💡 Green Card Issued Through Adjustment of Status in the United States After Applying for EB-1C While in E-2 Status
LAWAMERICA filed an EB-1C immigrant petition for a multinational executive or manager on behalf of a client who was working at the U.S. branch of a Korean company in E-2 status. We subsequently filed an application for adjustment of status in the United States, and approximately six months later, the adjustment of status application (Form I-485) was approved and the client’s green card was issued.
💡 EB-1C and Adjustment of Status in the United States
EB-1C is a first-preference employment-based immigrant category for multinational executives and managers. Generally, an applicant must have worked as an executive or manager for a qualifying affiliated company outside the United States for a certain period and must be working, or intend to work, in an executive or managerial capacity for the U.S. company.
In May 2026, USCIS issued a policy memorandum concerning the adjudication of adjustment of status applications in the United States, explaining that it would more closely examine an applicant’s visa application history, circumstances surrounding the applicant’s stay in the United States, the background and circumstances leading from nonimmigrant status to the green card process, and the reasons why the applicant chose adjustment of status in the United States rather than consular processing abroad.
In particular, when an individual residing in the United States in a nonimmigrant status that does not permit immigrant intent, such as E-2 status, applies for an EB-1C green card, it is important to prepare the case consistently and thoroughly with respect to the applicant’s immigration history and maintenance of status, position and actual job duties within the company, and the overall progression of the immigrant petition and adjustment of status application.
Despite being filed during a period of changing USCIS adjudication trends, this case was approved approximately six months after the Form I-485 was filed.
💡 LAWAMERICA – Approval Case
To protect our client’s personal information, we have included a photograph of the USCIS mailing envelope containing the green card instead of the green card itself.
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💡 Green Card Issued Through Adjustment of Status in the United States After Applying for EB-1C While in E-2 Status
LAWAMERICA filed an EB-1C immigrant petition for a multinational executive or manager on behalf of a client who was working at the U.S. branch of a Korean company in E-2 status. We subsequently filed an application for adjustment of status in the United States, and approximately six months later, the adjustment of status application (Form I-485) was approved and the client’s green card was issued.
💡 EB-1C and Adjustment of Status in the United States
EB-1C is a first-preference employment-based immigrant category for multinational executives and managers. Generally, an applicant must have worked as an executive or manager for a qualifying affiliated company outside the United States for a certain period and must be working, or intend to work, in an executive or managerial capacity for the U.S. company.
In May 2026, USCIS issued a policy memorandum concerning the adjudication of adjustment of status applications in the United States, explaining that it would more closely examine an applicant’s visa application history, circumstances surrounding the applicant’s stay in the United States, the background and circumstances leading from nonimmigrant status to the green card process, and the reasons why the applicant chose adjustment of status in the United States rather than consular processing abroad.
In particular, when an individual residing in the United States in a nonimmigrant status that does not permit immigrant intent, such as E-2 status, applies for an EB-1C green card, it is important to prepare the case consistently and thoroughly with respect to the applicant’s immigration history and maintenance of status, position and actual job duties within the company, and the overall progression of the immigrant petition and adjustment of status application.
Despite being filed during a period of changing USCIS adjudication trends, this case was approved approximately six months after the Form I-485 was filed.
💡 LAWAMERICA – Approval Case
To protect our client’s personal information, we have included a photograph of the USCIS mailing envelope containing the green card instead of the green card itself.
Professionals