CASE: I-130/I-485 – Marriage Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Filipina
LOCATION: Boggstown, IN
Our client came to the U.S. from the Philippines as a J-1 teacher. However, her J-1 status made her subject to the two-year foreign resident requirement. Our client wanted to file her adjustment of status along with her spouse’s I-130 petition; however, requirements, she had to obtain a waiver first.
Our client could not pursue her waiver under No Objection Statement or Interest Government Agency. Her case is impossible for waiver routes. Our client decided to pursue her J-1 waiver based on her spouse’s exceptional hardship standards.
After retaining our firm, we filed a waiver request on an exceptional hardship basis. On June 10, 2022, the J-1 Waiver was filed to the Department of State. Thereafter, our office prepared an affidavit of our client and other supporting documents. Our client provided us with medical documents for her spouse’s medical conditions. On June 14, 2022, our office filed the I-612 application to the USCIS and asked for them to issue this waiver since the spouse would experience hardship if our client needed to go back to the Philippines.
On May 8, 2023, the USCIS issued Request for Evidence for our client to submit more hardship evidence for her husband. Our office filed the RFE on July 20, 2023. The USCIS approved her I-612 waiver on March 26, 2024.
Once she obtained his J-1 waiver, she retained our office on April 1, 2024 for her green card. Our firm prepared the I-130 Petition and I-485 Application on May 9, 2024. On August 8, 2024, our client’s green card was approved.