CASE: I-140 (Derivative Beneficiary) and Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Nepalese
LOCATION: Omaha, Nebraska
Our client retained us to apply for her green card application. Our client was born and raised in Nepal. Her husband became the beneficiary of an approved EB-2 I-140 petition from his employer and got his green card in May 2017 through our firm’s legal assistance. She married her husband in September 2016 while her husband’s green card application was pending. Thus, she was qualified as a derivative applicant. She retained our office in October 2016.
Once retained, our firm prepared and filed the Adjustment of Status Application on October 3, 2016 for our client. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and a work permit all came on time. However, on April 7, 2017, the USCIS issued Request for Evidence for our client and requested her to submit documents regarding her maintenance of status in the U.S. and documentations regarding bona fide nature of her marriage to her husband. On April 17, 2017, our office filed the Response for RFE to USCIS. In June 2017, the USCIS schedule our client’s adjustment of status interview at Omaha USCIS Field Office.
Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client through conference calls. On July 26, 2017, our client was interviewed at the Omaha USCIS Field office in Nebraska. Nevertheless, her case was remained pending until May of this year. Finally, the USCIS issued another Request for Evidence (RFE) and requested our client to submit the updated medical record (I-693). Our client submitted the updated I-693 to USCIS promptly. Eventually, on June 25, 2018, her green card application was approved.