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

CLIENT: Zimbabwean

LOCATION: Germantown, MD

Our client came to the United States from the Zimbabwe with a F-1 student visa. He married a lawful permanent resident in February 2020, and retained our office for his green card application on March 22, 2020.  Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on April 22, 2020.  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 August 23, 2021, our client was interviewed at Baltimore, MD USCIS office. Eventually, on November 4, 2021, his green card application was approved.

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CASE: N-400 (Citizenship / Naturalization)

APPLICANT: Zimbabwean

LOCATION: Pflugerville, TX

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 Zimbabwe and obtained her green card in July 2014.

Upon retention, her N-400 application was filed on April 22, 2019 with all supporting documents. Prior to her citizenship interview, our office prepared her via conference call.  On September 19, 2019, our client appeared at the San Antonio, Texas 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 November 4, 2019. Her oath taking is scheduled in which she will become a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

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CASE: I-485 (EB-2)

APPLICANT: Zimbabwean Director of Global Integration & Project Manager

LOCATION: Kansas

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition his for a second-preference petition (I-140).  Our client has a Ph.D. degree in chemistry and has worked for his current employer since April 2017. Based on our client’s educational and working background, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for EB-2 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us on June 1, 2017.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 30, 2017. On November 30, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on April 16, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Zimbabwean beneficiary.

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on May 11, 2018 via premium processing service. However, the USCIS Texas Service Center issued Request for Evidence (RFE) for the submission of the document which can demonstrate Beneficiary’s knowledge on certain software. Our client obtained the employment verification letter from his previous employer that attested our client’s use and knowledge of the software. We filed the Response to RFE to USCIS on May 29, 2018. Eventually, on June 8, 2018, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Zimbabwean client was approved.

Once his I-140 petition was approved, he retained our office again and determined to file an adjustment of status application for him. On July 10, 2018, our office filed an I-485 adjustment of status application for our client. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time.

Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client via conference calls as well. On January 9, 2019, our client was interviewed at Wichita Kansas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our client as well. Eventually, his I-485 application was approved by the USCIS on January 14, 2019.

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CASE: EB-2 I-140

EMPLOYER: University

BENEFICIARY: Zimbabwean Director of Global Integration & Project Manager

LOCATION: Kansas

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition his for a second-preference petition (I-140).  Our client has a Ph.D. degree in chemistry and has worked for his current employer since April 2017. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-2 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us on June 1, 2017.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 30, 2017. On November 30, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on April 16, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Zimbabwean beneficiary.

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on May 11, 2018 via premium processing service. However, the USCIS Texas Service Center issued Request for Evidence (RFE) for the submission of the document which can demonstrate Beneficiary’s knowledge on certain software. Our client obtained the employment verification letter from his previous employer that attested our client’s use and knowledge of the software. We filed the Response to RFE to USCIS on May 29, 2018.

Eventually, on June 8, 2018, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Zimbabwean client was approved. Now, he can file adjustment of status application at any time.

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CASE: PERM Labor Certification

EMPLOYER: University

BENEFICIARY: Zimbabwean Director of Global Integration & Project Manager

LOCATION: Kansas

Our client has a current employer who was willing to petition him for a second-preference petition (I-140).  Our client has a Ph.D. degree in chemistry and has worked for his current employer since April 2017. Based on our client’s education and working background, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for EB-2 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us on June 1, 2017.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 30, 2017. On November 30, 2017, we promptly filed PERM.

Eventually, on April 16, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Zimbabwean beneficiary. Since his priority date is current, our client can file the I-140, I-485 green card application, and I-765 simultaneously.

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CASE: Asylum

CLIENT: Zimbabwean

LOCATION: Washington DC

Our client, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker from Washington D.C. retained us on August 25, 2015 for her asylum case. She wanted to seek asylum relief with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.

While she was in Zimbabwe, she actively participated in various democracy support demonstrations and projects. Persecution occurred due to her political opinion and the political affiliation of her uncle and family members. She is scared to go back home to Zimbabwe, fearing that she will be persecuted again.

We helped her to prepare for her asylum application, going over several drafts until her claim was as detailed as possible. Names, addresses, dates, and all possible issues relevant to her asylum claim were addressed. We also asked her to provide supporting documents corroborating her claims. Our firm also did some research on articles pertaining to her particular claim, and the type of persecution that members of anti-government political activists suffer in Zimbabwe.

