CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Turkish
LOCATION: Parma, OH

Our client came to the United States on her F-1 student visa from Turkey.  She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2015 and retained our office on April 22, 2019 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 30, 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. On September 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  Attorney JP Sarmiento, Esq. accompanied them at the interview as well.  Eventually, on September 20, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Korean

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Our client is from South Korea who came to the U.S. on a F-1 student visa as an MBA student. In September 2018, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband.  She retained our office for her green card application, and our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 15, 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 calls. On September 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Chicago Illinois USCIS office.  Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ukrainian
LOCATION: Sandusky, OH

Our client came to the United States in May 2015 on a J-1 exchange visitor visa from Ukraine.  She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2019 and retained our office on February 12, 2019 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 11, 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. On September 9, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. accompanied them at the interview as well.  Eventually, on September 11, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Youngstown, OH

Our client came to the United States from India on a H-1B visa and has worked in the United States. He married a U.S. Citizen in January 2019 and retained our office on March 20, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 3, 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 as well. On August 28, 2019, 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 the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Iranian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Iran with a B-2 visitor’s visa in November 2014. In 2015, he changed his status from B-2 to F-1.  He married a U.S. Citizen in August 24, 2018 and retained our office on April 29, 2019 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 7, 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 as well. On August 26, 2019, our client was interviewed at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on August 28, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Green Card (Same Sex Marriage Case)

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Orlando, FL

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a J-1 Exchange Visitor’s visa in May 2000. After his J-1 program was completed, he remained in the United States. With our firm’s legal assistance, he obtained his J-1 visa waiver in October 2018.  He married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in December 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 Florida where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on September 20, 2018 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 October 4, 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 calls. On August 27, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Orlando, Florida USCIS office. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Green Card (Same Sex Marriage Case)

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Bullhead City, AZ

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a J-1 Exchange Visitor’s visa in 2015. He married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in March 2016.

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 Nevada where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on July 31, 2018 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 August 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 via conference calls. On August 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Phoenix, Arizona USCIS office. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Filipina

LOCATION: Anson, TX 

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a H-1B visa in January 2017 to work as a medical scientist. She married a U.S. Citizen in June 2018 and retained our office on August 27, 2018 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 2, 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 calls. On August 17, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Dallas, Texas USCIS office. Eventually, after the interview, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status at Removal Proceeding
CLIENT: Cameroonian
LOCATION: Columbus, OH (USCIS) / Cleveland, OH (EOIR)

Our client came to the United States in December 2013 on a F-1 student visa from Cameroon. Later, she filed an asylum application and her asylum interview was conducted by the USCIS. Her case was referred to the Cleveland Immigration Court and she retained our office for the representation of her removal proceedings in 2017. 

She married a U.S. Citizen in October 2018.  Our client’s husband filed I-130 petition on behalf of our client, and this I-130 petition was approved by USCIS Columbus Field Office in July 2019. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients.   Once the I-130 petition is approved, our office prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application, pre-hearing memorandum, and other supporting documents to the Cleveland Immigration Court.

On August 19, 2019, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client’s at her Individual Hearing for adjustment of status at the Cleveland Immigration Court.  After the hearing, the Immigration Judge granted our client’s adjustment of status relief. Our client’s removal proceeding is terminated simultaneously. Now, our client becomes a green card holder.    

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

CLIENT: Filipina

LOCATION: Humble, TX

Our client came to the United States in April 2018 as a K-1 visa entrant from the Philippines.  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. She married in May of 2018. 

Our client contacted our office initially and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. She retained our office on May 29, 2018. After retention, our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on June 7, 2018.  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 July 31, 2019, our clients were interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.

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