Vawa part 4

[anajnic 87]

Got Interview letter today

[piper2013 4]

Congratulations! Did your online status change before you got the letter? What's your online status?

Got Interview letter today

[anajnic 87]

Congratulations! Did your online status change before you got the letter? What's your online status?

All thats stated in the updated status is that they mailed out my letter which i received today nothing after that

[Sandra G. 5,047]

missymd definitely email Vawa hotline to inquire about your case. A few days ago I posted here the vawa hotline email.

[Choiskoph 1]

Congratulations, ananj! God is in control. He will grant your green card soon.

Got Interview letter today

[Choiskoph 1]

California. My lawyer set an infopass appointment on the second week of October, and a few days after that, we got the schedule for the interview.

the immigration officer (an old guy. bless him!) admittedly did not read well my VAWA packet. that is why i was just repeating the information in my I-application forms. no questions on the nature of the VAWA statement. i guess, because my case has been adjudicated already.

he asked for my recent police clearance, which i brought with me. he needed proof that i do not have any criminal records. he then run through the yes/no questions on the I-485/I-360. he asked me if i already filed for divorce, and if i have plans of reuniting with my ex. Also, if we are still in contact with each other.

he then asked info stated in the geographical information form.

bottom line is, it is OK if you can no longer remember some details. just tell him, you do not remember. that is the only way to go, rather than invent stuff.

i hope you get your interview date soon. i already have my GC with me. Praise God! He hears and answers our prayers.

Choiskoph,

How u get your interview very quickly?what state u r in?Any help will be appreciated.

[MeEe 0]

sandra, what if i file for divorce, as i understand, fault divorce, how does it work? i understand that he'd know for sure that i blame him, but im pretty sure hes not going to be ok with that and probably will say it wasnt fully his fault. i never actually talked to him about things he did, i just left, but once he said he knows what he did. but admit it to someone else, i dont think he can do it. so what happenes in this case? we live in different states right now and none of us lives in the state we got married. i definitely dont want to go to court and see him there. right now i just want to take care of my problems, and dealing with court and divorce is too much. is there any way that if we end up going to the court he will find out about vawa?

[GNA23 0]

GNA23 set up an appointment with infopass and go there to inquire about your case, the delay is not because of your daughter.

Thank you Sandranj. I will do it before a new year comes up!

[Sandra G. 5,047]

MeEe first of all you need to know if your State acceps a fault divorce,in your case extreme cruelty. It's up to you to choose the ground for divorce,you can choose irreconcilable differences or extreme cruelty, if your States allows this ground.

You don't have to disclose your vawa case with anyone,not even with the Judge handling your divorce case. If the Judge or your ex husband attorney ask your status then if you have a green card just say I am a green card holder,if you are waiting vawa decision or AOS interview just answer I am a self petitioner.In case his lawyer or the Judge start asking question how you got your Gc,I doubt he asks,just say "YOur honor with all respect I don't have to disclose my status in this Country outside of the Immigration Court".

There is one person here a few months ago she got a bad judge he started asking about her status she said I am allowed to work and live in the US,and showed her work permit that is it.

[Sandra G. 5,047]

MeEe first of all you need to know if your State acceps a fault divorce,in your case extreme cruelty. It's up to you to choose the ground for divorce,you can choose irreconcilable differences or extreme cruelty, if your States allows this ground.

You don't have to disclose your vawa case with anyone,not even with the Judge handling your divorce case. If the Judge or your ex husband attorney ask your status then if you have a green card just say I am a green card holder,if you are waiting vawa decision or AOS interview just answer I am a self petitioner.In case his lawyer or the Judge start asking question how you got your Gc,I doubt he asks,just say "YOur honor with all respect I don't have to disclose my status in this Country outside of the Immigration Court".

There is one person here a few months ago she got a bad judge he started asking about her status she said I am allowed to work and live in the US,and showed her work permit that is it.

[timartinezfan 2]

Got Interview letter today

hi, so glad for you, when did you apply for i 485?

[anajnic 87]

Congratulations, ananj! God is in control. He will grant your green card soon.

Yes indeed. Thank you

hi, so glad for you, when did you apply for i 485?

