CASE: I-751 / Removal Proceedings
APPLICANT: Filipina
LOCATION: Solon, OH
Our client contacted our office in July 2018 regarding her removal proceedings representation and I-751 application.
She is from the Philippines and she married a U.S. citizen in June 2014. Through her marriage, she obtained a 2-year conditional green card in July 2015. Her conditional residency terminated in July 2017.
To comply with immigration requirements, our client and her husband had to file an I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions. They filed the I-751 application first; however, her husband filed a divorce against her while the application was pending. Our client’s initial I-751 application was thus denied. Later on, our client was placed into removal proceedings.
Once retained, our office prepared an I-751 application for our client with other supplemental exhibits including a detailed explanatory brief. On December 19, 2018, our office filed an I-751 application to the USCIS with multiple affidavits from her friends and family members, joint bank statements, utility bills, insurance policies, and photos of our client and her husband to demonstrate the bona fideness of their marriage. Once the application was filed, the fingerprint notice was issued two weeks later.
Our client had to appear for her Master Calendar hearing at the Cleveland Immigration Court on December 17, 2019. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu represented our client at her initial Master Calendar Hearing and informed the court that our office filed a new I-751 application to the USCIS.
In December 2019, the USCIS scheduled an interview for our client. On January 28, 2020, our client was requested to appear for the interview at the USCIS Cleveland Field Office. Prior to the interview, our office prepared her thoroughly at our office and also accompanied them at the interview as well. Eventually, on April 22, 2020, the USCIS approved our client’s I-751 application and our client received her 10-year green card which removed the conditions. Now, our office will file the Motion to Terminate proceedings to the Cleveland Immigration Court to terminate her removal proceedings.