In December 2006, just prior to, and right after their marriage, our clients started consultation with our firm to get permanent residency for the husband, a Canadian, allowed to stay in the United States with non-immigrant working visa. We filed I-130 and I-485. It was not easy to get his conditional green card because by honest mistake he forgot to disclose to us the criminal conviction of an incident that took place 26 years ago when he was living in the United States as student. Non-disclosure of the conviction became a major issue for possible denial for misrepresentation. We submitted the criminal records after the Court located the documents in the archive. In April 2008, conditional green card was approved valid for 2 years. Our clients have expressed loyalty to our firm. They came back to us in January 2010 to file for I-751 with his green card expiring in April 2010. We filed I-751 in March 2010. The petition was approved after 2 months ½. We believe that the supporting documentary evidence we submitted was sufficient and convincing to prove bona fide marriage.

Clients in general are after quick, efficient and excellent legal service on immigration matters. Husband is the beneficiary of USC wife's petition for green card. As foreign student, he is allowed to stay in the United States pursuing doctorate degree in the final year of his student visa. Considering the various issues concerning US visa expiration, plan to get married to his USC fiancée for years to start a family in the US and dictated by economic necessity to find a decent job and work in this time of recession, we filed the I-130, I-485 and the ancillary request for employment authorization I-765 about seven (7) days after their marriage in February 2010. In March, 2010, CIS requested for additional evidence to which we promptly filed our response within ten (10) days from receipt of the notice. Employment authorization was approved and after interview in May 2010, conditional green card was issued.

Wife, the beneficiary of USC husband's petition for green card, was born in mainland China but, had lived and worked in Singapore for the last 7 years. She has been traveling to the United States since 2006 with visitor's visa. After her last entry with non-immigrant visa as an Artist, she overstayed and got married. She last entered with J-1 visa. We filed I-130, I-485 and I-765 but we needed to clear the issue of whether or not she was subject to 2-year foreign residency punctuated by discernable issue of intent to adjust status by marriage to a US citizen. Case was filed in February, 2010. After interview, work authorization and conditional green card were almost simultaneously approved after 2 months and 23 days.

The client came to the United States as one of minor dependents of Vietnam refugees. In 1999, while still a permanent resident, he went home to Vietnam and got married. Their marriage for immigration purposes is a preference category that the Vietnamese wife will have to wait for at least 5 to 6 years to become eligible to migrate to United States. In 2002 however he became a US citizen passing the CIS citizenship test despite deficiency in English Language. He filed for temporary non-immigrant visa (K-3) for his wife and minor son (K-4). Visas for his wife and minor son were issued and both came to the United States in February 2003. Our clients thought that the K-3 visa was an immigrant visa and that the green card process had stopped up to that stage. On the contrary, the K-3 and K-4 for his wife and son had expired in 2005 and thus they went out-of-status and became vulnerable to removal from the United States. In April, 2008, we filed immediately the applications for green card and employment authorization. The case was approved in 7 months.

One of our clients, a Chinese national had a legal entry in 2002 as tourist (B-2 visa). His wife entered a year later and was granted asylum status. An I-730 was filed and approved for him as a derivative but the petition was sent to China rather than staying in the United States. When he filed for his green card, it was denied and he was placed in removal proceedings. Our firm filed a motion to reopen I-730 petition. We also filed an I-130 for him since his wife was a Legal Permanent Resident. She also is applying for citizenship which once granted and she is sworn in, he would be considered an immediate relative of a USC and get his green card with an approved I-130. Attorney Larry Hadfield prepared the client. Attorney Jason Lorenzon attended the interview and assisted the clients in developing their love story about how the two came to the US at different times and lost each other and went incessantly looking for each other. He also assisted the clients in telling the story about when she got ill with cancer and how he cared for her and focused all of his attention on her. About 10 minutes before the interview, the couple forgot their pictures, so Mr. Lorenzon stalled the interview for about 20 minutes while the husband went back to get his photos. The interview went ahead and was recommended for approval! Our client has another avenue in which to get his green card and stay permanently with his wife in the United States.

