CASE: Change of Status from H-1B to F-2
CLIENT: Korean
LOCATION: Akron, Ohio
Our client was a part-time instructor who has taught in the University in Akron under an H-1B status. His wife was studying at a local community college under an F-1 status. Before he contacted our office, he and his employer decided not to renew his contract. Our client, thus, would like to change his status from H-1B to F-2 once his H-1B is expired.
Our firm was retained on April 24, 2014, and on May 6, 2014, we filed our client’s I-539 with all supporting documents to the USCIS. We included our client’s bank statements, joint tax records, and other relevant financial documentations of our client and his wife to show that they have enough financial ability to finish our client’s wife’s degree program and support their daily life in the United States until her degree is completed.
After the change of status application was filed, there were no requests for evidence. On June 17, 2014, the Change of Status was approved. Our client is now on F-2 and can stay in the United States with his wife until the duration of his wife’s F-1 status.