CASE: Asylee Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client came to the United States from China with a B-2 visa, and through our legal assistance, he was granted asylum in April 2014 by the USCIS.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, an asylee may apply for lawful permanent resident status after he or she has been physically present in the United States for a period of one year after the date he or she was granted asylum status. Around April 2015, one year after he got his asylee status in the United States, our client contacted our office again and sought legal assistance for his family members’ adjustment of status along with his application. We prepared and filed his I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on July 15, 2015. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notice and fingerprint appointment all came on time. On December 8, 2015, the USCIS approved our client’s Adjustment of Status application. He is now a permanent resident of the United States. His family members also got their green cards.