Our client is an Indian National who has married a United States Citizen. An interview on the pending I-130 was conducted in the USCIS office and after careful preparation with the client and the client's spouse, the bona fides of the marriage were submitted and the I-130 was approved. The I-485 is still pending due to the medical report not being properly completed by the doctor, but one of our attorney's made sure that the doctor 's report was updated and refilled the same day.

An Italian national entered the United States under visa wavier and was authorized to stay for three months. He later married his US citizen girlfriend. We filed his I-130 and I-485 Applications within his authorized stay expired. Client received his I-485 approval notice right after his interview. It took less than three months from the filing date for him to get his green card.

An alien from Hong Kong entered the United States without inspection. She later married her US citizen husband and had two children. The alien retained our firm to assist her for adjustment of status. Our firm filed I-130 petition on behalf of her husband for her and the petition was approved in five months. After filing Pkt.3 with National Visa Center, the alien was scheduled for an interview at the US Consulate in Hong Kong. In the meantime, we prepared the I-601 wavier application for her to submit during the Consulate interview. The I-601 was approved in 2 months and the alien was issued immigrant visa to return to the United States right away and she received her green card shortly after her admission.

A Ghana national was placed in deportation proceedings and charged with overstaying his visa. Our office filed an Asylum Application as he was fearful of returning to his country. About a week before his individual hearing, our client got married. Our office assisted his wife in filing an I-130 immigrant petition days before the hearing. Our Attorney Jason Lorenzon attended the individual hearing and convinced the Immigration Judge to grant a continuance due to the pending I-130 immigrant visa petition which when approved will enable him to adjust his status to that of a legal permanent resident. The clients attended their interview at USCIS and everything went fine since our office assisted them in filing the visa petition with the correct exemption requests. The I-130 visa petition was approved and our client will be able to adjust status with the immigration court at his next hearing!

One of our clients a Chinese National was placed in deportation proceedings. He did get married after being placed into deportation proceedings. Our team filed an immigrant visa petition I-130 with USCIS with the appropriate exemption requests (this ensures that the USC spouse is aware that the alien is in deportation proceedings). Because this is a New York case, when a person is in deportation proceedings and gets married to a United States Citizen, they are subject to a "Stokes interview." This is where the couple is separated and asked the same questions. Then they are brought back together and given an opportunity to rebut the discrepancies. Attorney Jason Lorenzon prepared the couple for a grueling interview. Attorney Lorenzon also attended the interview. The interview lasted well over four hours. Attorney Lorenzon argued that this was a bona fide marriage after the Officer was looking for a "typical marriage." No Federal Case Law exists defining what a marriage should or should not be. This I-130 was approved and our client will be able to apply for adjustment of status (aka green card) !

One of our clients a Canadian National entered the country and had several H2-B visas. His last H2-B visa expired in 2001 and he remained in the United States and fell out of legal status. He never left the country since. In 2003, he fell in love with a United States Citizen. He married her in 2006. Our firm filed the I-130 immigrant visa petition along with the I-485 adjustment of status application in December of 2009. Attorney Jason Lorenzon prepared the couple and the Canadian national for their interview going through the bona fides of marriage and some of the pitfalls that immigration would look for. Attorney Lori Pinjuh attended the interview and the application for permanent residence was granted the very next day. Less than three months from filing to approval!

Our client had an I-130 petition pending several years before hiring our firm. This was based on his marriage to a United States citizen. We needed an I-130 approval in order to proceed with adjustment of status with the Immigration Judge. We were able to push USCIS and get an I-130 interview in North Carolina. In March 2010, the I-130 petition was approved after an interview. Scott Bratton is handling the case.

We helped our client from Korea file an I-130 Petition on behalf of his son who is currently in removal proceedings. The I-130 Petition was approved in less than six months.

