CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Nepalese                                                                                                        

LOCATION: Toledo, OH

Our client is from Nepal who came to the U.S. on an F-1 student visa to pursue his undergraduate degree. In May 2016, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on February 27, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 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 call. On October 1, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients at their interview.  Eventually, on October 1, 2018, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Fiancé Visa

PETITIONER: US Citizen in Cleveland OH

BENEFICIARY: Brazilian

PETITION FILED: August 18, 2017

PETITION APPROVED: March 27, 2018

K-1 VISA APPROVED: August 21, 2018

Our client, a US Citizen Petitioner, met his fiancée in 2015. They started their relationship, and he visited Brazil for 15 days.  He went to Brazil again in 2016 and stayed there for 4 months with his fiancée. They decided to get married and our client decided to file a fiancé petition for his fiancée.  He retained our firm to file a fiancé petition for her on June 15, 2017.

After retention, we informed our client about the necessary supporting documents to demonstrate the bona fide nature of their relationship. We helped him and his fiancée draft letters in support of the fiancé petition, and we filed the petition on August 18, 2017.

On March 27, 2018, the I-129F fiancé petition was approved. On August 21, 2018, our client’s fiancée appeared at the U.S. Consulate General in San Paolo, Brazil for her K-1 visa interview. The interview went well, and after the interview, the U.S. Embassy issued her K-1 visa.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: India                                                                                                       

LOCATION: Chatsworth, CA

Our client is from India who came to the U.S. on an F-1 student visa to pursue his graduate studies. In March 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on March 28, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 17, 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 September 17, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Chatsworth California USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Pakistani                                                                                                        

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from Pakistan who came to the U.S. on a F-1 student visa to pursue his doctoral degree. In September 2017, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on October 30, 2017 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 16, 2017. 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 August 31, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients at their interview as well.  Eventually, on September 7, 2018, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Filipina

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a L-1 inter-transferee visa. In August 2017, 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 April 18, 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 at our office. On August 24, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on September 10, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status / Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings Based on an Approved I-130 Immediate Relative Spousal Petition

CLIENT: Egyptian

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is an Egyptian citizen who came to the U.S. on a B-2 Visitor’s Visa in 2014.   Our client and her US Citizen husband married in April 2013. Her husband filed an I-130 petition for in December 2014; however, while the I-130 petition was pending, our client was placed in removal proceedings due to her overstay. Our client retained our office for the representation at her removal proceedings and the I-130 petition for her. We accompanied them at their I-130 interview on October 5, 2017 at the Cleveland USCIS Field Office and this I-130 petition was subsequently approved by the USCIS on October 13, 2017.  

On November 2, 2017, our office filed a request to join in a Motion to terminate proceedings with the I-485 application and supporting documents. The DHS joined Motion to terminate proceedings after our inquiry, and the Immigration Judge granted the Motion to terminate without prejudice in March 2018.  

After her removal proceeding was terminated, our client retained us again for her I-485 adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 23, 2018. 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 August 24, 2018, our client was interviewed at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients. Eventually, on September 10, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Moroccan                                                                                                  

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from Morocco who came to the U.S. on an F-1 student visa to pursue her undergraduate degree in the U.S. In November 2017, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on April 3, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 22, 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 at our office. On August 2, 2018, 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 August 11, 2018, his green card application was approved.

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

Our client is a professor in South Korea and he used to be a permanent resident of the U.S. He abandoned his permanent residency in 1993 when he got a tenured professorship in South Korea. Later, his wife became a naturalized U.S. citizen and she wanted to file an I-130 petition for our client. Our client contacted and retained our office on August 31, 2017.

Once retained, our office prepared and filed the I-130 petition for our client to the USCIS on September 12, 2017. After the I-130 petition was filed, everything went smoothly, there were no requests for evidence, and the receipt notice came on time. The I-130 Petition was approved on April 16, 2018.

Then, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on July 9, 2018, who in turn forwarded our client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. An interview notice was set for the client at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, and we prepared him for the interview. On September 10, 2018, the interview was conducted.  The interview went well and after the interview, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea approved and issued his immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant Visa, our client can come to the United States immediately, and he will get his green card within two months of entry.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Chinese

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from China who came to the U.S. on a F-1 student visa. In May 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 June 7, 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 at our office. On August 24, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on September 5, 2018, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Iran                                                                                                  

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from Iran who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa to pursue his research project. His J-1 program was not subject to the INA 212(e) two year foreign residency requirement. In January 2018, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on January 23, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on February 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 at our office. On August 24, 2018, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients at their interview as well.  Eventually, on the same day of his interview, his green card application was approved.

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