CASE: Asylee Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Cleveland Heights, OH
Our client came to the United States from China and, she was granted asylum in July 2018 by the USCIS.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, an asylee may apply for lawful permanent resident status after he or she has been physically present in the United States for a period of one year after the date he or she was granted asylum status. Around August 2019, one year after she got her asylee status in the United States, our client contacted our office again and sought legal assistance for her adjustment of status. We prepared and filed her I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 3, 2019. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notice and fingerprint appointment all came on time.
Eventually, on March 10, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s Adjustment of Status application without the interview. She is now a permanent resident of the United States.