Case Status Update: Approvals: Asylee Green Card, VAWA Green Card, Work Permits (EAD)

PART 2 OF CASE STATUS UPDATE:

Asylee Green Card Approved - We also received an approval notice for an Asylee Green Card for a client, (hereinafter, “R”), a native and citizen of Mali. R obtained status as an asylee after his wife was granted asylum by the Immigration Judge. R was initially the main asylum applicant and was granted voluntary departure in 1996 but never departed the country.

In 2009, R and his wife filed a joint motion with DHS to reopen their removal proceedings and it was granted to allow R’s wife to file a new asylum application. In 2016, R’s wife’s asylum application was granted and a year later they both applied for Green Cards. R’s wife is still waiting for her Green Card to be approved but the couple, who have 4 U.S. Citizen children, are so happy that after over 20 years, R finally has a Green Card!

I-797, I-485 - Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Resident Approval Notice

Asylee Travel Document Approval - We also received an approval for a refugee/asylee travel document for R that we had filed before his Green Card was approved because he had an emergency and needed to temporarily go aboard. Technically, R no longer needs a travel document to travel abroad and re-enter the United States because he can do so freely with his Green Card. The Asylee Travel Document is useful for a Permanent Resident if he or she no longer has a valid passport of his or her country of citizenship since one does not need a passport to travel abroad with an asylee travel document.

I-797C, I-131 Application for Travel Document

I-485 approval (VAWA Beneficiary + EWI) - Next approval is for our client, (hereinafter, “T”), a native and citizen of Senegal, initially entered the U.S. without inspection (EWI) in 2005. T married a Permanent Resident in 2009 and had a son with him. Years later, T’s husband starting acting differently towards her when he decided that he did not want her to leave the house and would act physically violent towards her in an attempt to control her. T reached her breaking point when her husband assaulted her and broke her phone so that she could not call the police. T obtained a Family Court Order of Protection against T and received help from a non-profit victim assistance organization called Safe Horizon. We then helped her file a VAWA petition and a Green Card application.

T and her U.S. Citizen son are now safe and relieved that T is a Permanent Resident. Remember, you can file for VAWA even if you do not have proof of your entry into the U.S. or if you entered illegally!

I-797, I-485 - Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Resident Approval Notice

Green Card Approval for Spouse of Lawful Permanent Resident - Our final Green Card (I-485) approval notice from the last couple of months is for a client, (hereinafter “Q”), who is native and citizen of Mali. Q entered the U.S. in 2004 with a B-2 Visitor Visa. Her Green Card was based on an approved marriage petition filed by her Lawful Permanent Resident Spouse.

I-797C, I-485 - Application to Adjust Status to Lawful Permanent Resident Approval