CASE: I-360 Special Immigrant Derivative and I-485 Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Belgian
LOCATION: Virginia
Our clients’ mother is a G-4 visa holder from Belgium who is working for an international organization in the United States. She has a daughter and a son who came to the United States with him and sought legal assistance from our firm for her children’s permanent residency in the United States based on the special immigrant provisions under the INA.
INA 101(a)(27)(I)(i) defines such an alien as “an immigrant who is the unmarried son or daughter of an officer or employee, or of a former officer or employee, of an international organization described in paragraph (15)(G)(i), and who:
- While maintaining the status of a G4 nonimmigrant, has resided and been physical present in the United States for periods totaling at least one-half of the seven years before the date of application and for a period or periods aggregating at least seven years between the ages of five and 21 years
- Applies for adjustment of status no later than his or her twenty-fifth birthday…
Based on this provision, we advised our client that her children will be eligible for adjustment of status. They have been physically present in the U.S. for a period totaling at least one-half of the seven years before this date, aggregating at least seven years between the age of 5 and 21.
Our client’s mother retained our office on September 18, 2015. Our firm prepared and filed the I-360 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on September 24, 2015. We included a letter from their mother’s international organization for verification purposes and their school transcript as well. Once the applications were filed, everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time.
Eventually, on December 24, 2015, the USCIS approved both the I-360 and I-485 applications for our client’s children. They now are green card holders.