CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa
CLIENT: Filipina
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client came to the United States in January 2016 as a K-1 visa entrant from the Philippines. Our client is the beneficiary of an approved I-129F petition. She came to the United States as a K-1 Fiancée of a U.S. Citizen whom she married within 90 days of her entry. By law, if you married your petitioner-fiancé within 90 days of your K-1 visa entry, you are eligible to apply for adjustment of status (green card) in the United States. She also has a minor child who came with her with valid K-2 visa.
Our client contacted our office initially in May 2016 and consulted with us for her and her child’s adjustment of status application. After the retention, our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Applications on May 6, 2016. Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time.
It is not mandatory to have an adjustment of status interview for an applicant who entered on a K-1 visa. However, the USCIS may require an interview to test the validity and bona fide nature of the marriage between the Petitioner and Beneficiary. The USCIS did not require an adjustment interview for our client. On August 28, 2016, her green card application was finally approved. Her child (U.S. citizen’s step-child)’s adjustment of status application was also approved.