VAWA

[Hopeful-2011 2]

Hello everyone!

I just wanna Thank you for all helped this website is very helpful.

I had my interview 04-14 Wednesday and I talked to an officer in USCIS with my lawyer and he asked me couple things and my interview goes very great and he approved he hes gonna approved me and wait for the GC within 2 or 4 weeks.

OMG! I was shakin and I dont even know if I can go home because I cannot believed after years and years waiting for these misery of what I had been through and now Im set. Then my Lawyer told me that I can go home now and go back to my job..Yeheyy I am free!!!! no more worries no more pain.

THANK you and GOd bless you

Congratulations Ashley!! I agree, can you please share your timeline?

[My-joy 4]

Hello everyone!

I just wanna Thank you for all helped this website is very helpful.

I had my interview 04-14 Wednesday and I talked to an officer in USCIS with my lawyer and he asked me couple things and my interview goes very great and he approved he hes gonna approved me and wait for the GC within 2 or 4 weeks.

OMG! I was shakin and I dont even know if I can go home because I cannot believed after years and years waiting for these misery of what I had been through and now Im set. Then my Lawyer told me that I can go home now and go back to my job..Yeheyy I am free!!!! no more worries no more pain.

THANK you and GOd bless you

Congratulations ashleyblack!

[sonia81 0]

Update: I just got an approval letter for my EAD extension.

TimeLine:

Apply I-360 on 02/21/2010

Received I-360 receipt 03/03/2010

Received RFE for I-360 on 04/06/2010

Reply to RFE + additional evidences for I-360 + I-485 SENT on 05/12/2010

Prima facie received 07/06/2010

EAD received 07/10/2010

I-360 touched 09/26/2010 and 10/3/2010

I-360 touched 02/25/2011

I-360 APPROVED 03/11/2011

03/17/11 I got a letter from USCIS-VSC saying that "They have transferred my files to NBC"

03/18/11 Apply for EAD extension

04/01/11 Received EAD receipt.

[inpeace 5]

yaiiiiiiiii congrats Ashley!! :dance:

Edited April 18, 2011 by inpeace

[inpeace 5]

4 months and counting...

Almost time to renew my prima-facie...

[Hopeful-2011 2]

Update: I just got an approval letter for my EAD extension.

TimeLine:

Apply I-360 on 02/21/2010

Received I-360 receipt 03/03/2010

Received RFE for I-360 on 04/06/2010

Reply to RFE + additional evidences for I-360 + I-485 SENT on 05/12/2010

Prima facie received 07/06/2010

EAD received 07/10/2010

I-360 touched 09/26/2010 and 10/3/2010

I-360 touched 02/25/2011

I-360 APPROVED 03/11/2011

03/17/11 I got a letter from USCIS-VSC saying that "They have transferred my files to NBC"

03/18/11 Apply for EAD extension

04/01/11 Received EAD receipt.

Congratulations sonia81! Thank you for sharing your timeline too.

[Hopeful-2011 2]

4 months and counting...

Almost time to renew my prima-facie...

It will be fine..in the end. Stay positive. God bless us all!

[Hopeful-2011 2]

I just checked the processing times for VAWA cases. Vermont Service Center is currently taking 7.3 months to process VAWA cases.

[freedomcry 0]

Hello VJ-friends!

Well, at least I feel like y'all my friends since I've been reading your posts anonymously for over a year. I want to thank you all for sharing your stories and experiences, they gave me hope and strength to take charge of my life again.

I feel I owe it to those of you that are still in a genuinely horrible position to share my experiences and time-line as well. Stay focused and don't give up hope!

And to the people simply searching to find a way to fraudulently obtain a VAWA approval: Be careful what you ask for...even if you get away with your despicable lies now, the Universe doesn't sleep. Karma WILL catch up to you.

That being said, here it goes:

I filed the I-360, I-765 and I-485 with Fee-Waivers and WITHOUT a lawyer.

Evidence submitted with the I-360:

"Evidence of Battery and Extreme Mental Cruelty"

A DETAILED, 15-page declaration including meeting USC, our relationship before we got married, wedding, our relationship after we got married and every major incident of physical, emotional and economical abuse, ending with me fleeing the situation and the effect of the events on my life afterward. All in chronological order.

Medical records

Police- and Court-records

Restraining Order

Criminal Background check for USC

Given the situation, I didn't have a lot of evidence to prove "Good Faith Marriage" and "Evidence That Petitioner Resided With Spouse", so besides asking USCIS to also refer to evidence submitted with my first, unfinished I-485 application filed with USC, I searched for and pointed out parts of the court-, criminal- and medical-records supporting the facts.

