VAWA, Part 17

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4 hours ago, FeDaniela said:

VAWA is a humanitarian petition from USCIS , The VAWA provisions, which apply equally to women and men, are permanent and do not require congressional reauthorization. 

The congressional authorization and VAWA bill is to authorized and have federal funding to help maintain benefits, shelters, and programs available for victim of domestic violence, in other words the federal funding where the ones the expires or lapsed.... Not the USCIS I-360 form Petition or benefits for (Vawa) Battered spouse. 

Great answer thank you fedaniela

[FeDaniela 673]

2 hours ago, DanyT. said:

Hi all,

 

It seems this will be a long way until i finish my wava process and I have some questions to you people because you are more experience in time on it:

 

- I requested to move the priority date of my I130 to I360, this means they are going to process my I360 faster or the PD is only for the interview for the Green card?.

 

- There were a work permit and travel document renewal in course since august 2019 because I have a I485 in progress and my workpermit expire next january 15th , if they approve it, can I use it or should I wait to get the work permit I sent with the vawa?.

 

- Because this process takes a lot of time, can I use the travel document i filled before the vawa to go abroad while the case is still in progress or should I stay in the country until is approve?.

 

Thanks for all your help,

 

Dany.

The priority date is applied and necessary when you are going to file for the Adjustment of status (I-485) it has to be current in order to do so, since your spouse was an LPR you need a visa to adjust since is base on family visa category not USA citizen immediate relative, the priority date will not make your I-360 process faster or slower. 

 

As long as your I-485 is still pending and valid, and your EAD (working permit) and Advance Parole (travel Permit) are renew you can use it... you don't need to wait for Vawa to be approve to do so. 

[FeDaniela 673]

2 hours ago, Touna said:

Hello everyone! 

Any June/July/August 2018 decisions?

Me.. June 2018 Approved Last week.... 

Edited January 9, 2020 by FeDaniela

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1 hour ago, Aarontx90 said:

On 12/7/2019 at 12:11 PM, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Hello, Family, I Had applied for vawa and recieved prima facia on May 10,

then applied for I-485 and I-765 later that year, Recieved fingerprints appointment, in december today 01-09-2020 were given, I am just curious about what’s next and will I be getting approval or interview any time soon? And how long after fingerprints am I going to get the ead card or something?

 

Your response is highly appreciated.!

Vawa is taking around 18-24 months.... so have couple months ahead of waiting.

I-765  taking 5-8 months  (just make sure the EAD was category C09 not C31, if so you will received soon) 

 

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13 minutes ago, FeDaniela said:

The priority date is applied and necessary when you are going to file for the Adjustment of status (I-485) it has to be current in order to do so, since your spouse was an LPR you need a visa to adjust since is base on family visa category not USA citizen immediate relative, the priority date will not make your I-360 process faster or slower. 

 

As long as your I-485 is still pending and valid, and your EAD (working permit) and Advance Parole (travel Permit) are renew you can use it... you don't need to wait for Vawa to be approve to do so. 

Thank you very much for your reply. Now everything is clear.

[xoxox 72]

On 1/8/2020 at 10:49 AM, sandranj said:

You need to prove that you are authorized to work and the GC is the proof.

 

If you don’t want to show then probably they will hire another person.

Ok I will bring it with me just in case employer want to see it .

Thank you Sandra 👍

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have anyone receive initial request for evidence for prima facie (good moral character and good faith marriage) with NO deadline and did you reply to it? I got mine a year ago and still did not reply. Will clock stop ticking until after I provide a response? Again, it's not like an official RFE (Notice 797E and etc). Just a letter. Usually official RFEs are detailed and specify what exactly CIS needs. This letter is different.

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1 hour ago, ponak98 said:

have anyone receive initial request for evidence for prima facie (good moral character and good faith marriage) with NO deadline and did you reply to it? I got mine a year ago and still did not reply. Will clock stop ticking until after I provide a response? Again, it's not like an official RFE (Notice 797E and etc). Just a letter. Usually official RFEs are detailed and specify what exactly CIS needs. This letter is different.

Why did you choose not to reply to what they ask for?

In my opinion, that was risky

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On 1/7/2020 at 9:31 AM, FeDaniela said:

I'm from June 2018, and I was just recently approved, I know two other Vawa applicant one from July 2018 that was also approved and another one from August 2018 just received RFE... So far it seems they are working on January 2018  to August 2018 but is unpredictable. Regarding your EAD renewal you should sent it ASAP, since is taking 5-8 months, as soon as you received your Renewal receipt you can show to your employer since is proof of your 180 days automatic extension. 

Thank you for this info. Can I also renew my Advance Parole? Also, do you know what form numbers I need to fill out? Sorry I just saw your message I have been working too much.

