CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Filipina
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio
Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa in November 2016. Her J-1 program did not subject her to the 2-year foreign residency requirement (INA Section 212(e)). In October 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband. Once she married, she retained our office for her green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on November 20, 2017. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our clients at our office as well. On February 1, 2018, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of her interview, her green card application was approved.