The asylum application was filed in October 19, 2015. On January 25, 2018, the CIS issued an interview notice for her asylum case, scheduled for February 8, 2018 in Arlington, VA USCIS Asylum Office. Prior to her interview, our office prepared her thoroughly for her case over the conference calls to make sure she was able to address questions the asylum officer would ask. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our client at her interview.

Eventually, on February 22, 2018, the USCIS Arlington Asylum Office approved our client’s asylum case.

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CASE: H-1B Concurrent Employment

PETITIONER: University

BENEFICIARY: Zimbabwean Director of Global Integration & Projects Manager

LOCATION: Kansas

Our client is a university which is located in Kansas. They contacted our office in February 2017 to seek assistance from our office for their foreign employee’s H-1B based on concurrent employment category. The beneficiary is from Zimbabwe and he obtained his Ph. D. degree in chemistry. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is a Director of Global Integration & Projects Manager which we argued qualifies as a specialty occupation. He got his H-1B status with a different petitioner-employer in 2016.

After retention, our office promptly filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on March 9, 2017 via regular processing. We also gathered supporting documents from both the Petitioner and Beneficiary and argued that beneficiary’s position is a specialty occupation as the law requires.  Eventually, our client’s H-1B application was approved on April 27, 2017.  His H-1B is good until April 2020.

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CASE: Asylum

CLIENT: From Zimbabwe

LOCATION: Austin / Houston, TX

Our client, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker from Austin, Texas retained us on April 8, 2013 for an asylum case. She is an F-1 student currently working under an OPT. She wanted to seek asylum relief.

While she was in Zimbabwe last year, she was forced to attend a political rally for the government and she was severely beaten and harassed by government militia. Persecution occurred due to her political opinion and the political affiliation of her parents and brother. She was hospitalized because of this persecution and had to leave Zimbabwe. She is scared to go back home to Zimbabwe, fearing that she will be persecuted again.

We prepared her asylum application, going over several drafts until her claim was as detailed as possible. Names, addresses, dates, and all possible issues relevant to her asylum claim were addressed. We also asked her to provide supporting documents corroborating her claim. Our firm also did some research on articles pertaining to her particular claim, and the type of persecution that members of anti-government political activists suffer in Zimbabwe.

The asylum application was filed in May 17, 2013. On June 24, 2013, the CIS issued an interview notice for her, scheduled for July 10, 2013 at the Houston, Texas USCIS Asylum Office. Prior to her interview, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu prepared her thoroughly over conference calls to make sure she was able to address any possible question the asylum officer would ask. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu also went to Houston and represented our client at her asylum interview.

On July 25, 2013, the CIS in Houston approved our client’s asylum case. She is now an asylee and will be eligible to apply for permanent resident status in one year.  She also would obtain her work permit in about two weeks.

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CASE: Asylum

 CLIENT: Zimbabwean

 LOCATION: San Antonio / Houston

Our client, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker from San Antonio Texas retained us on November 29, 2012 to help her with her asylum case. She was an F-1 student at ta US college. She wanted to seek asylum relief with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.

While she was in Zimbabwe last summer, she was raped due to her political opinion and political affiliation of her parents. She is scared to go back home to Zimbabwe, fearing that she will be persecuted again.

We helped her prepare her asylum application, going over several drafts until her claim was as detailed as possible. Names, addresses, dates, and all possible issues relevant to her asylum claim were addressed. We also asked her to provide supporting documents corroborating her claims. Our firm also did some research on articles pertaining to her particular claim, and the type of persecution that members of anti-government political activists suffer in Zimbabwe.

We also cited several case law relevant to asylum in our brief, including several that held that rape was  a form of persecution.

The asylum application was filed in December 14, 2012. On January 9, 2013, the CIS issued an interview notice for her asylum case, scheduled for January 28, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Prior to her interview, our office prepared her thoroughly for her case, going over two practice interviews via Skype to make sure she was able to address questions the asylum officer would ask.

On March 13, 2013, the CIS in Houston approved our client’s asylum case. She is now an asylee and will be eligible to apply for permanent resident status in one year.  She also would obtain her work permit in about two weeks.

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