VAWA

[GhanaMade88 0]

Mona Lisa, they didn't send approval notice directly to me, to my attorney only. Ask your attorney.

On website nothing change, still pending. What's the purpose of this site then???

they sent ur lawyer the approval already?

[Niagara 1]

Mona Lisa, they didn't send approval notice directly to me, to my attorney only. Ask your attorney.

On website nothing change, still pending. What's the purpose of this site then???

they sent ur lawyer the approval already?

Yes.

[GhanaMade88 0]

Mona Lisa, they didn't send approval notice directly to me, to my attorney only. Ask your attorney.

On website nothing change, still pending. What's the purpose of this site then???

they sent ur lawyer the approval already?

Yes.

dat was really fast congratssssssssss

[mona_lisa 0]

As always, you guys are the best. I got in touch with my lawyer and am beginning not to trust him. All he keeps saying is come into the office so we can apply for AOS..he says he hasnt received anything but maybe he just wants to make sure I go through him to apply so I can pay another $2000. But I wont. A few questions:

1. Form I485 asks for my current status and when it expires. Is my current status approved I360 petition? And when does this expire?

2. In Part 2 where it says to check the one that applies for why am applying for adjustment..should I check (a) the one giving me an immediate visa number?

3. For the EAD, what eligibility category do i fall under?

And do I send both the I485 and EAD application to the Chicago Lockbox?

Thanks you guys. Oh, another question. Did any of you apply for advance parole?

[Honest 0]

As always, you guys are the best. I got in touch with my lawyer and am beginning not to trust him. All he keeps saying is come into the office so we can apply for AOS..he says he hasnt received anything but maybe he just wants to make sure I go through him to apply so I can pay another $2000. But I wont. A few questions:

1. Form I485 asks for my current status and when it expires. Is my current status approved I360 petition? And when does this expire?

2. In Part 2 where it says to check the one that applies for why am applying for adjustment..should I check (a) the one giving me an immediate visa number?

3. For the EAD, what eligibility category do i fall under?

And do I send both the I485 and EAD application to the Chicago Lockbox?

Thanks you guys. Oh, another question. Did any of you apply for advance parole?

Hi Mona Lisa

CONGRAGULATIOINS for your approval :)

For EAD question number 3

You approved I-360 case comes under ©(14), an alien who has been granted deferred action, (Exception: If the grant of deferred action was based on an approved Form I-360 filed for a battered or abused spouse ro child, file your Form I-765 with the Vermont Service Center at the address Below.);

USCIS

Vermont Service Center

Attn: I-765

75 Lower Welden St.

St.Albans, VT 05479-0001

see page 5 & 9 on I-765 Instruction which I attached in this Reply.

Please see the attachment for the I-765 Form & Instruction.

For advance parole

use the Application for Travel Document ----- Form I-131

For Question 1: my current status approved I360 petition.

For Question 2: the one giving me an immediate visa number.

regarding your I-360 approval letter.

Option (1): You can call USCIS and ask them to send the Approval to your address/PO BOX as you can't afford attorney any more otherwise

Option (2): Take an appointment with your attorney and get the approval letter and apply on your own.

I wish you ALL THE BEST.

Note: I have no experience on this procedures but I did lot of research and my VAWA case is still under processing. Please confirm with other member in this Forum.

Take a Infopass and ask all your questions before applying I-765 & I-485 otherwise give a call to USCIS and ask them.

I_765.pdf

I_765instr.pdf

Edited August 24, 2009 by Honest

[GhanaMade88 0]

As always, you guys are the best. I got in touch with my lawyer and am beginning not to trust him. All he keeps saying is come into the office so we can apply for AOS..he says he hasnt received anything but maybe he just wants to make sure I go through him to apply so I can pay another $2000. But I wont. A few questions:

1. Form I485 asks for my current status and when it expires. Is my current status approved I360 petition? And when does this expire?

2. In Part 2 where it says to check the one that applies for why am applying for adjustment..should I check (a) the one giving me an immediate visa number?

3. For the EAD, what eligibility category do i fall under?

And do I send both the I485 and EAD application to the Chicago Lockbox?

Thanks you guys. Oh, another question. Did any of you apply for advance parole?

Hi Mona Lisa

CONGRAGULATIOINS for your approval :)

For EAD question number 3

You approved I-360 case comes under ©(14), an alien who has been granted deferred action, (Exception: If the grant of deferred action was based on an approved Form I-360 filed for a battered or abused spouse ro child, file your Form I-765 with the Vermont Service Center at the address Below.);

USCIS

Vermont Service Center

Attn: I-765

75 Lower Welden St.

St.Albans, VT 05479-0001

see page 5 & 9 on I-765 Instruction which I attached in this Reply.

Please see the attachment for the I-765 Form & Instruction.

For advance parole

use the Application for Travel Document ----- Form I-131

For Question 1: my current status approved I360 petition.

For Question 2: the one giving me an immediate visa number.

regarding your I-360 approval letter.

Option (1): You can call USCIS and ask them to send the Approval to your address/PO BOX as you can't afford attorney any more otherwise

Option (2): Take an appointment with your attorney and get the approval letter and apply on your own.

I wish you ALL THE BEST.

Note: I have no experience on this procedures but I did lot of research and my VAWA case is still under processing. Please confirm with other member in this Forum.

Take a Infopass and ask all your questions before applying I-765 & I-485 otherwise give a call to USCIS and ask them.

