Marriage Based Petition and Adjustment of Status for Jordanian Client in Ohio with J-1 Waiver of Two Year Foreign Residency Requirement

CASE: Adjustment of Status / J-1 Waiver
NATIONALITY: Jordanian
LOCATION: Ohio

Our client is from Jordan who initially came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in 2009. After the completion of her program, she went back to Jordan. She then married a U.S. Citizen in Jordan, and then came to the United States with a B-2 visitor visa in January 2011.

According to her DS-2019, she was subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement, so she could not adjust until she got a waiver. In March 2011, she consulted with our firm for her adjustment of status and waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement.

After we were retained, our office prepared and filed a waiver request through a No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Jordanian Embassy in the United States. We also filed the I-130 petition for our client as well. The I-130 petition was approved on September 14, 2011.

On May 3, 2011 the J-1 Waiver was filed to the Department of State. We sent a request to the Jordanian Embassy to issue a No Objection Statement and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client is eligible to adjust if she obtains the waiver. The Jordanian Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division. Thereafter, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. Eventually, on October 4, 2011, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice for the waiver.

After the waiver was issued, our office filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 14, 2011. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. We thoroughly prepared our clients prior to the interview. On March 22, 2012, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland USCIS office. We accompanied them at the interview as well. On the same day, her green card application was approved, and our client obtained her green card.