CASE: Adjustment of Status at Removal Proceeding
CLIENT: Kenyan
LOCATION: Centennial, CO (USCIS) / Denver, CO (EOIR)
Our client came to the United States in December 2001 on a J-2 visa from Kenya. Since then he has remained in the United States. He failed to maintain his non-immigrant status at some point and was placed in removal proceedings. His Adjustment of Status was not initially approved because he was subject to the two year foreign residency requirement.
He retained our office in 2016 to get his J-2 waiver. Our office represented him on his case and he successfully got his J-2 waiver in July 2016. Thereafter, he retained our office for representation in his removal proceedings.
He married a U.S. Citizen in September 2017. Our client’s wife filed an I-130 petition for him and this I-130 petition was approved by the USCIS Centennial Field Office in April 2019. Once the I-130 petition is approved, our office prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application, pre-hearing memorandum, and other supporting documents to the Denver Immigration Court.
On May 5, 2021, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client’s at his Individual Hearing for adjustment of status at the Denver Immigration Court. After the hearing, the Immigration Judge granted our client’s adjustment of status relief. Our client’s removal proceeding is terminated simultaneously. Now, our client is a green card holder.