CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Jamaican
LOCATION: Youngstown, OH
FILED: July 25, 2012
APPROVED: October 12, 2012

Our client came to the United States in July 2010 with a B-2 visitor’s visa from Jamaica. She was given six months but she remained in the United States and overstayed.

She met a US Citizen and fell in love. They got married in December 2011 and retained our office on May 10, 2012 for her green card application.

Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 25, 2012, together with other necessary forms and supporting documents. 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 October 12, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland CIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (“Glen”) Yu from our office accompanied them. On the same day, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing (Immigrant Visa) – Marriage-Petition
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Ghanaian Beneficiary in China
LOCATION: Petitioner: Ohio; Beneficiary: Beijing, China

Our client is a U.S. citizen who married his Ghanaian boyfriend in China in 2011. Her husband is an international student in China. She contacted our office in late January 2012 and retained us to bring her husband to the States.

Our office prepared and filed the I-130 to the National Visa Center on February 3, 2012. After the I-130 was filed, everything went smoothly, there were no requests for evidence, and the receipt notices came on time. The I-130 Petition was approved by the USCIS on June 11, 2012.

After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on July 26, 2012, who in turn forwarded our 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 him for his interview. On September 28, 2012, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China approved and issued his immigrant visa.

With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s husband can come to the United States immediately, and he will get his green card within two weeks of entry.

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CASE: Visa Waiver Overstay Marriage Green Card
ISSUES: Visa Waiver Overstay, Age Gap, Previous Divorces
CLIENT: Hungarian
LOCATION: Cleveland Ohio

Our client came to the United States in November 2009 as a visa waiver entrant from Hungary.  He married a U.S. Citizen in January 2012 and retained our office on February 21, 2012 for his adjustment of status application They were hesitant at first because he was a visa waiver overstay, and cases they’ve seen on the internet on visa waiver overstays were not too good. Both of them also have previous divorces. They also have a big age gap. So they were concerned about their chances of winning.

We reviewed their supporting documents and listened to their story, of how they met and fell in love. We also explained and showed a recent CIS memorandum on visa waiver overstays, more of a FAQ memo, stating that adjustment applications based on marriage to a US Citizen for visa waiver overstays should be adjudicated. Prior to this memorandum the CIS were split, granting some visa waiver overstay adjustments while some issue denials resulting to deportation without a removal hearing (for visa waiver, you waiver your right to contest removability in Court).

Our firm then prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 27, 2012.  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 July 20, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office accompanied by Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu. The visa waiver memorandum was once again presented to avoid any possible issues. Supporting documents of their bona fide relationship were also submitted. On September 6, 2012, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status.
NATIONALITY: Chinese
LOCATION: Oklahoma

The marriage-based green card approval we got recently was for an Indonesian client who came to the U.S. on a J-2 Visa in 2001. He came with his father who was on a J-1 visa. Years later, our client changed his status from J-2 to F-1 student through the U.S. Consulate in Mexico to pursue his undergraduate program. After he graduated, he married his current U.S. citizen wife in October 2009 and his wife filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client. The I-130 petition was approved in February 2011.

As explained in a previous success story, our office worked on our client’s J-2 visa waiver through the Interested Government Agency (IGA) route.  The CIS issued an I-612 approval notice for our client’s waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement on March 16, 2012.

He retained us again and sought legal assistance for his I-485 adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-485 adjustment of status application on May 3, 2012. 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 through conference calls. On September 6, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Oklahoma USCIS office. On the same day, his green card application was approved.

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Case: I-130
Client: Ghanaian
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Our client came to the United States on a valid B-2 visa from Ghana in 2004 to visit his aunt in Maryland. Later, he decided to stay in the United States, and did not leave. He worked illegally, and on June 2004, our client got picked up at work by immigration officers and was issued a Notice to Appear.

The Notice to Appear did not have a hearing date and time. He was told he would get a hearing notice in the mail. He never moved for the next two years, yet he never received any hearing notice. Our client thought that the immigration court just closed his case due to his young age at that time. Apparently his hearing was scheduled and since he did not show up, he was ordered removed in absentia.

More than three years later, he married his U.S. Citizen wife and moved to Arizona. They had two U.S. citizen children. After a few years raising their children, our client decided to work on his immigration status. He contacted our office and we found out through his A number that he already had a final order of removal, and thus could not apply for adjustment of status. So our office filed a Motion to Reopen with the Arlington Immigration Court in Virginia and the Court granted our Motion. We then filed a Motion to Change of Venue to Phoenix, Arizona and the Motion was granted as well.

