CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ghanaian
LOCATION: Fairfax, VA
Our client came to the United States from Ghana on a F-1 student visa to pursue her Master’s degree in the United States. She married a U.S. Citizen in April 2016 in Ohio and they have lived together in Ohio until August 2017. In August 2017, our client started her new job in Washington DC so she had to move to DC area. However, her husband was still in school, so he had to stay in Ohio. Nevertheless, our client maintained her bona fide marital relationship with her husband.
She retained our office on May 4, 2018 for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Application on June 12, 2018. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients via conference calls. On January 8, 2019, our client was interviewed at Fairfax, Virginia USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office accompanied our clients as well. Our client’s interview was very intense and the USCIS officer separated our client and her husband during the interview. Nevertheless, the couple was able to answer a majority of the questions in the two-hour interview.
Nonetheless, the USCIS office issued Request for Evidence on January 9, 2019 regarding our client’s husband’s child-support documents and school records. Our office filed the Response for RFE on January 28, 2019. Eventually, on March 4, 2019, her green card application was approved.