On 1/6/2020 at 8:47 PM, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

To be kept waiting in general is not a pleasurable experience..but then what can we do in this circumstance? Just be patient. Also it is advisable to start processing your renewal as you are able to do so 180days prior to expiration..being that it takes quite a long time to be processed these days!👍

Thank you!

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2 hours ago, ponak98 said:

have anyone receive initial request for evidence for prima facie (good moral character and good faith marriage) with NO deadline and did you reply to it? I got mine a year ago and still did not reply. Will clock stop ticking until after I provide a response? Again, it's not like an official RFE (Notice 797E and etc). Just a letter. Usually official RFEs are detailed and specify what exactly CIS needs. This letter is different.

I received the initial RFE for good moral character and good faith marriage inorder for them to determine prima facie. They didnt specify a deadline. I chose to reply and send more documents.

About two weeks after I send a response. The status changed to "...we received your response to our Request for Evidence for your Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, Receipt Number...... USCIS has begun working on your case again. We will send you a decision or notify you if we need something from you....".

Before I responded to the initial rfe. My status read something like they will not work on my case until they receive a response to the RFE and the days from the time they send the rfe continued counting. After I send the rfe they updated my status to response to rfe received. I haven't received a prima facie yet. Hopefully I get one soon. It's still early to get worried. Its been less than month since they received my response.

If you can still respond to their initial rfe i suggest you do so. I dont think its wise to fail to respond to any letter from uscius. What if this prolongs your case processing?. Please work on it. Since they never gave a deadline I suggest you work on it.

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8 hours ago, lonelyheartclub said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

Hope you all had a great New Year!

 

I'm traveling out of the US soon and was wondering has anyone had any problem coming back to the US on advanced parole  ? I will be doing my clearance in JFK .

 

Any details will be greatly appreciated, I would hate to spend my trip worrying about it 

 

Thank you 

Hello how are you? I just came back from Canada few days ago , I use my Advance Parole and it was cool... so far so good no body here has had any difficulty reentering the U.S with their AP

[Aarontx90 60]

6 hours ago, FeDaniela said:

Vawa is taking around 18-24 months.... so have couple months ahead of waiting.

I-765  taking 5-8 months  (just make sure the EAD was category C09 not C31, if so you will received soon) 

 

Thank you and even if I receive it, will it be okay to travel abroad?

[Sk1992 73]

Hello everyone 

sorry if i am posting it in wrong forum. Okay i will explain from the start. Came here in US on b1/b2 visa and got married to US citizen. My ex husband filed my i-485  but after his so many threats and abuses i left the house but before i could even think about anything he withdrew my application. N i became out of status that time. In August 2019 i applied vawa through attorney she filed i360,i765 and i485 . I done my biometrics shortly after that. N they sent me RFE for good moral character and good faith marriage and been sent away in December. I didn’t get any prima facie yet. I just emailed my attorney today to ask her how long can it take for my EAD to arrive and she gave me a big shock telling me that my ead category is c31 not c09 cuz i was out of status so that’s y she couldn’t do c09 . She said my i360 needs to be approved in order to get EAD. N i know it is taking nearly 2 years now to get that. And I don’t have a single penny on me right now. Just wanted to ask that did my attorney do the right thing? Could she Applied under c09? 
if not then probably i have to go back to my country bcz cannot survive here like this. Sorry for a big essay i wrote n thank you in advance

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4 hours ago, ponak98 said:

have anyone receive initial request for evidence for prima facie (good moral character and good faith marriage) with NO deadline and did you reply to it? I got mine a year ago and still did not reply. Will clock stop ticking until after I provide a response? Again, it's not like an official RFE (Notice 797E and etc). Just a letter. Usually official RFEs are detailed and specify what exactly CIS needs. This letter is different.

Hello, you better respond to it really quick becos u just stopped ur vawa process time  with ur own hands.... 

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On 1/8/2020 at 7:18 AM, xoxox said:

Thank you  @SUicidaL-3876

When I checked this link , just give me info Explainion about what is purpose for i 9 form .

Definitely yes as you mentioned I have to provide them My A Number On the form .

Just  Very werried if Employer want to see physical GC or Make copy of it .

Should I allow to employer to See my GC or Make copy of it ? Is safe or legal ?

I stand corrected. if you give them your state ID and Social security card ( which does not have  a restriction stamp on it) they can not demand to see your GC. If you give them your GC alone,  they can not ask for your state ID and/or  social. So yes, if you don't want to show your employer your GC you don't have to.  I was just reading up on this today. Here is a much better read; https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/acceptable-documents/list-documents/form-i-9-acceptable-documents