VAWA, Part 13

[blujewel 94]

13 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Yayyyy 💃😝😛😀 finally! Happy for you sweety!❤ they'll be so happy to see you! Wish you safe travel in advance!

i am so excited to see everyone too. its been 4 years😭

[lolaB998 128]

16 hours ago, FeDaniela said:

Hi everyone,

I had my I-485 marriage base interview today at Federal Plaza  Nyc.. I had the nicest officer, me and my lawyer did not had the time to request the I-485 to be held, He said your husband is not here, what happened? lawyer handed the I360 receipt he said i see, give me a second let me verify my computer, He said a t6 file was created by Vermont  (not sure whats that) we cannot do an interview today, I will sent your

I-485 to Vermont to be together with your I-360 once Vermont approves it they will ship back

to us and we send you another interview notice.... he ask me if I was divorce i answer not yet, he said is my husband USC OR LPR I answered LPR, he said let me have your ID... after that he ask me anything you want to add to your I-485 more abuse proof so we can ship together with your i-485 my lawyer said no, we will wait for Vermont to request... He said Ok. have a nice date... we left  

Everyone's experience is so different! I went to my marriage-based interview in NYC to inform the officer I filed for vawa, and I didn't even talk to the officer. The receptionist took my docs and gave it to the officer and he said he doesn't need to talk to me because he has my documents already.

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

6 minutes ago, blujewel said:

i am so excited to see everyone too. its been 4 years😭

Wow! I understand..thank God for this opportunity! He makes all things beautiful in his time!😘😊 

[blujewel 94]

9 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Wow! I understand..thank God for this opportunity! He makes all things beautiful in his time!😘😊 

Hugs  😘

[FeDaniela 673]

12 minutes ago, lolaB998 said:

Everyone's experience is so different! I went to my marriage-based interview in NYC to inform the officer I filed for vawa, and I didn't even talk to the officer. The receptionist took my docs and gave it to the officer and he said he doesn't need to talk to me because he has my documents already.

We also inform the receptionist but the officer decided to see us anyways. I think all depends on the officer how they handled every case. I was surprise the some officer and the superviser on the date knew my lawyer, she told me as an immigration lawyer you build a reputation on USCIS, she told me this month of May she has been there 5x already. That gave me confident. The officer also told my lawyer everything have to be sent to VERMONT for now on... (since she made the mistake on sending my EAD renewal to NBC) 

[Tiffy88 14]

Hello everyone.

. so I had my I485 interview this morning at 8am. I was extremely nervous. I have two boys so they also was with me.. my lawyer accompanied us..

My interview process was straightforward the office was very accommodating. He asked for our medical and he asked us the questions on our 1485..... yes my kids had to answer.... but nothing difficult 

Within 2 hrs after the interview I got a noice to say card was in production 

Thank for the support and keep the hopes up... we will all get our Gc soon.. God Bless

I'm a may 2016 filer

My vawa was approved in October 2018

Got my courtesy letter in February to do medical 

I'm in Syracuse NY

 

[Sandra G. 5,049]

16 hours ago, FeDaniela said:

Hi everyone,

I had my I-485 marriage base interview today at Federal Plaza  Nyc.. I had the nicest officer, me and my lawyer did not had the time to request the I-485 to be held, He said your husband is not here, what happened? lawyer handed the I360 receipt he said i see, give me a second let me verify my computer, He said a t6 file was created by Vermont  (not sure whats that) we cannot do an interview today, I will sent your

I-485 to Vermont to be together with your I-360 once Vermont approves it they will ship back

to us and we send you another interview notice.... he ask me if I was divorce i answer not yet, he said is my husband USC OR LPR I answered LPR, he said let me have your ID... after that he ask me anything you want to add to your I-485 more abuse proof so we can ship together with your i-485 my lawyer said no, we will wait for Vermont to request... He said Ok. have a nice date... we left  

Daniela if you husband is an LPR, did you submit the I-485 when a number was available for your ?because LPR spouses MUST NOT FILE FOR AOS if a visa number was not current.I am just trying to understand about your interview..

 

The Law states "         If the petitioner is an LPR and second preference visa numbers are not “current,” the beneficiary cannot apply for adjustment of status. Again, the     I-130    would have to be filed separately at the appropriate service center. "

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-3429/0-0-0-4407.html   

 

[FeDaniela 673]

3 minutes ago, Tiffy88 said:

Hello everyone.

. so I had my I485 interview this morning at 8am. I was extremely nervous. I have two boys so they also was with me.. my lawyer accompanied us..

My interview process was straightforward the office was very accommodating. He asked for our medical and he asked us the questions on our 1485..... yes my kids had to answer.... but nothing difficult 

Within 2 hrs after the interview I got a noice to say card was in production 

Thank for the support and keep the hopes up... we will all get our Gc soon.. God Bless

I'm a may 2016 filer

My vawa was approved in October 2018

Got my courtesy letter in February to do medical 

I'm in Syracuse NY

 

Wao your Vawa too 2 years and 5 months to be approved.... Congratulations for your and your boys,,..... 

