CASE: Asylum
CLIENT: Chinese
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client, a Chinese asylum seeker in Cleveland, OH, retained us on January 3, 2018 to help her with her asylum case. She came to the United States in January 2017 with a B-2 visitor’s visa from China. She wanted to seek asylum relief with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
While she was in China, she was persecuted and mistreated by the government based on her Christianity belief. She was also persecuted based on her medical conditions as well. She is scared to go back home to China, fearing that she will be persecuted again.
We helped her to prepare for her asylum application, going over several drafts until her claim was as detailed as possible. Names, addresses, dates, and all possible issues relevant to her asylum claim were addressed. We also asked her to provide supporting documents corroborating her claims. Our firm also did some research on articles pertaining to her particular claim, and the type of persecution that Chinese Christian would suffer.
The asylum application was filed on January 9, 2018 which was within one year of her entry to the United States. Thereafter, the CIS issued an interview notice for her asylum case, scheduled for May 3, 2018 in Cleveland, OH USCIS Asylum Office. Prior to her interview, our office prepared her thoroughly for her case at our office to make sure she was able to address questions the asylum officer would ask. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our client at her interview.
On July 12, 2018, the USCIS approved our client’s asylum case. She is now an asylee and will be eligible to apply for permanent resident status in one year.