CASE: Asylee Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Mayfield Heights, OH
Our client came to the United States from China and he was granted asylum in November 2017 at the Los Angeles Immigration Court.
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 November 2018, one year after he got his asylee status in the United States, our client contacted our office again and sought legal assistance for his adjustment of status. We prepared and filed his I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 22, 2019. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notice and fingerprint appointment all came on time.
Eventually, on July 10, 2019, the USCIS approved our client’s Adjustment of Status application without the interview. He is now a permanent resident of the United States.