CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Vietnamese
LOCATION: Newbury Park, CA
Our client came to the United States from Vietnam with a J-1 exchange visitor visa in 2006. She had government funding for her J-1 program, so she was subject to the 2 year foreign residency requirement. Though she married a U.S. Citizen in May 2016, she could not file her adjustment of status application without getting a waiver. With our office’s legal assistance, she was able to obtain a J-1 hardship waiver from the USCIS in January 2019.
After the waiver approval and retained our office on January 28, 2019 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on February 13, 2019. 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 calls. On December 2, 2019, our client was interviewed at Chatsworth, CA USCIS office. Eventually, on the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.