CASE: Adjustment of Status Based on Approved K-1 Petition
CLIENT: Indian
LOCATION: Ohio
Our client came to the United States in July 2014 as a K-1 visa entrant from India. 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. Under immigration 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.
Our client contacted our office initially in the middle of August 2014 and consulted with us for her adjustment of status application process. Once retained, our firm prepared and filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on August 26, 2014. 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 adjustment applicant who entered on a K-1 visa. 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 August 12, 2015, her green card application was approved.