CASE: Consular Processing (Immigrant Visa)
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner Daughter; Filipina Beneficiary Mother in the Philippines
LOCATION: Houston, TX; Beneficiary: Philippines
IV APPROVED: December 15, 2015
Our client retained us to bring her mother over from the Philippines. She was born and raised in the Philippines, but was naturalized in the United States. Prior to retaining our office, our client already filed the I-130 petition for her mother and this I-130 Petition was approved by the USCIS. Once we were retained, we then started the immigrant visa processing phase of trying to get her mother over to the United States.
On April 29, 2015, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center who in turn forwarded our client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for our client’s mother at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, and we prepared her for her interview. She did her interview on September 21, 2015. Eventually, on December 15, 2015, the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines approved and issued her immigrant visa.
With the approved immigrant visa, our client’s mother can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two months of entry.