An Indian national who is also a naturalized United States citizen retained our firm to process his mother's I-130 immigrant petition for alien relative and I-485 application for permanent resident after his mother, a Canadian citizen, entered the United States with visa waiver. We filed the applications in April 2009. We received a Request for Evidence Notice in August 2009 requesting for birth records of both petitioner and beneficiary. However, our clients did not have such documents. After our instruction, client was able to obtain alternative evidence. In early November 2009, shortly after the submission of the response to the RFE, we received the I-130 Approval. A week later, we also received the I-485 Approval. His mother's green card was granted without an interview.

We were retained by a citizen of the US to work on immigrant visa applications for his wife and his wife's son (USC's step-son). We already received approval of the wifes I-130 immigrant relative petition and were waiting on approval of the step-sons application. On November 2, 2009 we received the I-130 approval for the step-son. Now the case is forwarded to the NVC so the US Consulate abroad can schedule interviews for the mother and son to come to the US with immigrant visas.

Our client from Togo retained our firm to file an I-130 Petition on his behalf for his step-son who is living in Togo. The Service issued a Request for Evidence to establish the parentage of the child and to verify the step-relationship. We responded to the request, and the I-130 Petition was approved. Now, our client's step-son will be able to apply for consular processing to immigrate to the United States to live with his family.

One of our clients, a Mexican National, married an American Citizen. Our client originally entered as a student and had a valid H1-B visa. The couple was married for a very brief time before filing an immigrant petition, the so called I-130 application for an immediate relative. The I-130/I-485 application was filed by our senior paralegal Ding Reyes. Attorney Jason Lorenzon prepared the clients and he prepared them as if they would experience a "notorious" Stoke Interview in New York City. These are interviews were the couple is separated and asked a series of questions and the answers must be similar or the same, such as who woke up first, what is his favorite food, what is his favorite meal? The couple was well prepared, the interview lasted about 15 minutes and our client received an I-551 stamp in his passport, meaning that the I-130 was approved and he received permanent resident status that very day.

One of our clients, a Chinese national was placed into proceedings. Our team represented her in proceedings and found that she was married to a USC spouse and had two USC children with her spouse. Paralegal Jian Tang filed a I-130 petition with the necessary exemption requests, since the spouse was in deportation proceedings. Because she was in proceedings and her husband filed an immigrant visa petition (I-130), she and her husband faced the notorious "Stokes" interview in New York City. In a Stokes interview, the couple is split apart and the interviewing Officer asks grueling questions of each spouse for about an hour. Each question is asked of the other spouse and the answer must be the same or similar. Our Attorney Jason Lorenzon prepared our clients for this grueling process. Because she was without status in the United States, she was unable to show the paper record necessary to prove a bona fide marriage. Attorney Jason Lorenzon attended the interview and pointed that fact out to the interviewing officer. He understood the complexities of her situation and since they were so well prepared for the Interview, the immigrant visa petition was approved that day! She will be able to adjust status and receive her green card in the near future.

