CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status based on approved I-360 Petition
NATIONALITY: Kenyan
LOCATION: Columbus, OH
Our Kenyan client came to the U.S. in June 2003 on a F-1 student visa. In April 2016, she contacted our office to seek legal representation for her I-360 VAWA self-petition. Our client’s marital life was tough and she was abused by her U.S. Citizen spouse. With her story and other evidence, our office determined that she would be eligible for I-360 self-petition as a spouse of an abusive U.S. citizen.
Our client experienced domestic violence and spousal abuse during her marriage. Her husband physically and mentally abused our client throughout the years. Thus, we prepared and filed her I-360 petition, which included 19 exhibits and a detailed brief to the USCIS on August 12, 2016.
Despite our client’s thoroughly prepared I-360 application, in June 2017, the USCIS Vermont Service Center issued a Request for Evidence (RFE). Specifically, the RFE letter requested our client to submit more documents to prove her marriage was entered in good faith and the abuse that she was experienced was “extreme cruelty”. Our client and our office thoroughly gathered the requested documents, and filed a response to RFE on September 19, 2017.
Eventually, on January 5, 2018, the USCIS Vermont Service Center approved our client’s I-360 petition. With the approved I-360 petition, our firm prepared and filed the Adjustment of Status Application on April 5, 2018. 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 all. On December 21, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Columbus, OH USCIS. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, USCIS approved our client’s adjustment of status application and issued a green card.