CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Chinese
LOCATION: Brooklyn, OH
Our client came from China in September 2013 with a valid B-2 visa from China. He filed for asylum but was referred to the Immigration Court, placing him into removal proceedings. In 2019, he married his U.S. citizen spouse and retained our office for representation at the Immigration Court and the filing of an I-130 petition for him.
Our office then filed an I-130 Petition with authentic marriage evidence on August 1, 2019. The petition also included a bona fide marriage exception letter. While the I-130 petition was pending, our client appeared at the Cleveland Immigration Court for his initial master calendar hearing. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office represented him at the hearing, did pleadings, and sought adjustment of status relief upon approval of the I-130 petition.
In July 2021, our office filed the Motion to Terminate based on the defective Notice to Appear that our client received. Consequently, the Immigration Judge at the Cleveland Immigration Court granted our Motion and terminated our client’s removal proceeding. After his removal proceeding was terminated, our office prepared the I-485 Adjustment of Status application for our client on September 10, 2021. All went well and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time. Before the interview, we prepared our clients via conference calls.
On November 29, 2022, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento, Esq. from our office accompanied our clients. Though the interview went well, his case remained pending. On December 5, 2022, the USCIS approved the I-130 petition. On October 25, 2023, our client’s green card application was approved.