CASE: I-130 (Petitions for Parent) and Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Korean
LOCATION: Westlake, OH
Our client and his mother contacted our office in May 2022. Our client’s mother came to the United States in January 2003 with B-2 visitor’s visa. Thereafter, she has remained in the United States without lawful status. She was also placed into removal proceedings for her B-2 overstay in 2012. In 2015, the Immigration Judge in Detroit, MI administratively closed her case.
Our client became 21 years old in June 2022. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition on August 19, 2022 for his mother. Eventually, this I-130 petition was approved by the USCIS on August 16, 2023. Once the I-130 petition was approved, our office filed Motion to Re-calendar and Terminate to the Detroit Immigration Court and argued that she is prima facie eligible for the adjustment of status. On November 13, 2023, the Immigration Judge granted our Motion and terminated her removal case.
She (our client’s mother) retained our office again for her I-485 adjustment of status application. On December 4, 2023, our office filed her I-485 adjustment of status application. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment all came on time. On January 23, 2025, our client appeared at her I-485 adjustment of status interview at Cleveland, Ohio USCIS Field Office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on January 24, 2025, our client’s adjustment of status application was approved.