Our Malaysian client thought he was legally married to a U.S. Citizen on December 2005. The US Citizen wife was married back in the eighties, but her spouse died in Laos in 1987. In the nineties, his wife lived together with a boyfriend in Colorado. They never went to a minister or to Court to get married. They just lived together until they eventually separated sometime in 2005. In December 2005, she married our client. His wife filed an I-130 Petition for our client and his two children. They were represented by different counsel back then and on their interview in June 2006, the Immigration Service found out that the US Citizen wife was still "married" to his old boyfriend through the common law marriage laws of Colorado and that the death certificate of his first husband was not authentic. They also pointed out issues on their living arrangements and denied the case due to the invalidity of their marriage. Our client and his two daughters were then placed in Immigration Court proceedings in Denver and our office was retained. We had the US Citizen spouse divorce his "boyfriend / husband" so that he could re-marry our Malaysian client. We also contacted the US Embassy in Laos and the wife's sister in order to properly obtain a valid death certificate - or at least something that would be acceptable by the Immigration Service. We filed a new I-130 and requested continuances with the Denver Immigration Court. At the I-130 interview, our attorney accompanied our clients in Denver. The Officer took issue regarding the death certificate and the living arrangements of the family (husband moves back and forth from new York to Denver and daughters live in New York during school months). The officer issued a Request for Evidence addressing this issue. On response we submitted affidavits and more documentation, arguing that our client has to move around due to his work and that the kids are in New York to take advantage of school scholarships, and that regardless of that issue the marriage is still a good marriage. In February 2009, the I-130s were approved. We filed termination with the Immigration Court in Denver and the Immigration Judge granted our termination. In August of 2009, our client and his two daughters, accompanied by our attorney, went to their green card interviews in Denver Colorado. The interview lasted over two hours but all issues were resolved and documented. There was not even any request for more evidence. Our client and her two young daughters recently received their permanent resident cards. Attorney JP Sarmiento worked on the case.

Our client is in proceedings and is being detained. A new I-130, immigrant petition for alien relative was filed on his behalf for his wife by our office. Several Master Calendar hearings went by, client is still detained and the I-130 was not adjudicated. One of our attorneys, Jason Lorenzon scheduled an InfoPass with USCIS to figure out why the petition had not yet been approved. After being called all kinds of expletives by the USCIS Supervisor, Attorney Lorenzon was able to speak directly to the interviewing officer and asked to arrange for a "Stokes" interview which assess whether or not the marriage is viable and valid. The Officer called Mr Lorenzon back and was ready to the interview the very next morning, but we had difficulty getting a hold of our client. Mr. Lorenzon asked the officer to schedule the interview for the following week, and after several days of phone called, it was finalized on a Monday afternoon for a Tuesday morning interview. Attorney Margaret W. Wong attended the interview and assisted our clients in this process which ultimately lead to the approval of the I-130 petition and our client will be able to present that to the Court at his next master calendar hearing.

Our client is an Indian National who has married a United States Citizen. An interview on the pending I-130 was conducted in the USCIS office and after careful preparation with the client and the client's spouse, the bona fides of the marriage were submitted and the I-130 was approved. The I-485 is still pending due to the medical report not being properly completed by the doctor, but one of our attorney's made sure that the doctor 's report was updated and refilled the same day.

M.T., a citizen of Gambia, entered the US in 1994 on a B-2 visitor visa. He later married a US Citizen who filed an I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. Their marriage ended in divorce, therefore our client was not able to pursue his Green Card application, I-485, with CIS. He was put in removal proceedings for having overstayed his visa. Margaret Wong & Assoc., CO. LPA was retained to represent his before the Immigration Court. Our office filed an application for cancellation of removal before the court since our client had been continuously resided in the US for at least 10 years before the NTA (Notice to Appear) was issued, and he had US Citizen Children who would suffer unusual and extreme hardship if he would be ordered deported. In the meantime, our client married his second wife, a US citizen. His second wife filed an I-130 Petition. Once the petition was approved, our office filed an application for adjustment of status, I-485, before the immigration judge. This application was approved in 2009 and our client is now a Legal Permanent Resident (the cancellation application was withdrawn since we pursued the I-485). Attorney Deborah Lee handled this case for Margaret Wong & Associates, CO. LPA.

Our clients, a father and son both citizens and nationals of India, were "waived in" at the US Canada border when they entered the United States in 1994. At the time of entry, only the father was a permanent resident of Canada and his son was only 3 years old. Both overstayed since 1994. The father filed for a Labor Certification application with assigned 1994 priority date making him a beneficiary of a US visa petition before the first 245 (i) cutoff date of January 14, 1998. In 2001, the father, after divorce, got married to a US permanent resident. The step-mother legally adopted his son and the Decree of Adoption was issued in the United States in May 2001. In 2003 the step-mother as permanent resident filed an I-130 petition for the legally adopted step-son and the petition was approved in March 2007.  In August 2008, the step-mother became a naturalized US citizen. With the quota opened, it upgraded the approved I-130 petition for adopted step-son to an immediate relative. In November 2008 we filed for the stepson an I-485 application for a green card and I-765 application for a work authorization. USCIS sent us a request for additional evidence with major issues focusing on the legal entry of the stepson who entered the United States as a citizen and national of India without a visa. We argued that the step-son was covered by 245 (i) and therefore eligible to adjust status. The green card was approved at the interview 6 months from filing the case.

