CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Filipino Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: New Mexico; Beneficiary: Manila, Philippines
Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Filipina lady in New Mexico in 2015. As our previous success story shows, our client’s Filipina wife got her green card through our office’s legal assistance in November 2015.
Our client’s wife has a son in the Philippines. Thus, after his wife got her green card, our client decided to petition for his step-son in the Philippines for an immigrant visa. He contacted our office again in November 2015 and retained our office to help bring his step-son to the States. It is important to note that an alien cannot adjust his or her status (get a green card) outside the U.S. by filing an I-130 and I-485 simultaneously. Since the client’s step-son was not in the United States, our office promptly filed the I-130 petition to the USCIS first on December 13, 2016.
After the I-130 was filed, everything went smoothly and the receipt notices came on time. The I-130 Petition was approved by the USCIS on December 1, 2017. After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on January 8, 2018, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for the client’s step-son. On March 19, 2018, the beneficiary went to his interview in Manila. Eventually, on April 16, 2018, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines approved and issued his immigrant visa.
With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s step-son can come to the United States immediately, and he will get his green card.