CASE: I-360 Petition
NATIONALITY: Kenyan
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
Our client is from Kenya who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in May 2002. After she finished her J-1 program, she remained in the United States. With our office’s assistance, she got her J-1 waiver in February 2015.
In February 2016, she contacted our office to seek legal representation for her I-360 petition. According to her story, our client’s marital life was very deteriorating and she was a spouse of abusive U.S. Citizen. With her story and other evidence, our office determined that she would be eligible for I-360 self-petition as a spouse of abusive U.S. citizen.
Our client experienced domestic violence and spousal abuse during her marriage. Her husband physically and mentally abused our client throughout the years. Thus, we filed and prepared her I-360 petition, which included 15 exhibits and a detailed brief to the USCIS Vermont Service Center on March 17, 2016.
Despite our client’s thoroughly prepared I-360 application, in April 2016, the USCIS Vermont Service Center issued a Request for Evidence (RFE). Specifically, the RFE letter requested our client to submit more documents to prove her good moral character. Our client and our office thoroughly gathered the requested documents, and filed a response to RFE on May 24, 2016.
Finally, on October 18, 2016, the USCIS Vermont Service Center approved our client’s I-360 petition. With the approved I-360, our client can file her I-485 adjustment of status application to the USCIS for her permanent residency.