CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Korean

LOCATION: Cleveland Heights, OH

Our client came to the United States from South Korea with a F-1 student visa. He married a U.S. Citizen in May 2019 and retained our office on June 10, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 17, 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 November 4, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of his interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Moroccan

LOCATION: Strongsville, OH

Our client came to the United States from Morocco with a B-2 visitor’s visa in October 2016. After her authorized stay period was over, she remained in the United States.  She married a U.S. Citizen in March 2019 and retained our office on March 19, 2019 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on April 24, 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 November 1, 2019, our client was interviewed at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, Esq. 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: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Mongolian

LOCATION: Wadsworth, OH

Our client contacted us in April 2019 to seek legal representation for her naturalization and citizenship N-400 application. She came to the United States from Mongolia and she obtained her green card in June 2013.

Once retained, her N-400 application was filed on June 7, 2019 with all supporting documents. Prior to her citizenship interview, our office prepared her at our office.  On November 1, 2019, our client appeared at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office for her naturalization interview. Our client answered all questions correctly and passed her naturalization and citizenship interview. Eventually, her application was approved on the same day of her interview. Her oath taking is scheduled in which she will become a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

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CASE: I-130 (Petitions for Parent) and Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Ukrainian

LOCATION: Parma, OH

Our client and his parents contacted our office in July 2018. Our client’s parents came to the United States in November 1994 with a  B-2 visitor’s visa. They have remained in the United States since then. While they were in the United States, they filed for asylum in the United States and were placed in removal proceedings. Their removal proceedings were terminated by the immigration judge and they have remained in the United States.

Our client’s son became 21 years old in March 2019. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Applications on April 1, 2019.  Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and a work permit all came on time. On September 23, 2019, our clients appeared at their I-485 adjustment of status interview at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS Field Office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. 

Eventually, on the same day of her interview, our client’s mother’s adjustment of status application was approved. However, the USCIS issued Request for Evidence for our client’s father and requested the certified copy of his criminal record in the 90s. Our office filed the Response to RFE on October 16, 2019. On October 30, 2019, our client’s father’s adjustment of status application was approved.

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CASE: I-751

APPLICANT: Mexican

LOCATION: Fairborn, OH

Our client contacted our office in April of 2019 regarding his I-751 application.

He is from Mexico and he married a U.S. citizen. Through his marriage, he obtained a 2-year conditional green card in June of 2017. Thus, his conditional residency terminated in June 2019. 

To comply with immigration requirements, our client and his wife had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. He retained our office on April 23, 2019, and our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits.

On April 24, 2019, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from his friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, joint tax documents, , and photos of our client and his wife to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage.

Several months later, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client and his wife. On October 25, 2019, our client and her husband were requested to appear for the interview at the USCIS Cincinnati Field Office.  Prior to the interview, our office prepared them thoroughly in our office as well. The interview went well, and as a result, on October 28, 2019, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application. 

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CASE: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Jordanian

LOCATION: Broadview Heights, OH

Our client contacted us in July 2019 to seek legal representation for his naturalization and citizenship N-400 application. He came to the United States from Jordan and he obtained his green card in September 2015 through his marriage to his current U.S. citizen wife. 

Upon retention, his N-400 application was filed on August 5, 2019, with all supporting documents. Prior to his citizenship interview, our office prepared him at our office.  On October 17, 2019, our client appeared at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office for his naturalization interview. Our client answered all the questions correctly and passed his naturalization and citizenship interview. Eventually, his application was approved on the same day of his interview. His oath-taking is scheduled in which he will become a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Iranian

LOCATION: Lakewood, OH

Our client came to the United States from Iran with a F-1 student visa in February 2013. He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2018 and retained our office on April 18, 2019 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on May 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 October 17, 2019, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of his interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Zambian

LOCATION: Newburgh Heights, OH

Our client contacted us in July 2019 to seek legal representation for his naturalization and citizenship N-400 application. He came to the United States from Zambia and obtained his green card in November 2015 through his marriage to his current U.S. citizen wife. 

Upon retention, his N-400 application was filed on July 25, 2019 with all supporting documents. Prior to his citizenship interview, our office prepared him at our office.  On October 15, 2019, our client appeared at the Cleveland, OH USCIS office for his naturalization interview. Our client answered all questions correctly and passed his naturalization and citizenship interview. Eventually, his application was approved on October 17, 2019. His oath taking is scheduled in which he will become a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

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CASE: J-1 Waiver of Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement, No Objection Statement

NATIONALITY: Korean

LOCATION: Cleveland, OH

Our client is from South Korea who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in 2018 to work as a researcher. His J-1 program made him subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. He retained our office to seek legal assistance for his I-140 (National Interest Waiver Classification) and I-485 Adjustment of Status applications. Before we can file his I-485 application, he had to get a waiver of his two-year foreign residency requirement first.  

Once retained, our office promptly prepared and filed a waiver request through the No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Korean Embassy in the United States.

Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office contacted the Korean Consulate General Office in Chicago to pursue the waiver for our client.  The Consulate requested six different documents including a statement of reason for the waiver, the applicant’s resume, a J-1 visa waiver confirmation application, and a letter of reason for obtaining the J-1 waiver.  Most of those documents needed to be written in Korean, so Attorney Yu, a Korean himself, assisted our client in completing those documents.

On August 23, 2019, the J-1 Waiver (Form DS-3035) Application was filed to the Department of State.  We also sent a request to the Korean Embassy to issue a No Objection Statement and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client is eligible to file a National Interest Waiver petition and adjustment of status application.

The Korean Consulate General in Chicago forwarded our client’s documents to the Korean Embassy in DC.  After that, the Korean Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division.  On October 4, 2019, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. Eventually, on October 11, 2019, the USCIS issued I-612 approval notice and waived our client’s 2 year foreign residency requirement.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: McComb, OH

Our client came to the United States from China on a B-2 visitor’s visa in May 2016. After her authorized stay period expired, she remained in the United States. 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 May 8, 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 October 3, 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 October 8, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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