CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing – Marriage-Petition
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner; Chinese Beneficiary
LOCATION: Petitioner: New York; Beneficiary: Shanghai, China
Our client is a U.S. citizen who married her Chinese girlfriend in China in 2008. He had his marriage ceremony with his wife in the China, and had resided there until December 2010. When he came back to the United States, he wanted to bring his wife over here. He contacted our office in late January 2011 and retained our office to help bring his wife to the States. As we explained in previous success stories, 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 wife was not in the United States, and their marriage occurred in China, our office promptly filed the I-130 to the National Visa Center first on April 10, 2011.
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 June 20, 2011. After the I-130 approval, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on August 23, 2011, who in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China. An interview notice was set for the client at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, and we prepared her for her interview. On October 31, 2011, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China approved and issued her immigrant visa.
With the approved Immigrant visa, our client’s wife can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two weeks of entry.
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