CASE: Adjustment of Status / EB-1A
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
LOCATION: Glendale, CA
Our client is a citizen of Brazil who came to the U.S. on a J-2 Visa in September 2011. He came with his wife (now, his ex-wife) who held a J-1 Visa as an exchange visitor. Both were subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement.
Unfortunately, he got divorced from his ex-wife in January 2019. Prior to their divorce, our client got an approved I-140 EB-1A self-petition. He wanted to file a waiver so that he can file an adjustment of status application once his priority date becomes current.
Our client contacted our office and retained our firm to do his J-2 waiver on June 13, 2019. On June 28, 2019, the J-2 Waiver (DS-3035) was filed to the Department of State. We also sent a request to the DOS to be an interested government agency and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client was divorced from the J-1 visa holder. Eventually, on July 22, 2019, the DOS recommended to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) that our client be granted a waiver. Finally, the USCIS issued the I-612 waiver approval notice on August 7, 2019.
Once the J-2 waiver was approved, our client retained our office again for his I-485 adjustment of status application. Our office filed an I-485 adjustment of status application on November 19, 2020. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time.
Eventually, on August 13, 2020, the USCIS National Benefits Center approved our client’s adjustment of status application without an interview. Now he is a green card holder.