A client came in on a visitor's visa from Tanzania. He was put into removal proceedings. While he was in proceedings, he married his U.S. citizen girlfriend. She filed an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative on his behalf. They appeared together for their interview without an attorney, and the adjudicating officer asked them to come back for a second interview based on discrepancies made during the interview. The client retained our firm to accompany them to the second I-130 interview. After the interview, CIS issued a notice of intent to deny because of what appeared to be serious discrepancies in the testimonies of the client and his wife. We filed a response to the notice of intent to deny with ample supporting documents to explain the nature of those discrepancies. CIS approved the I-130 Petition. The Immigration Judge approved the green card application.

A client from Romania came in on a visitor's visa. He and his father applied for asylum, and the applications were denied by the Immigration Judge. Our client fell in love with a U.S. citizen and married her. Several days later he self-deported to Canada. With the help of an attorney, the client's wife filed an I-130 immigrant visa petition on his behalf. The petition was denied for failure to include evidence that the client had left the country. The former attorney filed the I-130 petition a second time, and it was denied a second time for failure to show that the client actually resided outside of the United States for a two-year period. Our firm took over and filed a motion to reopen the denial of the I-130 petition, which was denied. We filed a new third I-130 petition with all supporting documents to show that the marriage was indeed valid, and the I-130 petition was approved. Our attorneys, JP Sarmiento and Deborah Lee, handled the case for the firm.

A client from China entered the United States on a B-1 visa. He met and fell in love with a United States citizen from Vietnam. We filed an I-130 petition/I-485 application on their behalf in December 2008. They were scheduled for an interview at USCIS five months later, and our client will receive his green card. JP Sarmiento handled the case for the firm with the assistance of Jian Tang and Deborah Lee.

Our client came to the US with a B-2 visitor's visa in 2001. When her visa expired, her father, who got his Green Card in 2006, filed an I-130 (petition for alien relative) for her. However, by 2006, our client was already over 21 years old. On the other hand, our client's mother came to the US as a beneficiary of an I-130 petition filed by her sister (the client's aunt) in 1994. Additionally, our client was the derivative beneficiary of her mother for the same I-130 petition that was filed in 1994. On behalf of the client, our office filed for a new I-130 with her mother as the petitioner, and an I-485 (to adjust our client's status to permanent resident) as well as an I-765 (application for employment status).

I-130: family based immigrant visa petition: US Wife petitioning Canadian citizen wife, the I-130 was filed in March 2009 and was approved in April 2009, without RFE.

A native of Venezuela married an America Citizen. This client previously had an approved I-130 petition but aged out due to the complicated CSPA regulations. Our attorney, Larry Hadfield prepared the client and our client's spouse for the interview. Our attorney Jason Lorenzon attended the interview with our client and spouse assisted them in this tedious process. The Officer recommended approval of the Adjustment of Status Application and after the pending background checks are complete, the Client will receive a Welcome Notice and a Green Card within 7-8 weeks!

A Canadian National came to visit her boyfriend and entered on the Visa Waiver program. She decided that they hit it off so well that she would not return to Canada and they got married. She retained us to file the necessary applications. The application was filed in October, the couple had their interview in January and the application was approved shortly thereafter. She received her green card in February!