Pictures of USC, me and family

Marriage Certificate

"Evidence of Good Moral Character"

State and County Background-Checks

Time-line:

May 18th 2010: Mailed I-360, I-485, I-765

May 20th 2010: Application package signed for by USCIS

June 3rd 2010: Official USCIS receipt date of entire package

June 21st 2010: Biometrics appointment arrives in mail

June 24th 2010: Prima Facie arrives in mail

July 1st 2010: Biometrics appointment

July 16th 2010: I-765 Card production ordered

July 24th 2010: I-765 Approval notice arrives in mail

July 29th 2010: Employment Authorization arrives in mail

December 21st 2010: I-360 approved

December 31st 2010: "I-485 transferred to NBC" arrives in mail

January 27th 2011: I-360 Approval notice arrives in mail

March 11th 2011: I-485 Interview notice arrives in mail

April 13th 2011: I-485 Interview...Approved

April 18th 2011: I-485 Card production ordered

Regarding the "Touches", don't let that drive you crazy. I for one did not get another one after October 3rd 2010.

Edited April 19, 2011 by freedomcry

[N400-2011 24]

Congratulations freedomcry! Feels good doesn't it? Your journey was much faster than mine. Filed sept 2006, green card may 2008. Stand tall and don't look back!

[inpeace 5]

Congratsss freedom!!!!

And thanks for sharing your timeline...

Edited April 19, 2011 by inpeace

[Hopeful-2011 2]

Hello VJ-friends!

Well, at least I feel like y'all my friends since I've been reading your posts anonymously for over a year. I want to thank you all for sharing your stories and experiences, they gave me hope and strength to take charge of my life again.

I feel I owe it to those of you that are still in a genuinely horrible position to share my experiences and time-line as well. Stay focused and don't give up hope!

And to the people simply searching to find a way to fraudulently obtain a VAWA approval: Be careful what you ask for...even if you get away with your despicable lies now, the Universe doesn't sleep. Karma WILL catch up to you.

That being said, here it goes:

I filed the I-360, I-765 and I-485 with Fee-Waivers and WITHOUT a lawyer.

Evidence submitted with the I-360:

"Evidence of Battery and Extreme Mental Cruelty"

A DETAILED, 15-page declaration including meeting USC, our relationship before we got married, wedding, our relationship after we got married and every major incident of physical, emotional and economical abuse, ending with me fleeing the situation and the effect of the events on my life afterward. All in chronological order.

Medical records

Police- and Court-records

Restraining Order

Criminal Background check for USC

Given the situation, I didn't have a lot of evidence to prove "Good Faith Marriage" and "Evidence That Petitioner Resided With Spouse", so besides asking USCIS to also refer to evidence submitted with my first, unfinished I-485 application filed with USC, I searched for and pointed out parts of the court-, criminal- and medical-records supporting the facts.

Pictures of USC, me and family

Marriage Certificate

"Evidence of Good Moral Character"

State and County Background-Checks

Time-line:

May 18th 2010: Mailed I-360, I-485, I-765

May 20th 2010: Application package signed for by USCIS

June 3rd 2010: Official USCIS receipt date of entire package

June 21st 2010: Biometrics appointment arrives in mail

June 24th 2010: Prima Facie arrives in mail

July 1st 2010: Biometrics appointment

July 16th 2010: I-765 Card production ordered

July 24th 2010: I-765 Approval notice arrives in mail

July 29th 2010: Employment Authorization arrives in mail

December 21st 2010: I-360 approved

December 31st 2010: "I-485 transferred to NBC" arrives in mail

January 27th 2011: I-360 Approval notice arrives in mail

March 11th 2011: I-485 Interview notice arrives in mail

April 13th 2011: I-485 Interview...Approved

April 18th 2011: I-485 Card production ordered

Regarding the "Touches", don't let that drive you crazy. I for one did not get another one after October 3rd 2010.

Congratulations Freedom! And thank you for sharing your timeline.

[lion_lion 1]

Congratulations Ashley, sonia81and freedomcry !!!!:dance: pray for us please.

so thank you all friends for sharing your experience and time line

God bless us all

[StillHere 0]

Congras to those who got approved lately. Me it has been 8 months since I filed, I got my work authorization but no prima facie I don't know why but I pray God everyday.Does anybody got any thought why I didn't get prima facie. Good luck everybody

[sonia81 0]

Update: I just got an e-mail saying that I have an AOS interview

on May 24, 2011. One more step closer.

TimeLine:

Apply I-360 on 02/21/2010

Received I-360 receipt 03/03/2010

Received RFE for I-360 on 04/06/2010

Reply to RFE + additional evidences for I-360 + I-485 SENT on 05/12/2010

Prima facie received 07/06/2010

EAD received 07/10/2010

I-360 touched 09/26/2010 and 10/3/2010

I-360 touched 02/25/2011

I-360 APPROVED 03/11/2011

03/17/11 I got a letter from USCIS-VSC saying that "They have transferred my files to NBC"

03/18/11 Apply for EAD extension

04/01/11 Received EAD receipt.

04/18/11 Approval letter for my EAD extension.