CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Elyria, OH

Our client came to the United States from India on an F-1 student visa in 2009. He married a U.S. Citizen in April 2017 and retained our office on March 13, 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 July 23, 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 July 24, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Canadian                                                                                                      

LOCATION: Sandpoint, ID

Our client is from Canada who came to the U.S. as a visitor in September 2018. In December 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 K-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 2, 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 July 17, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Spokane Washington 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: British

LOCATION: Parma, OH

Our client came to the United States from the United Kingdom on a B-2 visitor’s visa in 1993 when she was a minor. Since then, she has remained in the United States.  She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2007, and retained our office on February 28, 2019 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 19, 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 July 18, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio 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: Gambian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Gambia on a B-2 visitor’s visa in September 2015. He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2017 and retained our office for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 5, 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 as well. On April 25, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on July 17, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Nigerian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client came to the United States from Nigeria on a F-1 student visa in December 2017. She married a U.S. Citizen in March 2019 and retained our office on March 27, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 22, 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 July 8, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Eventually, on July 17, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Vietnamese

LOCATION: Lubbock, TX 

Our client came to the United States from Vietnam on a J-2 visa in August 2014. Through our office’s legal assistance, he obtained his J-2 waiver in May 2018.  He married a U.S. Citizen in March 2018 and retained our office on April 18, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 9, 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 July 18, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Dallas, Texas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, after the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Colombian

LOCATION: Wooster, OH

Our client came to the United States from Colombia on a B-2 visitor’s visa in December 2018. She married a U.S. Citizen in February 2019 and 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 March 1, 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 July 1, 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 the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.

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

CLIENT: Filipino

LOCATION: Decatur, GA

Our client came to the United States from the Philippines on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa. With our firm’s legal assistance, he got his J-1 waiver for his two-year foreign residency requirement.  In June 2018, he married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in Georgia.

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 Georgia where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us in October 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 10, 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 July 1, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Atlanta, Georgia 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

NATIONALITY: Indian                                                                                                       

LOCATION: Farmington Hills, MI

Our client is from India who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa. In May 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office for his green card application on November 13, 2018. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 26, 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 June 20, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Detroit Michigan USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: Lakewood, OH

Our client came to the United States from China on a F-1 student visa and he completed his Master’s program. In March 2019, he married his U.S. Citizen same-sex spouse in Ohio.

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 Ohio where the same-sex marriage is recognized. Our client contacted our office and retained us on March 5, 2019 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 March 12, 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 at our office. On June 24, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu accompanied our clients as well. The interview went well and his green card application was approved on the same day.

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