Our Malaysian client thought he was legally married to a U.S. Citizen on December 2005. His wife was married back in the eighties, but her spouse died in Laos in 1987. In the nineties, his wife lived together with a boyfriend in Colorado. They never went to a minister or to Court to get married. They just lived together until they eventually separated sometime in 2005. In December 2005, she married our client. Since our client and his two children were both legal entry overstays, they were eligible to adjust to permanent resident status. His wife filed an I-130 Petition for our client and his two children. They were represented by different counsel back then and on their interview in June 2006, the Immigration found out that the US Citizen was actually "married" to his old boyfriend through the common law marriage laws of Colorado and that the death certificate of his first husband was not authentic. They also pointed out their weird living arrangements and denied the case. Our client and his two daughters were then placed in Immigration Court proceedings and our office was retained. We had the US Citizen spouse divorce his "boyfriend / husband" so that he could re-marry our Malaysian client. We also contacted the US Embassy in Laos and the wife's sister in order to properly obtain a valid death certificate - or at least something that would be acceptable by the Immigration Service. We filed a new I-130 and requested continuances with the Denver Immigration Court. At the I-130 interview, our attorney accompanied our clients in Denver. The Officer took issue regarding the death certificate and the living arrangements of the family (husband moves back and forth from new York to Denver and daughters live in New York during school months). The officer issued a Request for Evidence addressing this issue. On response we submitted affidavits and more documentation, arguing that our client has to move around due to his work and that the kids are in New York to take advantage of school scholarships, and that regardless of that issue the marriage is still a good marriage. In February 2009, the I-130s were approved. We filed termination with the Immigration Court in Denver. Our clients are now eligible and will obtain their green cards. Attorney JP Sarmiento worked on the case.

I-130/485/765 filed July 2008 with petitioner being the USC son (Korean) for beneficiary mother whose green card expired for overstaying in her home country.  She subsequently entered the US with a B-2 visa.  The work permit was approved in September 2008 and the I-130 was approved in January 2009 without an interview being set.

A South American client came to USA in 1966. He entered legally, with a visa, but overstayed through the years. He had lost his I-94 and unfortunately when he entered USA his passport was not stamped in USA. In 2004 we filed an I-485 petition requesting for a green card based in his entry date and having stayed in USA all those years, since by then he was eligible under current law. Then we found out of a bigger problem: there was not enough evidence to prove that he lived in USA for four years of all his life here. We tried to gather documents, reports, and we could not find anything, as those years showed blank in many documents; therefore his application unfortunately was denied. Apparently his employer during those years had found out he was illegal and managed to disappear all his work records. The family was going through problems, especially due to our client's health condition. We helped them file for a second I-485, this time based on a petition from his son (US citizen). When the time came for interview USCIS insisted on the need of an I-94 to prove he entered legally. We had applied for a copy of his I-94, but were not given one, since the database of the office that had to issue the copy was created in the early 80's, and our client arrived to USA in 1966.. We had to insist with the Immigration Officer and submit a letter from USCIS where they informed of this, and finally, after four years of struggling for this client, his green card was approved in September 2008.

Our client, a native of Canada, had been living in the United States, continuously, for over thirty years. Our client's father lived in Cleveland, Ohio, working under the auspices of a work authorization document, while he patiently awaited approval for permanent residency. In the meantime, his wife still resided in Canada, pregnant with his son, our client. Our client's family remained separated by distance until our client's father, who was now a permanent resident of the United States, brought his wife and new born son to live with him in Cleveland. Our client remained in Cleveland his entire life, obtaining an education via the Cleveland Public School System and making economic and industrial contributions as a machinist. In November of 2007, our client contacted us with hope of becoming a permanent resident. Our client filed an I-485, an application to adjust to permanent resident status. Soon thereafter, his status was adjusted based on continuous residence, and became a proud permanent resident of a community of which he was so long a part.

