Opinion ID: 804410
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: 2002 Marriage

Text: Three years later, on June 18, 2002, Petitson married a U.S. citizen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On September 27, 2002, Petitson’s husband filed a petition for alien relative (I-130) on Petitson’s behalf, which indicated that Petitson would be applying for adjustment of status. On May 17, 2004, the Immigration and Naturalization Service approved the I-130 petition, but the approval notice stated that, based on evidence submitted with the I-130 petition, Petitson was not eligible for adjustment of status. In April 2007, Petitson filed an I-485 application for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. On January 2, 2008, the Department of Homeland 2 Petitson’s Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book was issued by the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications Maritime Industry Authority “for the purpose of providing the holder . . . with identity papers for travel to or from an assigned vessel, and of providing a record of the holder’s sea service.” 4 Case: 11-16000 Date Filed: 07/13/2012 Page: 5 of 12 Security (“DHS”) denied Petitson’s application because Petitson had been admitted into the United States as a “C-1/D” crewman on June 1, 1998, and, therefore, was statutorily ineligible to adjust her status.