Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Adjustment of Status (Green card) for “EWI” Salvadoran with TPS

Glickman Turley LLP successfully represented a Salvadoran man who first entered the U.S. without a visa (also known as “entered without inspection” or “EWI”). Two years ago, the client traveled to El Salvador pursuant to “advance parole” issued by USCIS in order to attend to a family emergency in his home country. When he returned to the U.S., he was paroled into to the U.S. This parole cured his “EWI” problem, making him eligible to adjust status through his U.S. citizen wife.

He nonetheless required an I-601 Application for Waiver of Inadmissibility to overcome the 10-year bar for having been present from the U.S. without authorization for over one year. Glickman Turley LLP prepared a compelling waiver application, demonstrating clear “extreme hardship” to his U.S. citizen wife who was pregnant and infant U.S. citizen son. The wife suffers medical issues including post-partum depression and the infant suffered various medical complications resulting from pre-mature birth and also suffers from asthma.

If you are an immigrant with TPS and/or EWI entry, our attorneys can review your record and help you understand whether you are eligible for any relief including a "green card" or adjustment of status.

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