepdaughters.

Our office filed the Response to RFE on November 24, 2010.  In the Response brief, our office fully explained that the marriage between our client and his wife is bona fide and explained why his wife and step-daughters’ petitioners were not filed concurrently.  Everything went smoothly, and the daughters’ I-130 and immigrant visa interview was scheduled on May 4, 2011 at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines.  The U.S. Embassy in Manila eventually approved the immigrant visas for his stepdaughters.

Our client’s step-daughters are now here in the United States reunited with their mother and step-father.

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