Success Stories: Permanent Residence Granted for Adjustment of Status applicant from the Philippines
Photo by Jonatas Domingos on Unsplash. U.S. Citizens 21 years old and older may petition for their parents (mother or father) to live in the United States as Green Card holders.
We recently received an approval for legal permanent residence (a green card) for a national of the Philippines and it was granted without an interview. Congratulations to our clients!
Our client was petitioned by her U.S. citizen daughter. Our client initially entered the U.S. in 1998 on a tourist visa and had overstayed. Although she had lived in the U.S. without status for over 20 years and had worked without authorization during this time, she still qualified to adjust to lawful permanent resident status because the law provides an automatic waiver for an overstay and unauthorized work for those adjusting based upon an immediate relative petition. Immediate relatives eligible for this waiver are spouses of U.S. citizens, children under 21 who have a parent who is a U.S. citizen, or parents of U.S. citizens over 21 years of age. This exception is only for these relationships. Note that this waiver does not exist for these same relationships if the petitioner is a lawful permanent resident.
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