CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status based on Approved I-140 (EB-2)
APPLICANT: Chinese Educational Services Market Research Analyst
LOCATION: Twinsburg, OH
Our client is Chinese, who is currently working at a culture center in Cleveland, OH. The company was willing to do an immigration petition for her, second-preference. Our client has a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
After talking to our client, our firm concluded that her employer can petition her as an Educational Services Market Research Analyst. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that she is clearly eligible for EB-2 classification.
Prior to filing PERM labor certification, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM Labor Certification application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad.
On September 26, 2014, the prevailing wage request was filed. On January 28, 2015, we filed the PERM labor certification application. Eventually, on August 19, 2015, the PERM labor certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Chinese Educational Services Market Research Analyst.
We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents.
The I-140 Petition was filed on February 10, 2016 via premium processing service. However, on February 16, 2016, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) for our client’s petition. In RFE, the USCIS requested our client to submit any documentation that demonstrates her specific software special skills in the past. Our office promptly filed the Response to RFE on February 25, 2016 to USCIS by submitting a letter from her employer detailing her usage and knowledge of the specific software that was required. Eventually, on March 2, 2016, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Chinese client was approved.
In August 2018, her priority dates became current. She retained our office again for her and her husband’s adjustment of status applications. Our office filed the I-485 adjustment of status application for our clients on August 10, 2018. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time.
Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client via conference at our office. On April1 5, 2019, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on May 1, 2019, our clients’ green card applications were approved.