Prior to filing the Motion to Reopen, our office filed an I-130 petition based on our client’s marriage to his U.S. citizen wife. The I-130 petition was filed on March 5, 2012.  Generally, if someone is a beneficiary of an I-130 petition while he or she is in removal proceedings, the USCIS schedules what’s called a Stokes interview, in which both husband and wife are interviewed separately for intensive questioning. This is to make sure the marriage is in good faith, and not entered into for the purpose of avoiding deportation.

The I-130 petition we filed though included various supporting documents which demonstrated the bona fide nature of our client’s marriage. We also emphasized the fact that they have been married for 5 years and have two U.S. citizen children. As a result, the USCIS approved the I-130 petition for our client without requesting an interview at the local office. The I-130 was actually approved the day before his scheduled Master Hearing in Phoenix.

Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our firm accompanied our client at his Phoenix hearing. The Judge and DHS attorney were informed of the I-130 approval, and they both took note of our intention to have the case terminated for CIS adjudication of his adjustment of status application.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipino
LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client came to the United States in October 2011 with a B-2 visitor visa from the Philippines.  He married a U.S. Citizen in April 2012 and retained our office on May 3, 2012 for his petition and adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application on May 30, 2012.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. There were no requests for evidence. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients over the phone. On August 13, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our client as well.  On August 22, 2012, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status.
NATIONALITY: Indonesian
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

The marriage-based green card approval we got recently was for an Indonesian client who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in April 2008.  He came to the U.S. for business training, but his J-1 program subjected him to the two-year foreign residency requirement. In October 2011, our client married his U.S. Citizen wife.  He had to get a waiver of his two-year foreign residency requirement so he consulted with our office and later retained us on January 4, 2012.

As explained in a previous success story, our office worked on our client’s J-1 waiver.  Eventually, the Indonesian Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division.  On February 16, 2012, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. The CIS has receipted the fee and issued an I-612 approval notice for our client’s waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement on March 7, 2012.

After we received the I-612 waiver, our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application on April 24, 2012.  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 9, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland USCIS office.  We accompanied our client at his interview as well.  On August 10, 2012, his green card application was approved.

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

Our client came to the United States in August 2009 with an F-1 Student visa from Ethiopia.  She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2011 and retained our office on March 31, 2012 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 13, 2012.  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 July 24, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS.  On July 26, 2012, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Termination of Removal Proceedings with an Approved I-130 Petition / I-485 Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ghanaian
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio (EOIR) / Columbus, Ohio (USCIS)

Our client is a Ghanaian citizen who came to the U.S. on an F-1 Student Visa in August 2003 to study at a college in West Virginia.  He married his ex-wife in 2007, but their marriage ended sometime in 2011.  At the latter part of his previous marriage, his ex-wife, a U.S. Citizen, filed an I-130 petition for him, but later she withdrew the petition as their marriage was not working out at that time. The I-130 petition and our client’s I-485 application were denied, and a Notice to Appear was issued. Our client was placed into removal proceeding.

Our client then married his current U.S. Citizen wife in August 2011, and he retained our office on August 29, 2011. Once retained, our office immediately filed an I-130 Petition with bona fide marriage evidence on September 2, 2011.  While the I-130 petition was pending, our client appeared at the Cleveland Immigration Court on October 19, 2011 for his initial master calendar hearing.  Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office represented him at the hearing, did pleadings, and sought adjustment of status relief upon approval of the I-130 petition.

Our client’s I-130 interview was held on March 26, 2012 at the Columbus USCIS Filed Office.  Prior to the interview, our office thoroughly prepared our client and his wife for the interview at our office. Attorney Yu also accompanied them for their interview. The interview lasted one hour, but the I-130 petition was eventually approved on the same day.

After the I-130 was approved, our office filed a request to join in a Motion to terminate proceedings with the I-485 application and supporting documents. The DHS counsel in Cleveland agreed to terminate our client’s proceedings. Ultimately, the Immigration Judge granted the Motion to terminate without prejudice.

After his removal proceedings were terminated, our client retained us again for his I-485 adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 14, 2012. 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. On July 13, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Columbus USCIS office. Two days later, his I-485 application was approved.  After eight years in the United States, our client is finally a green card holder.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Our client came to the United States in January 1994 with an H-1B visa from the Philippines. Although her authorized stay expired on December 29, 1994, she remained in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in January 2011 and retained our office a few months later.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on April 17, 2012.  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 through conference call. On July 11, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Chicago, IL USCIS.  We accompanied our client at her interview as well.  On the same day, her green card application was approved.

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