Case Victories

• August 01, 2021 – Court Case Terminated for Russian National

  Our client, a Russian national, had entered the US as a visitor, but because she was over 80 years old and had no family in Russia, she overstayed her B-2 status. ICE placed her in deportation proceedings, but attorney Furqan Sunny Azhar filed a request with ICE for prosecutorial discretion. He argued that she was not an enforcement priority and that she had several positive factors in her case. ICE agreed to terminate her court case.

• July 22, 2021 – H-4 NPT Approved for Indian National

  Our client, a citizen of India, has relied on the poor advice of the company attorney for her husband’s employer, which resulted in her H-4 lapsing. 2 years later, they hired our office to file an I-539 H-4 application, NPT, and USCIS approved the case without an RFE.

• July 06, 2021 – Schedule A I-140 Approved for Indian National

  Our client, a citizen of India, had been waiting for his EB-2 PD to become current, in order to file his adjustment of status application. Our office filed his Schedule A I-140 as a Physical Therapist, and the I-140 was approved under Premium Processing. We ported his PD from his EB-2 I-140 with a different employer, thus paving the way for his I-485 application.

• June 14, 2021 – NIW I-140 Approved for Biochemist

  Our client, a citizen of Ukraine, was approved for an I-140 NIW petition, without an RFE. She has expertise in Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Bacterial Genetics, Membrane Proteins, Multi-Drug Efflux Pumps, Multi-Drug Resistance, Efflux Pumps Inhibitors, Drug Discovery, Protein-Drug and Protein-Protein Interactions, Protein Functions, Biochemistry of Cancer, Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties of Compounds.

• June 2, 2021 – E-2 Approved After RFE and NOID

  Our client is a citizen of Jordan. He entered the US on an B-1 visa, and we filed his change of status to E-2. His business was a retail shop, but he also purchased CBD products. USCIS questioned whether he had a license to buy/sell CBP products, and whether the CBP products conformed to TX state law. After an RFE and NOID, USCIS approved the case for 2 years.

• March 24, 2021 – F-1 Reinstatement Approved for Indian National

  Our client, an Indian national, had her OPT application denied because her international student office did not provide her an I-20 in time. She appealed that decision, but it was denied and she was out of status.

  Thereafter, we filed an F-1 reinstatement request and argued that her failure to maintain her status was due to exceptional circumstances beyond her control, and that if her F-1 status were to be denied, she would experience extreme hardship. After USCIS issued an RFE, the case was approved.

• December 09, 2020 – Late Filed TPS Approved for Nepali National

  Our client did not register for TPS when the program opened, but she was able to maintain her non-immigrant status since then. Her most recent entry was on parole, making her TPS application even more tenuous. However, USCIS approved the late filed TPS application nonetheless, without an RFE.

• October 27, 2020 – NIW Petition Approved for Expert in Fume Exposure

  Our client, a citizen of Brazil, was in the U.S. on a J-1 visa. Attorney Furqan Sunny Azhar filed his NIW petition on the basis that his work was in the national interest. He argued that our client’s research in the sources of emissions and the risk of human exposure was particularly important for front-line healthcare workers. USCIS approved the I-140 NIW petition, thus paving the path for his permanent residency application.

• October 20, 2020 – L-1A Approved for Functional Manager with 5 Month Gap in 1 Year Requirement Abroad

  Our client, a citizen of India, was present in the U.S. on an H-4 visa. Before having come to the U.S., he worked as an Operations Manager outside the U.S. However, during the 18 months that he was abroad, he spent 5 of those months inside the U.S. in H-4 status. Also, as an Operations Manager, he only directly managed 2 people. Furqan Azhar filed his L-1A and argued that he met the requirements of a “Functional Manager,” and that his 5 months stay in the U.S. while on H-4, did not disrupt the continuity of his requirement that he serve abroad for at least 1 year as a manger. USCIS approved the L-1A petition without an RFE.

• October 15, 2020 – I-612 Persecution Waiver Approved After Previous Asylum Denial

  Our client, a citizen of Afghanistan, had filed an affirmative I-589 asylum application. USCIS denied that application and stated in their denial decision that the client had not adequately proven that he had been the victim of past persecution. Now married to a US citizen, our client filed an I-612 and again argued that he met the requirements of a persecution waiver. After an RFE, USCIS approved the I-612, thus paving the path for permanent residency based on his married to a US citizen.