I applied same time i applied for i360 march 2012, got transferred to NBC in august after vawa approval in May

[piper2013 4]

MeEE, I was in a similar situation. I actually moved to a different state, because my wife's abusiveness forced me to run far and seek help where I had reliable friends. Many states have a 6-month residency requirement before you can even file for divorce. That's why I couldn't file before my wife did. (She already had another boyfriend, so it is understandable she wanted to be free from a person who cut all communication with her - me). Anyway, I couldn't file for at least 6 months, so I found out she filed first. She could file before me, because she didn't have to change her state of residency. Also, both states where she and I live have "no fault" divorces only. That's the only way to get divorced in both - ""no fault." So I could not have proven anything during a divorce, wherever it was. I also did not have any resources and I didn't want to see her after everything she did to me - just like you feel.

The other day I quoted some rulings explaining that it is OK if the abused victim doesn't file for divorce. I don't mean to contradict sandranj, who has been very helpful. I'm just saying that sometimes there are good reasons why the victim just can't file first. Anajnic yelled at me for citing laws, but laws have to have some meaning, right? In other words, if there are residency requirements before you can file (and if you have moved), it might be possible that you simply can't even file first. I hope an immigration officer can understand this. And if all divorce is "no fault" (as it is in my case) and if you don't want any property from your abusive spouse and don't have the resources to initiate a divorce, I don't really see what difference it makes who files first. At least the law says that it shouldn't make a difference. Of course, it is true, as sandranj is saying, that an immigration officer might feel like making things difficult, but peoples' destinies shouldn't quite have to depend on what someone feels like, and these laws, I hope, can give us some confidence when going to the interview.

sandra, what if i file for divorce, as i understand, fault divorce, how does it work? i understand that he'd know for sure that i blame him, but im pretty sure hes not going to be ok with that and probably will say it wasnt fully his fault. i never actually talked to him about things he did, i just left, but once he said he knows what he did. but admit it to someone else, i dont think he can do it. so what happenes in this case? we live in different states right now and none of us lives in the state we got married. i definitely dont want to go to court and see him there. right now i just want to take care of my problems, and dealing with court and divorce is too much. is there any way that if we end up going to the court he will find out about vawa?

Edited December 13, 2013 by piper2013

[anajnic 87]

MeEE, I was in a similar situation. I actually moved to a different state, because my wife's abusiveness forced me to run far and seek help where I had reliable friends. Many states have a 6-month residency requirement before you can even file for divorce. That's why I couldn't file before my wife did. (She already had another boyfriend, so it is understandable she wanted to be free from a person who cut all communication with her - me). Anyway, I couldn't file for at least 6 months, so I found out she filed first. She could file before me, because she didn't have to change her state of residency. Also, both states where she and I live have "no fault" divorces only. That's the only way to get divorced in both - ""no fault." So I could not have proven anything during a divorce, wherever it was. I also did not have any resources and I didn't want to see her after everything she did to me - just like you feel.

The other day I quoted some rulings explaining that it is OK if the abused victim doesn't file for divorce. I don't mean to contradict sandranj, who has been very helpful. I'm just saying that sometimes there are good reasons why the victim just can't file first. Anajnic yelled at me for citing laws, but laws have to have some meaning, right? In other words, if there are residency requirements before you can file (and if you have moved), it might be possible that you simply can't even file first. I hope an immigration officer can understand this. And if all divorce is "no fault" (as it is in my case) and if you don't want any property from your abusive spouse and don't have the resources to initiate a divorce, I don't really see what difference it makes who files first. At least the law says that it shouldn't make a difference. Of course, it is true, as sandranj is saying, that an immigration officer might feel like making things difficult, but peoples' destinies shouldn't quite have to depend on what someone feels like, and these laws, I hope, can give us some confidence when going to the interview.

Ddnt mean to yell Piper2013.I do apologise.I also haven't filed for divorce. Yes you have the "case laws" and hopefully it works in your favor

[MeEe 0]

Thank you! I just found out fthat state I'm in right now us no divorce state. I just thought that u have to get divorce in the state u got married in.

And that you Sandra! I have an appt with a lawyer in January so I will talk to her about that, but my husband is asking me for my friends address, and I know that postponing giving it to him makes him mad. And if he hears self petition he will def find out, just google it and see what it is