Vawa part3

[Faithkeeper 25]

Faithkeeper welcome here. USCIS can contact any person that gave you an affidavit in suport of the vawa case.In the case you mentioned probably the Vawa filer mentioned her son witnessed the violence and he was available to give any aditional information and because of that they contacted he son.They are not allowed to call the abuser of course.

Point taken Sandranj thanks lordhelpme too for your input *sigh* just wish and hope I dont have to put my son through the process this is a battle mommy would of want to fight alone hes been through enough already emotionally too with his step-dad and even after almost 3 yrs he speaks of it ever so often.

[somone 6]

Hi sandranj thanks for inviting me to this thread im still navigating my way around the site to all the ladies here I pray God brings this to a positive end for us all and we receive our permanent residency.

welcome Faithkeeper and good luck to you to !

[Akumu 0]

Hey Sandraj, I have a quick question for you!! I was reading another forum and there is this person who said if we contact CIS OMBUDSMAN about our Vawa cases which are been held in Vermont..,he can assist us better than Our Congressman. Have you heard about that??

[Hypnos 6,576]

The Ombudsman can only intervene when your case is outside normal processing times or if you believe that USCIS have made some kind of error or mistake on your case.

http://www.dhs.gov/ombudsman-case-assistance#1

Edited March 14, 2013 by Hypnos

[Sandra G. 5,051]

Akumu one girl from visa journey contacted the Uscis onbudsman regarding an error and after 3months he did not answer her yet then you cant wait his/her help at all.

[Kittykitty1234 2]

Can anyone tell me how long approximetly takes to get a receipt from VSC when you apply I360,I485, and i765 ?

My lawyer sent my case on 2/27 and i havent received anything and he's telling me jusy wait..

[Sandra G. 5,051]

Irara It takes 25/30 days ok.

[Kittykitty1234 2]

Takes longer than i thought. Thank you sandranj

[SingleDad2usc 71]

Lets see if anyone else gets Prima Facie in just two weeks from VSC!

Friends, has anyone renewed Driver License with just Prima Facie in hand?

[samosa 0]

hey singledad2usc,I tried to renew my license in new jersey using the prima facie but they would not accept it or rather they did not seem to have any idea what a prima facie is. I guess it depends on the state you are in. some states will accept it and others will not.

Edited March 15, 2013 by samosa

[Kittykitty1234 2]

TX and PA specifically state about VAWA applicants' requirements for Driver's license in their websites. And it says prima facie is acceptable with few other documents like passport or ssn card etc.. But i cant find anything about it in NJ website..

[Natalia23 1]

hey singledad2usc,I tried to renew my license in new jersey using the prima facie but they would not accept it or rather they did not seem to have any idea what a prima facie is. I guess it depends on the state you are in. some states will accept it and others will not.

hey try to go to different offices and try to talk to a manager instead, when i went thats what happened to me, i dont live in NJ tho

Edited March 15, 2013 by NataliaLD

[SingleDad2usc 71]

u r all correct: it's somewhat of a random process. Years ago, NY renewed my license without even looking at anything. Today, this is what they did: the girl takes a copy of SSA letter and PF, and goes to supervisor. Supervisor sends her back to copy my foreign passport as well. ok. Then, I sit half-hour while they fax these papers to Albany for approval. What came back was laughable. The person in Albany, who can't even spell, wrote her "determination" (I'm glad I kept this fax, so I'm quoting her to the letter): "SSA Letter Not Good. Need New Letter Plus Need Imigration Paperwork" Imigration Imigration Imigration

What she found "not good" in SSA letter was their standard sentence "You have not given us the documents we need". So I'm explaining to the girl: at SSA, I did question their format - but they responded to me twice: "that's our standard format, that's what we issue everyone requiring DMV letter"...Useless

I'll ask my lawyer to write a cover, and will take this to different DMV next week. And strange thing at Public Assistance, but apparently that's NY standard: they say PF is good for Medicaid and Cash, but NOT foodstamps. Go figure

[ladyg 10]

Hello all,

I hope everyone is doing okay.I havent been on the vawa forum for sometime .

I have a question if Sandranj can help me or anyone who may have an answer to my question I would really appreciate.I obtained my GC through vawa and soon I am eligable for cititenship.At the time I filled my now 18 year old son was 14 and the other one will be 13.I included them in my vawa petition and they too got the GC through vawa.My question is that I do qualify under the 3 year rule as an abused spouse of the USA citizen to obtain citizenship as for my kids I am not sure if they do qualify under the 3 year rule or they should wait for 2 more years to make it 5 yrs through they obtained green cards through me as an abused parent,the kids are mine and were step kids to my husband .Thank you for your help : )

[Sandra G. 5,051]

ladyg in your case your children do not need to request U.S. citizenship, it is automatically conferred when you naturalize, once they are under 18 years old, but for those over 18 years old they don't have "Derivative Citizenship" and then they have to wait 5 years if the parent got GC through Vawa.