Overturned Denial of U.S. Citizenship Application
Our firm successfully represented a client whose naturalization application had been denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). After she filed an administrative appeal, USCIS again denied her case, alleging marriage fraud and failure to remove the conditions on her permanent residency.
Lim Krewson took action by filing a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the decision. In response, USCIS reopened the case and scheduled a new interview. Our team prepared the client, accompanied her to the interview, and ensured she had the opportunity to present her testimony and sworn statement directly to an immigration officer.
Following the interview, and after careful review of the evidence, USCIS approved her naturalization application. Today, our client is a proud United States citizen.
Overcoming the Impossible: A Mother’s Path to Residency
Lim Krewson was approached by a mother and daughter who had sought help from several attorneys, all of whom told them there were no options to resolve the mother’s immigration status. The daughter was a U.S. citizen, and her mother had entered the country many years earlier without a visa. The mother’s father was a lawful permanent resident.
Because the mother had entered the United States without inspection and had remained for an extended period, she required a waiver for her unlawful presence. To qualify for such a waiver, an applicant must show a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent would suffer a hardship if the applicant were not allowed to remain in the United States.
In this case, the mother’s situation was complicated. Her lawful permanent resident father could not file a petition on her behalf because she was married, and her U.S. citizen daughter could not serve as the qualifying relative for the waiver. However, the law allows the petitioner of a family petition, and the waiver’s qualifying relative to be different individuals.
Our office filed a family petition through the mother’s U.S. citizen daughter, who was over 21, and once it was approved, we submitted the waiver using her permanent resident father as the qualifying relative.
Tragically, while the waiver was pending, the father passed away. Lim Krewson prepared a legal brief to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) explaining the waiver remained legally approvable despite the death of the qualifying relative. USCIS agreed and granted the waiver, allowing the mother to proceed with her consular processing.
Today, the mother is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, reunited with her daughter, and living without fear of being separated from her family and the life she built here.