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Hello my extended family. Wish everybody the best and many blessings on our way. Sharing a great news, my green card and approval are on my hands Thank you to everybody in special to sa

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Hi, all I had my green card interview on the 25th Jan and was approved. So this is how it was. First I should advice everyone to be on the lookout for their mails as my online status never changed fro

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Update: Status changed to we approved your Form I-485! Thank you everyone for your support and advises, this process is a real hell but it's possible! Timeline: September 2018: I-360/I-485

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2 hours ago, Shroy123 said:

Morning

 

i am trying to make a infopass appointment. I called uscis representative and they are unable

to schedule one as they are not able to see my information on their system.. 

 

any suggestions?? Courtesy letter received on May 2020 and and since then no update on my i485

You want infopass to check on your status? Why don't you do congressional inquiry? I had courtesy letter April 2020. My I485 receipt doesn't really show any updates since I applied.

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18 hours ago, Engineering-rocks said:

Hey just wanted to add that this advice is true only if you stay unmarried. If you get married before becoming a citizen then it's 5 years, not 3.

Did you have your interview in Houston? How long have you waited since approval?

Your information is incorrect .Even if the person remarried  the person still can apply for citizenship using the 3-year rule.I had 5 cases that they  remarried and applied for citizenship using  the 3 year rule and the are U.S citizens .

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10 hours ago, God is a good God said:

You lawyer is lying to you. Uscis won't send you correspondences directly yes, they send it to your lawyer only. My lawyer forwards all the uscis correspondences to me via email, you are the applicant and you need to know everything about your case. Vawa petition can filed using their private address and uscis will still send letters to that address you will give them. But the abuser is not allowed to get info about your case at all even if the abuser hires a lawyer

my lawyer forward all correspondences to me via email too ,

 

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hello everybody waiting this amazing process 

i want to knew your opinions after all of these 4 years , i heard that it was way faster before 2016  

do you think the VAWA process will be faster in 2021 or still will be the same because of COVID 

i want you guys to type your opinions :) 

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18 minutes ago, sandranj said:

Your information is incorrect .Even if the person remarried  the person still can apply for citizenship using the 3-year rule.I had 5 cases that they  remarried and applied for citizenship using  the 3 year rule and the are U.S citizens .

Oh wow really? I read about that rule from a few different people on this forum, so thought that was a thing. Thanks for the update though, good to know.

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3 hours ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Oh dear! Lawyers ain't perfect after all!💁 You're still able to file the EAD it's not late at all!😊👍

Is it even worth trying right now? I can’t believe that these lawyers never even think about the troubles we have to go through even after paying so much money to them. I don’t know what to do

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On 12/17/2020 at 8:36 AM, sandranj said:

As soon you get the advance parole you can travel, you don't need the approval letter.

Mrs. Sandraj, please I need your valuable advice. I applied for asylum years ago and I didn’t know English so they sent me an intend to deny. After that I never heard of them. I got married and never got a chance to send my documents just this year. Now my question is with Advance parole can I travel out of the country or it’s not safe? My lawyer told me we can send them a letter at some point but I’m not sure. 
 

Also, my status changed to case ready to be scheduled but I still haven’t received any approval letter for my I-360 RFE. And not even a EAD/AP even though I already have my biometrics done. I wanted to know if for I-360 it just take longer than regular people. Also I’m not a vawa but a self petioner who lost her husband. Do you think my timeline would be like vawa because I see that it takes at least 2 years for the GC. Thank you so much in advance for your reply. 

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On 12/16/2020 at 11:25 PM, HoustonVAWA said:

I feel a little bit confused. When we get the green card from I-485 based on VAWA, do we have to wait for another 3 years to become an American citizen? How will this work? (Spouse was an American and got divorced already)

you have to file for naturalization (N400 form) three years after green card approval. 

Divorced US citizen spouse in December 2017. 

Filed I-360 on Nov 12, 2019

Filed I485/ C31 EAD / AP in Feb 2020 (Stupid lawyer filed C31 instead of C9, and I didnt know EAD codes, didnt know about this VJ forum either)

On H1b status since 2014, H1b 6 years expired in May 2020. Out of status / Period of authorized stay since then. 

