Our client, a citizen of Nepal, had his SEVIS suspended in January of 2011 following the closure of Tri-Valley University. However, Attorney Furqan secured the approval of our client’s F-1 reinstatement with USCIS and argued that our client’s failure to maintain his SEVIS was for “technical” reasons by virtue of the fact that the school that he applied to, Tri-Valley University, closed down through no fault of his own. INA § 245(c)(2); 8 C.F.R. § 1245.1(d)(2)(ii). The attorneys further argued that the circumstances that prevented our client from satisfying the terms of his F-1 status were exceptional and that our client has no history of repeated or willful USCIS violations. USCIS then approved the reinstatement. Client then married a permanent resident, who filed an I-130 for him in the F-2A category. Since he was now able to maintain his non-immigrant F-1 status, he was able to become a permanent resident once his visa became available.
