CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Filipina
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio
Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa in March 2016. Her J-1 program was not subject to the 212(e), two-year foreign residency requirement. In January 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband. She retained our office on February 15, 2017, for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on March 21, 2017. 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 as well. On June 26, 2017, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu, a partner for our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, her green card application was approved.