The arduous process of immigrating into the United States, along with the many challenges involved, proved to be a test of resolve, character, and commitment for our client from Ghana. Furthermore, the diligence and persistence through which our client's case was handled undoubtedly led our client to obtaining a green card, and securing a future abounding with opportunity. Although our client was fully committed to becoming a permanent resident of the United States, his heart was devoted to reuniting his family; a family separated by distance, but held together by the dream of a new life in a new country. Our client was the direct beneficiary of an immigrant petition, filed by his wife, a citizen of the United States. Soon thereafter, I-130's-an immigrant petition for a relative-were filed for his three children, all of whom were waiting half a world away in Ghana, while our client was hard at work in Cleveland, Ohio. After months of dedication, the longest of hours, and personal devotion, our attorneys, paralegal caseworkers, and various staff were very much pleased to receive a phone call from our client, both excited and proud to inform us that he received his green card in the mail! Our client is now an excited permanent resident of the United States, and is proud father of three children, all of whom are now together, living a new life in a new country.

Although we take pride in the success of each and every case, the joy we receive in keeping a family together is a feeling that often remains unparalleled. We recently filed a family-based immigrant visa petition for a family with whom we have a longstanding history. It has been our pleasure to successfully file all immigration matters for them. Our client retained our services with the goal of filing an I-130 and an I-485 for his parents, the two people in the world that had done so much for him. With the hope of keeping our client's entire family together, we filed two separate I-130/I-485 petitions. Following the diligent work and commitment of our attorneys and staff, both applications were quickly approved! Such a story does not simply underscore our ability to successfully practice law, but it highlights our absolute devotion to each and every client, each and every family.

In January 2007 we were retained by a US Citizen to get a green card for her father, citizen of Canada. He entered the country in August 2006 to visit her, and still had a valid visa. The daughter definitely wanted him to stay in USA. We filed four petitions for them at the same time: petition for alien relative, green card, work authorization and travel document (I-130, I-485, I-765 and I-131, respectively). We had requests for additional evidence twice in this case, and we timely filed the responses. However, the problem was, they made our client go three times to have his fingerprints taken. Twice we received notices saying that "the fingerprints were rejected for not being visible". Apparently something in our client's skin made them impossible to read. We constantly did follow up in this case. His travel document was approved in March 2007, followed by the approval of his work authorization in April 2007, valid for a year. However, since the fingerprints' delays took so long, we had to request a renewal of the work authorization in December 2007 and it was approved in three months. We insisted in this case and persuaded USCIS to disregard the requirement for and FBI background check. Instead we offered to provide Police background checks from the County Police and the Police Department in two cities where he had lived. We got the documents and were able to prove he had no criminal records, nor had he ever been arrested. Finally, the other two petitions were approved in May 2008 and our client received his green card. He is now having a good time living with his daughter and family.

The opportunities to succeed and live well in the United States are only two reasons we were contacted by our English client, a client with a wonderful family, whose friendship we have valued for many years. Our client originally immigrated into the United States on F-1 visa status, which is a non-immigrant, full-time student visa that allows those from outside of the country to obtain an education in the United States. Our client fell out of F-1 status, but longed to remain in the United States and share her life with those whom she loved: her parents. Both our client's mother and father filed an I-130, an immigrant petition for a relative. Unfortunately, our client was over 21 years of age, thus establishing her I-130 petition as second preference. This technicality lengthened the amount of time for the quota to open, thus affecting our client's eligibility for adjustment of status. Fortunately, our client's mother became a naturalized citizen of the United States and filed an I-130, which was upgraded to first preference, thus opening the requisite quota. Our client also benefited from being the beneficiary of a previously approved I-130 petition filed by her father. With the help and hope of her parents, accompanied by the diligence and knowledge of our attorneys, our client was fast approaching a new life in the United States. Soon, our client's I-485 application to adjust to permanent resident status was approved. That our client's adjustment was the direct beneficiary of an immigrant petition was in large part based on a previous I-130 petition filed by her mother when her mother maintained permanent resident status. Our client now strives to provide opportunity for a new generation: her two wonderful daughters, born in USA and proud citizens of this country.