CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status based on Approved I-360 Petition
NATIONALITY: Kenyan
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
Our client is from Kenya who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in May 2002. After she finished her J-1 program, has remained in the United States. With our office’s assistance, she got her J-1 waiver in February 2015.
In February 2016, she contacted our office to seek legal representation for her I-360 petition. According to her story, our client’s marital life was deteriorating and she was a spouse of an abusive U.S. Citizen. With her story and other evidence, our office determined that she would be eligible for a VAWA I-360 self-petition as a spouse of an abusive U.S. citizen.
Our client experienced domestic violence and spousal abuse during her marriage. Her husband physically and mentally abused our client throughout the years. Thus, we filed and prepared her I-360 petition, which included several exhibits and a detailed brief to the USCIS Vermont Service Center on March 17, 2016.
Despite our client’s thoroughly prepared I-360 application, in April 2016, the USCIS Vermont Service Center issued a Request for Evidence (RFE). Specifically, the RFE letter requested our client to submit more documents to prove her good moral character. Our client and our office thoroughly gathered the requested documents, and filed a response to RFE on May 24, 2016.
Finally, on October 18, 2016, the USCIS Vermont Service Center approved our client’s I-360 petition. With the approved I-360 petition, our firm prepared and filed her Adjustment of Status Application. 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 call. On January 13, 2017, our client was interviewed at the Atlanta, Georgia USCIS. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, the USCIS approved our client’s adjustment of status application and issued a green card.