CASE: I-130 RFE Response
LOCATION: Petitioner: Selma, AL; Beneficiaries: India
Our client is a US permanent resident who married an Indian lady in India. Thereafter, he filed an I-130 petition on behalf of his wife for her immigrant visa. He filed the I-130 in March 2018 by himself; however, the USCIS issued a RFE in late December 2019. The RFE request for bona fide evidence between his (the petitioner) and his EX-wife, as well as his current wife. Upon the issuance of the RFE, our client contacted our firm and sought our legal assistance. He retained our office immediately, and our office started to work on the Response to RFE for his wife.
Our office filed the Response to RFE on March 10, 2020. In the Response brief, our office fully explained that the marriage between our client and his wife, as well as his ex-wife, are bona fide. We also submitted a substantial amount of bona fide marital evidence for both marriages. Also, we explained that the Petitioner’s previous marriage with his US citizen ex-wife was not entered into for the purpose of evading immigration laws.
Eventually, on June 17, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-130 petition for his wife in India. Now, he can start consular processing for his wife’s immigrant visa.