CASE: Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status
CLIENT: Ethiopian
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client came to the United States in 2003 with an F-1 student visa from Ethiopia to pursue her bachelor’s degree in the United States. After she got her Bachelor’s degree, she took graduate studies and eventually got her Ph.D.
She married a U.S. Citizen in December 2012 and retained our office on January 6, 2014 for her adjustment of status application. Our firm prepared and filed the I-130 Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status Application on January 22, 2014. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices, fingerprint appointment, and work permits all came on time.
The interview was scheduled. However, our client’s U.S. Citizen husband left the U.S. for a medical mission in Tanzania and he planned to come back to the U.S. in September. Our office submitted an interview rescheduling request to the USCIS Cleveland Field Office, asking for an interview after September 2014. However, the USCIS Cleveland Field Office contacted our office and told us that they still want the beneficiary to appear for the interview even without the Petitioner.
Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client at our office. We made sure bona fides are shown at the interview as well as documentation as to why her husband was abroad (mission).
On April 21, 2014, our client was interviewed at the Cleveland, OH USCIS. Our attorney accompanied our client as well. On April 25, 2014, her green card application was approved.