Case: I-485
Potential Issue: Response to RFE
Client: Chinese
Location: Millburn, NJ
Our client came from China and filed her I-485 adjustment of status application to the USCIS in February 2019. We were not her attorney of record when she filed the application. On November 8, 2019, the USCIS Newark Field Office issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) asking for proof that our client met the two-year foreign residency requirement or proof that she has an approved waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement. Our client contacted our office for legal assistance on RFE response and retained our office on November 14, 2019.
In response to the USCIS’s RFE, our office included an Advisory Opinion by the U.S. Department of State, a copy of our client’s J-1 visa page and DS-2019. Moreover, our office included a detailed brief explaining why our client’s J-1 program was not subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. On November 18, 2019, we filed the Response to RFE.
Eventually, on May 5, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-485 adjustment of status application. Our client is now a green card holder.