CASE: Asylum
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Middleburg Heights, OH
Our client, a Chinese asylum seeker in Middleburg Heights, OH, retained us on May 21, 2015 to help him with his asylum case. He came to the United States in July 2014 on a F-1 Student visa from China. He wanted to seek asylum with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
While he was in China, he was persecuted and mistreated by the government based on Christianity. He is scared to go back home to China, fearing that he will be persecuted again.
We helped him prepare his asylum application, going over several drafts until his claim was as detailed as possible. Names, addresses, dates, and all possible issues relevant to his asylum claim were addressed. We also asked him to provide supporting documents corroborating his claims. Our firm also did some research on articles pertaining to his particular claim, and the type of persecution that Chinese Christians would suffer.
The asylum application was filed on July 13, 2015 which was within one year of his entry. In 2019, the CIS issued an interview notice for his, scheduled for January 17, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his interview, our office prepared him at our office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office also accompanied our client at the interview.
On September 29, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s asylum case. He is now an asylee and will be eligible to apply for permanent resident status in one year.