CASE: I-360 and adjustment of status
CLIENT: Malaysian
LOCATION: Washington DC
Our clients’ father is a G-4 visa holder from Malaysia, who works for an international organization in the United States. He has a son who came to the United States with him and sought legal assistance from our firm for his son’s permanent residency in the United States based on a special immigrant provision under the INA.
INA 101(a)(27)(I)(i) defines such an alien as “an immigrant who is the unmarried son or daughter of an officer or employee, or of a former officer or employee, of an international organization described in paragraph (15)(G)(i), and who:
- While maintaining the status of a G4 nonimmigrant, has resided and been physical present in the United States for periods totaling at least one-half of the seven years before the date of application and for a period or periods aggregating at least seven years between the ages of five and 21 years
- Applies for adjustment of status no later than his or her twenty-fifth birthday…
Based on this provision, we advised our client that his son will be eligible for adjustment of status application. He has been physically present in the U.S. for a period totaling at least one-half of the seven years before this date, aggregating at least seven years between the age of 5 and 21.
Our client’s father retained our office on September 6, 2017. Our firm prepared and filed the I-360 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on January 31, 2018. We included the letter from his father’s international organization for the verification purposes and their school transcript as well. Once the applications were filed, everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time.
Eventually, on May 31, 2018, the USCIS approved both of I-360 and I-485 application for our client’s son. He now becomes a green card holder.