CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status.
NATIONALITY: Philippines
LOCATION: Colorado
Our Filipina client came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in July 2009. Upon completion of her J-1 program, she remained in the United States and overstayed.
She was subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. In March 2011, she got married to her U.S. citizen husband. She was eventually eligible for a green card through her; however, she had to get a waiver of her two-year foreign residency requirement first. In order to get a waiver of her two-year foreign residency requirement, she consulted with our office and later decided to retain our firm.
Our office worked on her J-1 waiver. Eventually, the Philippine Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division.
On February 25, 2013, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. The CIS has receipted the fee and issued an I-612 approval notice on March 8, 2013.
After we received the I-612 waiver, our firm prepared and filed the I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status application on April 2, 2013. 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 through conference calls.
On July 18, 2013, our client was interviewed at the Denver USCIS office. On the same day, her green card application was approved.