{"id":24429,"date":"2025-07-03T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/?p=24429"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:40:57","slug":"j1-waiver-to-green-card-georginas-independence-day-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/j1-waiver-to-green-card-georginas-independence-day-success\/","title":{"rendered":"From J-1 Restriction to Green Card Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24429\" class=\"elementor elementor-24429\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e798ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20e798ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb622d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7eb622d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651808ad elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"651808ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From J-1 Restriction to Green Card Approval: Georgina\u2019s Independence Day Win<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d60a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d60a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-b009b924-0f09-467f-beb0-73ed2ab4c6f6\"><div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-02bc430b-bab0-4404-84ed-777f48e67fed\">Georgina came to the U.S. on a J-1 visa \u2014 a common option for exchange visitors, but one that comes with strings attached. In her case, a <strong>two-year requirement<\/strong> to return to her home country after the program.<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-af5240a1-9f7b-4a25-bceb-e5f6ff2d8246\">After marrying Benjamin, a U.S. citizen, Georgina hoped to adjust her status and remain in the country legally. But before pursuing a green card, we needed to waive the J-1 restriction.<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-d093d1cb-cf6a-4b57-962a-c930ec51d0b9\">Our team at GreenCardGuys prepared a compelling <strong>J-1 waiver application<\/strong>, which was approved by the U.S. Department of State on <strong>May 7, 2024<\/strong>. From there, we moved fast \u2014 filing her <strong>I-130 petition and I-485 adjustment of status<\/strong> on June 14.<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-9d5b425b-b678-498c-a262-c6ef7dabbdd7\">Georgina received her <strong>work permit on November 8, 2024<\/strong>, giving her the ability to work while her case was pending. Then came her green card interview, and just two days later, on <strong>May 3, 2025<\/strong>, her <strong>green card was approved<\/strong>.<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-a53ec0ff-343b-440b-a391-35ae92d92d2a\">Now, Georgina is free to live, work, and build a life alongside her husband \u2014 no restrictions, no delays, no uncertainty. A true win just in time for Independence Day.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2512f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b2512f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4091201 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4091201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 Hacer Si Te Encuentras en Esta Situaci\u00f3n?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91afcd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91afcd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No esperes indefinidamente. Los retrasos en las visas son comunes, pero no dejes que eso te detenga. Seleccione una de las siguientes opciones:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From J-1 Restriction to Green Card Approval: Georgina\u2019s Independence Day Win Georgina came to the U.S. on a J-1 visa \u2014 a common option for exchange visitors, but one that comes with strings attached. In her case, a two-year requirement to return to her home country after the program. \u00a0 After marrying Benjamin, a U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[57,56,16,59,54,55],"class_list":["post-24429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-approvals","tag-americandream","tag-citizenship","tag-green-card","tag-l1-visa","tag-n400","tag-naturalization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25709,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429\/revisions\/25709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}