CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa
CLIENT: Korean
LOCATION: Dayton, OH
Our client came to the United States in June 2011 as a K-1 visa entrant from Korea. 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.
Our client contacted our office initially in the middle of August and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. She retained our office on August 23, 2011. Our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 29, 2011 one week before her K-1 authorized stay period expired. Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time. Her work authorization card was issued on November 9, 2011.
It is not mandatory to have an adjustment of status interview for an applicant who entered on a K-1 visa. However, the USCIS may require an interview to test the validity and bona fide nature of the marriage between the Petitioner and Beneficiary. The USCIS did not require an adjustment interview for our client. On December 5, 2011, her green card application was approved.
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