The US Embassy in Islamabad denied our client’s request to include her 25-year old son as a dependent child on their green card application. They claimed that the principal applicant did not “seek to acquire” the son’s visa within 1 year of the priority date becoming current. Our office argued that according to Policy Memorandum PM-602-0097 (April 15, 2015), she met the requirements of a medical exception. After involving the State Department’s Legal Net Division, the US Embassy in Islamabad eventually approved the green card for the son.
