help with vawa petition

[lostboy 0]

Hi all

I am new to there, when you file I-360, does anyone include a statement how your spouse treated you in an abouse way?

Could anyone share with me or give me an example how to write this statement? thanks

I believe you would need more than a statement. Do you by any chance have police reports? Affidavits from folks? Proving a VAWA case is tough - I wish you luck

Thank you Len

Did you receive a the letter from USCIS or DHS about the removal procedure for your case?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Hi all

I am new to there, when you file I-360, does anyone include a statement how your spouse treated you in an abouse way?

Could anyone share with me or give me an example how to write this statement? thanks

I believe you would need more than a statement. Do you by any chance have police reports? Affidavits from folks? Proving a VAWA case is tough - I wish you luck

Thank you Len

Did you receive a the letter from USCIS or DHS about the removal procedure for your case?

I did not fileVAWA -- I am still married and happily so thank the gods.

[NArocks 13]

Aww honey we are not VAWA filers ( Len and I ) however we luvs you guys just the same. ANd do our best to pipe in when we can.

Do you have police reports, affidavits as asked by len?

[lostboy 0]

Aww honey we are not VAWA filers ( Len and I ) however we luvs you guys just the same. ANd do our best to pipe in when we can.

Do you have police reports, affidavits as asked by len?

I do have a copy of police report, but it seems they only mention that I only have very minor scratches from my wife.

i do have affdavits from my family and friends

[Joanne28 0]

Hi All,

I am married to an American citizen and here in America on a K3 visa. After a year long abuse and some stays at shelters, I finally filed for a protective order, and then for my petiton under VAWA. I recently got my work permit, and prima facie for the Vawa case has been determined. What happens when the prima facie for the case I-360 has been determined?

It is a second marriage for both me and my husband. My husband had become friends with my ex, and now obtaining false accusations from him and defaming me. Can he jeoparadize my VAWA case by submitting these accusations from my ex husband?

Please help.

"What happens when the prima facie for the case I-360 has been determined?"

Nothing. Prima Facie is just another processing process of pending petition I-360 (VAWA case). It means nothing. Nada. It doesn't mean your case be denied nor it means your case be approved. It merely means your case is accepted for review. That's all. However, this Prima Facie letter does allow the applicants to obtain state and federal help until case is decided. So, don't ever think that your case be 100% approved just because you have received this Prima Facie letter nor be on mistaken if any attorney tells you otherwise. This letter means nothing except that you may try to get state or federal help if needed.

"Can he jeoparadize my VAWA case by submitting these accusations from my ex husband?"

By law, USCIS cannot tell anyone nor share any information about VAWA case to anyone except with the applicant and law enforcement agencies. Thus, rest assured nobody is going to find out as to whether or not you have EVER filed I-360 (VAWA case). However, not disclosing a VAWA case is one thing and taking credible information on fraud is another thing. What it means is- USCIS cannot and will not disclose to anyone that you have ever filed any VAWA case but that doesn't mean that will not take any credible information/accusations of fraud from someone to deny and prosecute you.

Now, whether or not your ex can jeopardize your VAWA case/immigration case then it would depend on what kind of accusations and information he is submitting to immigration. If he is just making accusations only without any evidences then USCIS will just throw his accusations in the garbage because they don't have time to deal with this type of accusations because they receive this type of things in every marriage based case when marriage falls apart while still immigration process going on. They know that when marriage falls apart, one party will try to stop others from getting immigration status or will try to sabotage others one way or another...no matter what...as emotions run so high and people are up to revenge. I've been on many immigration sites for many years and I've noticed people contacting USCIS with all kind of allegations/accusations you name it...some even produce very solid evidence of fraud committed by alien-spouse, yet still USCIS has had done nothing against those alien-spouse.

Having said that, whether or not your ex's accusations are true, don't worry USCIS won't do anything to you because USCIS is a very incompetent agency of US govt. They let people commit fraud. Not even one case reported in the history of USCIS wherein they have ever prosecuted US citizen for immigration fraud even though many US citizens were found committing immigration fraud for money as they get married with aliens for money in exchange of green card. Thus, USCIS will not do anything to you nor will jeopardize your VAWA case even if your ex's accusations were to be true against you. I'm not saying that you did commit fraud or your ex's accusations are true; instead all I'm saying is that USCIS has NEVER done anything against anyone even if solid and convicing evidences are presented to prove the accusations. So rest assured and sit back and relax.

As for whether or not your VAWA case be approved or not then USCIS approve every VAWA case anyway. Very rarely they deny it to very few people here and there...and that also on techincal merits. With proofs or without proofs, you will get approved. Believe me, everyone gets approved. Trust me. I was a specialist on VAWA cases until 2 years and seen not even one case be denied even if many people have had nothing to prove abuses. All applicants is need-shouting abuse and some stories of how their spouses abused them. That's all. You will be surprised to know that every single man who files this petiton they get approved too even if their US citizen wife was half of their size and nothing happened. I even came across to cases wherein men and women completely fabricated documents of abuses to get a green card thru VAWA law. So, I can assured you that you will get approved in the end. I guarantee you.

That is an excellently written response. I am impressed 3 stars for you :star:

Brian&Naty,

There are a lot of women who went through abuse and difficulties that even getting the VAWA won't make all the pain disappear. I agree that there are frauds but there are genuine ones too. We both don't know the real deal with this OP, and as what our Moderator said, VJ is a site to reach out and help so let's all try to do that.

For debs12, contact the Catholic Charities Legal Services in your area. They are a big help to me.

To all who received help in one way or another, let's try to give it back to our community. I recently raised some money to the CCLS and will send them my donations next week. My journey is not yet over, but I got up and doing way better than when I was with my ex-husband, so it feels good to give back something.

GhanaMade, CONGRATULATIONS love, way to go....hugs xox

[Honest 0]

Hi Joanne28,

I married to a Permanent Resident couple of years ago and gone through all the NON SENSE as everybody does and finally came to know about VAWA and filed.

As you mentioned I been to Catholic Charities Legal Services in my area and asked them whether I can apply for EAD but they said no. They also said check with USCIS local office. I took a Info pass and been there but they said you can apply. I don't know whether I can apply or not. Do you have any idea?

Ghanamade88 replied that I can apply but not sure about my case as I married to a Permanent Resident. Please let me know if you can ask your Catholic Charities Legal Services or your know any information regarding this issue.

Edited August 28, 2009 by Honest