CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Filipina
LOCATION: Mississippi
Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a J-1 exchange visitor’s visa in October 2014. Her J-1 program was not subject to the 2-year foreign residency requirement (INA Section 212(e)). In May 2017, our client married her current U.S. citizen husband. After she got 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 June 8, 2018. 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 via conference calls. On March 19, 2019, our client was interviewed at the New Orleans, Louisiana USCIS office. Eventually, on April 8, 2019, her green card application was approved.