CASE: Fiancé Visa

PETITIONER: US Citizen in Cleveland, OH

BENEFICIARY: German

PETITION FILED: August 9, 2018

PETITION APPROVED: January 18, 2019

K-1 VISA APPROVED: June 26, 2019

Our client, a US Citizen Petitioner, met his fiancée in September 2016.  They started their relationship, and spent time together in Germany. 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 19, 2018. 

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 9, 2018.

On January 18, 2019, the I-129F fiancé petition was approved. On June 26, 2019, our client’s fiancée appeared at the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany for her K-1 visa interview. The interview went well, and after the interview, the U.S. Consulate General issued her K-1 visa. 

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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: 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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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Venezuelan

LOCATION: Strongsville, OH

Our client came to the United States from Venezuela on a B-2 visitor’s visa in June 2015. She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2018 and retained our office on December 26, 2018 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 7, 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 June 20, 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 June 21, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Ecuadorian

LOCATION: Orrville, OH

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

Once retained, her N-400 application was filed on April 8, 2019 with all supporting documents. Prior to her citizenship interview, our office prepared her at our office.  On June 20, 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: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

NATIONALITY: Nigerian

LOCATION: North Randall, OH

Our client is from Nigeria who came to the U.S. on an F-1 student visa to pursue his undergraduate’s degree in the U.S. In July 2018, our client is married his current U.S. citizen wife.  He retained our office on November 19, 2018 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 11, 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 May 3, 2019, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well.

However, the USCIS issued a request for evidence (RFE) on May 13, 2019, and requested our client to submit signed affidavits from Petitioner’s parents regarding our client’s marital life. We helped our client to draft an affidavit and filed the response to RFE to USCIS on June 4, 2019. Eventually, on June 17, 2019, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa

CLIENT: Chinese

LOCATION: Findlay, OH

Our client came to the United States in January 2019 as a K-1 visa entrant from China.  Our client is the beneficiary of an approved I-129F petition. She came to the United States as a K-1 Fiancée of a U.S. Citizen whom she married within 90 days of her entry. By law, if you married your petitioner-fiancé within 90 days of your K-1 visa entry, you are eligible to apply for adjustment of status (green card) in the United States. She married in February of 2019.

Our client contacted our office initially in February 2019 and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. After the retention, our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on February 26, 2019.  Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time.

Thereafter, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client’s adjustment of status application.  Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On June 10, 2019, our clients were interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients. Eventually, on June 12, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Indonesian

LOCATION: Northfield, OH

Our client came to the United States from Indonesia on a F-1 student’s visa to pursue her undergraduate degree. She married a U.S. Citizen in January 2019 and retained our office on February 1, 2019 for her green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 4, 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 May 24, 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 June 12, 2019, her green card application was approved.

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CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status

CLIENT: Ghanaian

LOCATION: Akron, OH

Our client came to the United States from Ghana on a F-1 student’s visa in May 2017. He married a U.S. Citizen in August 2018 and retained our office on November 12, 2018 for his green card application.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 28, 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 June 7, 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 the interview, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Mexican

LOCATION: Piqua, OH

Our client contacted us in February 2019 to seek legal representation for his naturalization and citizenship N-400 application. He came to the United States from Mexico and obtained his green card in February 1998.

Once retained, his N-400 application was filed on February 20, 2019 with all supporting documents. Prior to his citizenship interview, our office prepared him via conference calls.  On June 3, 2019, our client appeared at the Cincinnati, Ohio 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 June 4, 2019. His oath taking is scheduled in which he will become a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

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