CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Vietnamese
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
Our client is a citizen of Vietnam who initially came to the U.S. on a J-2 Visa in December 2011. He came with his ex-wife who held a J-1 Visa as a visiting researcher. Both were subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement.
Unfortunately, their marriage did not work out and he eventually got divorced from his ex-wife. In June 2014, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife. She is willing to file an I-130 for our client, but our client cannot file an adjustment of status application without a waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement.
He contacted our office, and our firm was retained for his J-2 waiver. On June 18, 2014 the J-2 Waiver was filed with the Department of State. We also sent a request to the DOS to be an interested government agency and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client was divorced from the J-1 visa holder.
On July 30, 2014, the DOS sent a recommendation to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) for our client to be granted a waiver. On August 25, 2014, the USCIS issued the I-612 waiver approval.
Once his J-2 waiver was approved, he retained our office again for his adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application for him on November 4, 2014. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients through conference calls. On March 23, 2015, our client was interviewed at the Houston, Texas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied out clients as well. Eventually, on March 24, 2015, his green card application was approved.