CASE: I-751
APPLICANT: From Burkina Faso
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client contacted our office in October of 2021 regarding his I-751 application.
He is from Burkina Faso and he married a U.S. citizen. He obtained a 2-year conditional green card through his marriage in January 2019. His conditional residency was terminated in January 2021.
To comply with immigration requirements, our client and his wife should have filed an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions before January 2019. However, due to financial and health-related reasons for our client couple, they could not file the I-751 application on time. However, the USCIS still allows the I-751 applicant to file his or her I-751 application as long as there is a good cause for the late filing. Our office prepared the I-751 application for our client with marriage evidence and a letter to explain their late filing.
On January 27, 2022, our office filed the I-751 application to the USCIS with affidavits of the applicant and his wife to explain their late filing and other joint documents to demonstrate the authenticity of their marriage.
On July 8, 2023, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application, and our client received his 10-year green card.