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

3 minutes ago, Tiffy88 said:

Hello everyone.

. so I had my I485 interview this morning at 8am. I was extremely nervous. I have two boys so they also was with me.. my lawyer accompanied us..

My interview process was straightforward the office was very accommodating. He asked for our medical and he asked us the questions on our 1485..... yes my kids had to answer.... but nothing difficult 

Within 2 hrs after the interview I got a noice to say card was in production 

Thank for the support and keep the hopes up... we will all get our Gc soon.. God Bless

I'm a may 2016 filer

My vawa was approved in October 2018

Got my courtesy letter in February to do medical 

I'm in Syracuse NY

 

Congratulations and thank you ma'am for sharing this beautiful news with us! Godbless you and your boys and may your new life be like a fairytale Amen!🌟✨🌟✨💐💐💐😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Sandra G. 5,049]

11 hours ago, Pejwal said:

Yes he did, infact, the first renewal application was in March which they responded that the application category was wrong Or let me say not found, then he sent in another one which seems to be the correct one.

so he gave me my copy of their response, when I was going through I noticed the initial category was C31 but he filed C09, I went back to him with the hope he made a mistake, then he brought out my file and showed me, the first time he filed for my i130 with category C31, vawa approves my EAD with C09 on the document, so when he filed for renewal he used C31 since that was what he initially used then it’s was returned and he now send in C09 which seems to be the correct one, and we haven’t heard back since then.

I hope you understand my explanation 

 

USCIS made a mistake when they issued your EAD category C9 when you applied for category C31,and your attorney continued the USCIS mistake filing category C31 again.

[FeDaniela 673]

9 minutes ago, sandranj said:

Daniela if you husband is an LPR, did you submit the I-485 when a number was available for your ?because LPR spouses MUST NOT FILE FOR AOS if a visa number was not current.I am just trying to understand about your interview..

 

The Law states "         If the petitioner is an LPR and second preference visa numbers are not “current,” the beneficiary cannot apply for adjustment of status. Again, the     I-130    would have to be filed separately at the appropriate service center. "

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-3429/0-0-0-4407.html   

 

Hey Sandra.

Yes I had to wait for my priority date to become Current to file I-485 this is my timeline...

I-130 filed by husband on DEC. 2015

I-130 Approved April 2016.

I-485 Filed October 2017 (Priority date became Current) I also File I-485A (I am a beneficiary of the 245i Law) No need to depart from USA.

I-360 filed on June 2018.

I-485 Interview May 22, 2019 (On hold, to be transfer to Vermont)

waiting on I-360 approval. 

Edited May 23, 2019 by FeDaniela

[Sandra G. 5,049]

19 hours ago, Chicago_0315 said:

Hello All,

 

I filed VAWA last March 15, 2019, me and my lawyer went to the interview under my i-485 that my spouse petitioned me to ask the officer to hold my case while we wait for my VAWA approval, but the officer told me to do the interview already for my VAWA case as this will benefit me once they approve my VAWA. Please advise if this is a good sign, and I got an approval Prima Facie. Thank you.

I had 3 cases last year that the officer decided to go ahead with the interview.It's not a good or bad sign because you need to wait for the VAWA decision.

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

56 minutes ago, lolaB998 said:

Everyone's experience is so different! I went to my marriage-based interview in NYC to inform the officer I filed for vawa, and I didn't even talk to the officer. The receptionist took my docs and gave it to the officer and he said he doesn't need to talk to me because he has my documents already.

You are right dear it happens like this sometimes! When I went with my attorney I saw the familiarity between her and the USCIS officials..this is because she's a regular to the block! LOL but thank God the purpose is achieved..it doesn't matter if they saw you or not! Goodluck with the rest of the journey!

Edited May 23, 2019 by Stillwinning!!!😊

[Sandra G. 5,049]

1 minute ago, FeDaniela said:

Hey Sandra.

Yes I had to wait for my priority date to become Current to file I-485 this is my timeline...

I-130 file by husband on DEC. 2015

I-130 Approved April 2016.

I-485 File October 2017 (Priority date became Current) I also File I-485A (I am a beneficiary of the 245i Law) No need to depart from USA.

I-360 file on June 2018.

I-485 Interview May 22 (On hold, to be transfer to Vermont)

waiting on I-360 approval. 

Ok great.

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

2 minutes ago, sandranj said:

I had 3 cases last year that the officer decided to go ahead with the interview.It's not a good or bad sign because you need to wait for the VAWA decision.

Of course vawa has to be decided..but we were pointing out the fact that it saves time that would have gone towards waiting for i485 to be scheduled and adjudicated following approval of 1360!..looks like a good deal.😊