CASE: Joint Motion to Reopen / Adjustment of Status at the EOIR
CLIENT: Pakistani
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
Our client is a Pakistan citizen who currently resides Chicago, IL with her US citizen husband. Our client entered to the United States with a valid L-2 visa in November 2000. She was granted withholding of removal in July 2006 by the Philadelphia Immigration Court. She has remained in the United States thereafter.
In 2018, our client marred her U.S. citizen husband. However, for her to get a green card, her case should first be reopened in the Immigration Court for her to apply for adjustment of status either with the Court, or with the CIS should proceedings be terminated after reopening.
In February 2018, our client contacted our office and sought legal assistance for her immigration matters. After thorough consultation, our client retained us on February 21, 2018. Upon the retention, we first prepared and filed her husband’s I-130 petition for her. We filed the I-130 petition to the USCIS on March 7, 2018, and the USCIS approved the I-130 in October 2018. Once the I-130 petition was approved, we filed a Request to Join in a Motion to Reopen to USICE-DHS office in Philadelphia. Our cover brief explained how she got her withholding of removal status, approval of I-130, and her prima facie eligibility to apply for adjustment of status.
The DHS office in Philadelphia finally agreed to join in the Motion to Reopen and an assigned counsel signed on the Motion. In October 2019, the Motion to Reopen was granted by the Philadelphia Immigration Court and our office immediately filed a Change of Venue Motion to move our client’s case from Philadelphia to Chicago.
Once her case was moved to the Chicago Immigration Court, our office prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application and other supporting documents.
On July 9, 2021, Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client at her Individual Hearing for adjustment of status at the Chicago 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.