Your category for ead is ©(9) beacuse ur applying along with ur aos and put ur status on i485 as deffered action and the the expiration is 15 months after ur i360 approval

[GhanaMade88 0]

and i also applied for advance parole but it isnt adviseable to leave the country before aos approval if ur previous visa or status has expired....u will get approved for the travel document but be very careful!! pls dont hesitate to ask any more questions!!! good luck!! o one more thing u also have to fill out form I-864W for exemption of the income requirements and dont forget the i-693 medical!!!!![

[Honest 0]

and i also applied for advance parole but it isnt adviseable to leave the country before aos approval if ur previous visa or status has expired....u will get approved for the travel document but be very careful!! pls dont hesitate to ask any more questions!!! good luck!! o one more thing u also have to fill out form I-864W for exemption of the income requirements and dont forget the i-693 medical!!!!![

Ghana: Thank you for the correction for Mona Lisa's question for EAD.

Is there anyway I can apply for Work Permit (Married to a Permanent Resident). I really need EAD.

Edited August 25, 2009 by Honest

[GhanaMade88 0]

and i also applied for advance parole but it isnt adviseable to leave the country before aos approval if ur previous visa or status has expired....u will get approved for the travel document but be very careful!! pls dont hesitate to ask any more questions!!! good luck!! o one more thing u also have to fill out form I-864W for exemption of the income requirements and dont forget the i-693 medical!!!!![

Ghana: Thank you for the correction for Mona Lisa's question for EAD.

Is there anyway I can apply for Work Permit (Married to a Permanent Resident). I really need EAD.

if you apply for aos you can apply for the ead along with that, im just not sure about the difference if u were married to a citizen or a permanent resident....sorry im not sure...one more thing mona lisa you have to send the whole package to the chicago lockbox

[mona_lisa 0]

I cannot tell you how much help this forum has been. Thank you all so much, I think I now know what to do. Ghanamade you are the best. And thanks too EWTN and Honest.

[GhanaMade88 0]

I cannot tell you how much help this forum has been. Thank you all so much, I think I now know what to do. Ghanamade you are the best. And thanks too EWTN and Honest.

NO PROBLEM HUN

[mona_lisa 0]

Thank goodness I asked because my thinking was in line with Honest's, the instructions on those forms are so confusing! I thought applying for AOS was straightforward but it isnt. And Ghanamade, I hadn't even thought of the I-864W form. Thanks!!

[GhanaMade88 0]

Thank goodness I asked because my thinking was in line with Honest's, the instructions on those forms are so confusing! I thought applying for AOS was straightforward but it isnt. And Ghanamade, I hadn't even thought of the I-864W form. Thanks!!

yea its very confusing, Gabriela525 helped me with mine back in april....... for I-485 you have to include I-864w, I-693 and g-325a

[NArocks 13]

You ladies are the most superest part of this Forum. It is so cool to see everyone reaching out and getting the answers they need .

Good luck to those still waiting and beleive it can be done as shown by the ones approved already

Edited August 25, 2009 by NArocks

[Niagara 1]

USCIS Reminds Eligible Applicants under Ruiz-Diaz to File Adjustment of Status Application before End of August

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds special immigrant religious workers, who have a pending or approved Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, (Form I-360), to file their Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, (Form I-485), on or before Aug. 31, 2009. Special immigrant religious workers who wish to file a

Form I-360 petition with an I-485 application should also file on or before Aug. 31, 2009.

USCIS is issuing this reminder because the U.S. Department of State recently published its September 2009 Visa Bulletin (http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html), stating that visas for the employment based fourth preference category, which includes special immigrant religious workers, will become unavailable effective Sept. 1, 2009. As a result, USCIS will reject Form I-485 applications submitted on or after Sept. 1, 2009, because an immigrant visa will not be immediately available, as required by INA 245(a).

USCIS will only accept properly filed Form I-485 applications based on pending or approved Form I-360 petitions seeking the special immigrant religious worker classification of either minister (SD-1) or nonminister (SR-1) or I-485 applications filed concurrently with I-360 petitions seeking SD-1 or SR-1 classification through Aug. 31, 2009.

Special immigrant religious ministers, who are not subject to the Sept. 30, 2009 sunset date, and who do not file on or before Aug. 31, 2009, must wait until visas for fourth preference special immigrant religious workers become available before they can apply to adjust status.

Individuals who file a Form I-360 seeking special immigrant religious worker classification (SD-1 or SR-1) with a Form I-485 and/or Form I-765 on or before Sept. 9, 2009, as well as beneficiaries of a pending or approved I-360 petition seeking SD-1 or SR-1 classification, who file a Form I-485 application with appropriate fees and supporting documentation on or before Sept. 9, 2009, will receive protection from the accrual of unlawful presence and unauthorized employment that began after either the filing of the Form I-360 or Nov. 21, 2007, whichever is earlier. For further information regarding the district court’s final order, please refer to the Ruiz-Diaz v. United States legal settlement notices section on the USCIS web site at www.uscis.gov.

Special immigrant religious ministers who file an adjustment of status application during fiscal year 2010, based on an I-360 petition filed before Sept. 9, 2009, will receive protection from the accrual of unlawful presence and unauthorized employment up until Sept. 9, 2009. Periods of unlawful presence and unauthorized employment that accrue after Sept. 9, 2009, and before the filing of the Form I-485, will be counted when determining an alien’s eligibility for adjustment of status.

Customers are encouraged to check the USCIS Web site at www.uscis.gov frequently for updates or call USCIS’ National Customer Service Center toll free at (800) 375-5283.

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

What is this? Is it only for religious workers?

Edited August 25, 2009 by Niagara