CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status (F-2A category)

CLIENT: Indian

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client came to the United States from India. She came to the United States with a H-4 visa and later changed her status to F-1.  She married a lawful permanent resident in October 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 October 31, 2019.  We could file both I-130 and I-485 applications simultaneously since the priority date for F-2A category was current at the time of the filing. 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 as well. On April 21, 2021, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. Eventually, on April 23, 2021, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Filipina

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client contacted our office in May of 2015 regarding her I-751 application.

She is from the Philippines and she married a U.S. citizen in March 2013. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in September of 2013. Our office helped her in the green card process.  Her conditional residency terminated in September 2015.

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her husband had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. She retained our office on June 1, 2015 and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with supporting documents.

On June 15, 2015, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint leasing documents, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeksr. However, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) to demonstrate the bona fideness of our client’s marriage with her husband. We filed an extensive Response to RFE to the USCIS with more bona fide marital documents on January 29, 2016.

Eventually, on February 22, 2016, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application.

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3 Category) / Schedule A

EMPLOYER: Nursing / Rehabilitation Center

BENEFICIARY: Filipina

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Our client’s beneficiary is a registered nurse from the Philippines licensed in the state of Texas. She came to the United States and currently works in the United States with her H-1B status.  Her current employer was willing to petition her for a third-preference employment immigrant visa petition (I-140).

Since she is a registered nurse, she is eligible for “Schedule A” classification. The Department of Labor (DOL) maintains a schedule of occupations in its regulations, Schedule A included, for which the individual permanent labor certification procedure is not required. The schedule of pre-certified occupations is referred to as Schedule A, and is included in DOL regulations at 20 CFR 656.10. Based on an occupation’s inclusion on Schedule A, an employer may file an immigrant visa petition (I-140) directly with the (USCIS) without first going to the DOL for a labor certification. Usually, prior to filing I-140 petitions (EB-2 or EB-3 category), the employer must file a Labor Certification to the Department of Labor. However, for Schedule A cases, the employer does not have to go through the labor certification process. The position of Professional Nurses is included in Schedule A.

Our client has a nursing degree and has worked for the sponsor-employer. Our firm told her that her employer can petition her as a Registered Nurse under the schedule A category. Our office was retained on November 25, 2014 and started on her Prevailing Wage Request.

We filed the I-140 application on February 9, 2015 via regular processing. We included the job offer letter, the notice of filing, and other necessary supporting documents.  Eventually, on January 16, 2016, the I-140 was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Vietnamese

LOCATION: Houston, Texas

Our client is a citizen of Vietnam who initially came to the U.S. on a J-2 Visa in December 2011. He came with his ex-wife who held a J-1 Visa as a visiting researcher. Both were subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement.

Unfortunately, their marriage did not work out and he eventually got divorced from his ex-wife. In June 2014, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife. She is willing to file an I-130 for our client, but our client cannot file an adjustment of status application without a waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement.

He contacted our office, and our firm was retained for his J-2 waiver.  On June 18, 2014 the J-2 Waiver was filed with the Department of State. We also sent a request to the DOS to be an interested government agency and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client was divorced from the J-1 visa holder.

On July 30, 2014, the DOS sent a recommendation to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) for our client to be granted a waiver. On August 25, 2014, the USCIS issued the I-612 waiver approval.

Once his J-2 waiver was approved, he retained our office again for his adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application for him on November 4, 2014.  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 March 23, 2015, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied out clients as well.  Eventually, on March 24, 2015, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Indian
LOCATION: Houston, Texas

Our client came to the United States in 2007 with an F-1 student visa from India to pursue his master’s degree in the United States.  He married a U.S. Citizen in July 2012 and retained our office on October 1, 2012 for his adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on October 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 calls. On January 15, 2013, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS.  Our attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu accompanied our clients as well. On the same day, his green card application was approved.

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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
CLIENT: Costa Rican
LOCATION: Houston, Texas

Our client came to the United States in November 1993 as a B-2 visitor from Costa Rica. Although her authorized stay in the United States expired in December 1993, she has remained in the United States. Her husband was in the United States at that time, and later her husband got his green card through NACARA and eventually became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in March 2011.  Her husband filed an I-130 petition on behalf of our client in 2003 when he was a green card holder, this petition was later approved in 2006. Our client and her husband retained our office on August 18, 2011 for her adjustment of status application.  Our firm prepared and filed the Adjustment of Status Application on February 9, 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 April 25, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS Field 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: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Costa Rican
LOCATION: Houston, Texas

Our client came to the United States on a B-1 visa in September 1991 when he was a minor. Although his authorized stay in the U.S. expired in October 1991, he has stayed in the United States ever since. In May 2011, he married his U.S. Citizen wife and retained our office in the middle of August of 2011 for his adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on October 24, 2011. 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 over the conference call. On January 23, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS. Our attorney accompanied them as well.  On March 12, 2012, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Bond Hearing

APPLICANTS: Chinese

LOCATION: Houston Texas

Our firm was contacted in early November regarding 4 Chinese individuals detained in Houston. They entered with fake documents at the George Bush International airport and was detained thereafter by immigration officers. The government informed them and they confirmed with us that it was a “no bond” situation. That meant they would not be released by the Department of Homeland Security even on a bond.

The only recourse was to argue their eligibility for a bond with the Immigration Judge in Houston. Upon our retention, we immediately filed bond hearings for our 4 clients. Despite them being in jail in Houston, we communicated with them and tried to gather as much information regarding their reliefs, equities, family, and financial ability to post bond. We contacted our clients’ several relatives and friend in Philadelphia and New York. We also gathered supporting documents from those relatives, from proofs of their status to bank statements and tax returns. In order to clearly show the Judge our clients’ eligibility for relief, we worked with our clients to prepare an asylum application even though it was not due, just to attach it as an exhibit and present the government and the Judge what their claims are about.

On November 20, Attorney Glen Yu represented our clients for the Houston Immigration Court bond hearing. He argued that our client was eligible for asylum relief, were not flight risks, had established their residence upon release, had established their financial ability to post bond, and that they had ample family ties in the United States who submitted proofs of their residence and copies of their immigration status. The Judge took our arguments into consideration and a bond was granted thereafter. On November 24, the bonds were posted and all of our clients are now out of jail. They can now better prepare for their asylum cases as they are now not detained.

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