Our client, Ms. S, was granted asylum in 2001 based on her participation in a prohibited group activity in her country. She filed her I-485, application to adjust status, in 2002. Her application remained for 5 years and finally, Ms. S hired us to file a mandamus action in federal district court. After the lawsuit was filed, the asylum office issued an intent to terminate her asylee status, claiming that it had information adverse to ms. S' asylum application.
We went to the interview with Ms. S and found out that the so called "adverse information" was based an affidavit signed by her ex-husband, who applied to join her here in the U.S. and provided the information during the interview. We attacked the reliability of his affidavit and eventually convinced the Asylum Office that it did not meet its burden to terminate her status.
Asylum Office reaffirmed her asylee status and our mandamus action continued. Before CIS had to file further paper with the court, Ms. S' I-485 was approved and we dismissed the action.
This is a case where aggressive pursuit of client's application and vigorous representation of client's interest paid off.
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