Amended EAD petition to C9 and filed expedite request for same in mid-may 2020. 

C9 EAD approved June 4, 2020. 

Biometrics done in Oct 2020. 

I485 case transferred to NBC for "faster processing" on September 30, 2020

Filed C9 EAD / AP Renewal petition in February 2021. 

Initial Advance Parole (from Feb 2020 application) approved in June 2021. 

C31 EAD production update - Nov 1st, 2021. 

C31 card delivered to attorney's office on Nov 8, 2021. 

I-360 case approved status update - Nov 22, 2021. 

No RFE throughout.  

Senator's office confirmed via congressional inquiry that the St. Louis office has received the I485 file and is currently awaiting interview scheduling - March 7, 2022

C9 EAD renewal card production case update - July 20, 2022 (took them just 17 months to process)

C9 EAD / AP renewal approval case update on both cases on July 21, 2022.

Combo card delivered to attorney's office on July 27, 2022

Medical exam RFE Drama: Second congressional inquiry sent in early July 2022 for I485. USCIS responded on 8/12/22 to this congressional inquiry that they issued an RFE on 5/24/22 and were waiting for my response. My lawyer denied receiving RFE and there was no such update on online USCIS portal. Lawyer's old firm was safe mailing address on my case. Lawyer changed firms a year after I hired her but did not change mailing address for my case with USCIS, she said she had a deal with her old firm to forward all her clients' mail to her new firm. Old firm denied receiving RFE. Sent another congressional inquiry requesting copy of RFE on 8/17/22. I also got medical exam done on 8/17/22 as I assumed RFE was for medical exam (thanks for this forum's insights.) Yelled at lawyer and threatened her with dire consequences. On 8/18/22 my lawyer's old firm finally found scanned copy of RFE in their "archived scans" (whatever the duck that is) and emailed it to me. It was indeed RFE requesting medical exam. On 8/20/22 I mailed medicals sealed packet with copy of RFE to St. Louis field office. Also sent a notarized letter with the packet - updating safe mailing address to my home address and informing St. Louis field office that I fired my lawyer. Sent similar letter to Vermont Service Center on the same date. 

8/23/22 - Fedex confirmed delivery of medicals packet to St. Louis Field Office. 

8/26/22: Case update on I485: New Card Is Being Produced

8/29/22:  On August 29, 2022, we approved your Form I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR ADJUST STATUS

9/3/22 green card delivered to attorney's office (they didn't change safe mailing address despite my written requests to FO AND VSC.) 

9/6/22 VSC returned AR11 and my letter requesting safe mailing address change. In their letter they said something to the effect of "you can do this online, we wont do it via snail mail request etc." Just posting as an FYI, its weird. Also received I485 approval notice on the same date. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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3 hours ago, HoustonVAWA said:

@dreamer1 Congratulations!!! Hope you will get your green card approval soon as well! How did you get the email notice from USCIS? My status isn't updated online. And my attorney is very slow. I wonder how to get this kind of notice from USCIS by myself? 

Hey! 
so I made and account at the USCIS website to track my case online. 
Once you make an account, you can add receipt numbers to track. Each receipt number has an option to activate alerts, mobile and e-mail, next to them.

 

i added all my receipt numbers. Activated all alerts. So when there is a update on USCIS website, I get my alert in e-mail as well

 

2 hours ago, DmytriiD said:

Congrats!
Please advice receipt date.

Hey! Thank you. 
I am a may 2019 filet. Got the C31 card about a month ago and this alert today. 

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8 minutes ago, luminarc said:

Guys I have a question, I just received my biometrics letter, like many of you know, I was issued the EAD before biometrics, so now that I have my biometrics appointment scheduled, how does it affect my current EAD after the biometrics has been done? 

It definitely doesn't invalidate your EAD... it has no adverse effect whatsoever! You should get the biometrics done so USCIS can store it in their database!👍

 
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