Case: I-130/I-485
Potential Issue: Response to Notice of Intent to Deny
Client: Filipina
Location: Broadview, IL
Our client entered the United States from the Philippines. Later, she married her U.S. citizen husband and they filed an I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application to the USCIS. In February 2019, they appeared at the adjustment of status interview at the USCIS Chicago Field Office. However, on March 27, 2020, the USCIS issued a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID). The NOID claimed that there was substantial and probative evidence that the marital union between the Petitioner and Beneficiary is not bona fide. Moreover, the NOID pointed out that the submitted documentation of Petitioner and Beneficiary does not establish a bona fide nature of their marriage.
Our office contacted our office and retained our office on April 10, 2020. In response to the USCIS’s NOID, our office included multiple supporting documents including, joint bank account statements, a joint tax return record, a joint cell-phone bill, and several pictures of our client and her husband in several occasions with different people. Several legal authorities were cited based on particular issues discussed, and on April 23, 2020, we filed the Response to NOID prior to the 30-day deadline.
Finally, on May 5, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s case. Both the I-130 Petition and I-485 Green Card Application were approved. Our client is now a green card holder.