CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
NATIONALITY: Ghanaian
LOCATION: Columbus, OH
Our client is from Ghana who worked in the United States under an H-1B status. In August 2016, our client married his current U.S. citizen wife. He retained our office in September 2016 for his green card application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on October 3, 2016. 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 via conference call. On January 23, 2017, our client was interviewed at the Columbus Ohio USCIS office.
The USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) on August 24, 2017 for our client. The RFE letter requested our client to submit more “bona fide” marital documents between him and his U.S. citizen wife. On October 3, 2017, our office filed a Response to RFE to the USCIS with a joint lease, joint bank accounts, joint insurance, joint tax documents, and multiple affidavits from their family and friends regarding the bona fideness of their relationship. Eventually, on October 14, 2017, his green card application was approved.