CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Visa
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Columbus, OH
Our client came to the United States in March 2014 as a K-1 visa entrant from China. Our client is a beneficiary of an approved I-129F petition and came to the United States as a K-1 Fiancée of a U.S. Citizen whom she married within 90 days of entry. By law, if you married your petitioner-fiancé within 90 days of your K-1 visa entry, you are eligible for adjustment of status.
Our client contacted our office initially in the middle of May 2014 and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application. Eventually, she retained our office, and our firm quickly prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on June 6, 2014 a few days before her K-1 authorized stay period expired. Things went smoothly and the receipt notices, and the fingerprint appointment all came on time. Her Work Authorization Card was issued as well.
It is not mandatory for having an adjustment interview for an adjustment applicant based on K-1 visa entry. However, the USCIS may require an interview to test the validity and bona fide nature of marriage between the Petitioner and Beneficiary. Fortunately, the USCIS did not ask for an adjustment interview for our client. On December 4, 2015, her green card application was approved.