My VAWA got approved after waiting for 7 months!!!!

[bethbethb 0]

Hi, have you received the interview letter yet? I got my I360 approved, then another letter about I485 being sent to the NBC and just yesterday another letter about my I485 case being transferred to another uscis office. Do you have anything new?

I truly apologize...I just logged in and saw all the posts....

Biometrics was taken on 11/03/09 at Elizabeth, NJ then received my EAD card in the mail on 12/08/09 (the date on the I-797 shows 11/24/09).

I have just gotten my interview letter advising me that my interview is scheduled on 01/13/10.

What is new with you?

[bethbethb 0]

Hi UKRUSA:

People who filed their cases in 2009 MUST have an answer/decision from Vermont in aprox. 5months from the date they file their case because that's a new regulation published in uscis website, that's why you see cases approved in 5 or 7 months. It's not my case, I filed my I-360 last year and I've been waiting for 21 months or so, and still have no decision taken on my case. And I can tell that for those who filed before 2007 (before immigration increased their fees to apply for AOS) they just getting their approvals now: 3 years later!!!!! Unbelievable, right?. So, your waiting time for their decision I guess it doesn't depend on what evidence you have sent but when you filed your case. Once they're working on your case they will let you know what it's missing and what they need from you to send, so they could make a decision in your case - IT'S MY OPINION.

Have a blessed weekend,

EWTN

Hello everyone!

I am extremely happy today!

I just received notification from CRIS stating that my VAWA got approved!!!

Gotten this approval after waiting for 7 months!!!!!!!

I will include all of you in my prayers!

From: CRIS <USCIS-CRIS@dhs.gov>

Date: September 2, 2009 8:30:01 AM EDT

To: lilibethevangelista@gmail.com

Application Type: I360 , PETITION FOR AMERASIAN, WIDOWER, OR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On September 2, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I360 PETITION FOR AMERASIAN, WIDOWER, OR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Congrats on your success and blessing but remember those behind.....

For everyone who will come here in the future PLEASE PLEASE GIVE DETAILS ON HOW YOU FILED YOUR I-360 WHICH TOOK ONLY 7 MONTHS.

Those who follow in your footsteps many wait over double that time would like to know the steps you took and thoughts you may have on why so fast. Thank you in advance from everyone looking for a little hope.

I apologize for not logging in sooner and replying to posts....

When i filed the I-360, I made sure that I have EVERYTHING that is needed - I went to all VAWA forums, checked online and compiled all the necessary evidence required to support my VAWA application - I did it all by myself that when i showed it to my lawyer, she said that it was so thorough and very detailed and requested if i can provide her with a soft copy so she can save it and have it as a reference (I was thinking, the nerve of her...she didn't even contributed anything to that!). Anyway, I provided copies of lease agreement with both our names and signatures, joint bank account, emails and letters sent back and forth when we were dating and emails exchanged during our marriage, incident reports, copies of criminal & civil charges filed against the ex, police reports on the 2 times he violated the restraining order, copies of threatening emails he sent to me, pictures of my black eye, black and blue bruises covering my entire upper body during the 2nd & 3rd beating incidents, pictures when we were dating, a testimonial from our pastor during the 3rd beating incident when I decided to call our pastor for help coz i thought the x was hell bent on killing me - he slapped a phonebook several times against my head saying that it would not leave any mark so no one would believe me that he was beating me then he threw me around the room, started punching me again, then laid me in the bed and started choking me and placed a pillow over my face so i couldn't breathe. He just let go when he said, "tell me you're sorry" which i did. I called our pastor immediately after that and our pastor requested to speak to him and my x told him and lied saying, " She started it, she was flinging me around the room and was hurting me" - which of course was a BIG lie, I'm 5'7 and weighs 105, he's 6'2 and weighs 250, how can i even do that? Plus he has NO bruises,not even one scratch while i was the one covered with bruises and choke marks.

To answer the question, just SHOW everything supporting claims that this was not a scam marriage. Literally, EVERYTHING that would connect me to him from the start of our courtship days to the time that we separated.

Hope the above helps...

Good luck to everyone!

[hurted2009 0]

crongrats on your approval!! iam new in this site, and wanted to feel like i have a family, i feel rejected and i still cant beleive what my husband did to me. i have a baby with me and i cant work, i am waiting for my approval notice??? i received a prima facie already and was sent also biometrics interview ,,, what does that mean?? do you thing after that something else might come? how long does it usually takes after biometrics plus i did not know that they can send you for biometrics if they havent approved your case?????? PLEASE HELP