VAWA, Part 21

[Engineering-rocks 212]

20 hours ago, Comforter said:

Hello everyone, pd is jan 2019 all application submitted

 Vawa was approved June 2020. Location orlando Florida. Ref for birth certificate in sept 2020, submitted September 2020, i485 on ref received since September 2020 and I have mot heard anything since them. The whole application is now over 24months. Please is anyone over 24months.Thanks

I'd say almost never it takes LESS than 24 months since filing date to get your GC, so yes, it's normal. I filed December 2017, PD December 2016.

18 hours ago, Angelmia said:

Hello everyone. I have a pending i485 which i rescheduled. Now that I have left my home. Will ny ead be cancelled. If i file vawa now when is it likely that i can get ead . Because someone told me it could take up to 2 years to get ead under pending vawa approval is that true? Hardship was the major reason i went back the first time. Please I need help and guidelines on how to do the proper thing. I don't have a great financial back up here .I rescheduled my interview last week. Please how do i keep my i485 open till vawa approval. And is it possible to renew my ead if i file vawa and I don't get ead early? Please help me out. Also I heard your case is not strong if you never called the cops. And I just have 2 witnesses. I read up about evaluations here. Does it really help? Because i did some research and called some centers and it is pretty expensive for me so I want to make sure it is worth it. God bless you as you  reply. 

Is your spouse a US citizen? If so then file VAWA as soon as you can and with application include EAD under C09 category. It should get approved after 3-6 months. I believe your old EAD will still be valid unless you I485 is denied, but double check with someone else on that one. With your VAWA package include a receipt for your "marriage" I485 and include a signed letter asking to hold that same I485 for your VAWA application.

You also need to start visiting a therapist asap, best to have at least 6-8 sessions and then ask them to write you an evaluation for 8 pages or so with your diagnosis (depression, PTSD etc). I think it's worth it. We did see some people get approved without police report of evaluation, but 2 years from now if they request abuse RFE you don't want to be stuck not knowing what to send.

Edited January 19, 2021 by Engineering-rocks

[MAYgirl 82]

Hi have anyone travel on there Advance parole lately 

Thanks 

[neimovirna 54]

21 hours ago, Comforter said:

Hello everyone, pd is jan 2019 all application submitted

 Vawa was approved June 2020. Location orlando Florida. Ref for birth certificate in sept 2020, submitted September 2020, i485 on ref received since September 2020 and I have mot heard anything since them. The whole application is now over 24months. Please is anyone over 24months.Thanks

Hi! I have similar timeline, but I am in NYC.

Feb 2019 - filed i360 (i485 was pending from before)

may 2020 - ead C31 under vawa
Aug 2020 - vawa approved

 

since then nothing, No Rfe and NO updates for i485 at all
 

my lawyer says it could be another 6 months to a year here in NYC 😒

[Elisana 33]

Anybody knows if we will be eligible for immediately green card 

With new administration 

Any rumors?

A have pending I 485 since 2017

My vawa was aproved on July and October again

And no knews

[Engineering-rocks 212]

Hi Friends! So for my interview this week I'm trying to prep any possible papers they may request, and I remembered that a few years ago when I worked as a bartender I got a few tickets under my name for some stupid reasons like not enough fire exits at the bar I worked at etc. I went to court with a lawyer and they all got dismissed right away. So when an officer asks if I ever received citations I would have to say yes, after that could they possibly ask for proof of those being dismissed? It was NYC, I've been trying to check online, but can't seem to find anything under my name, might be looking in the wrong place.

[sheima 509]

43 minutes ago, Engineering-rocks said:

Hi Friends! So for my interview this week I'm trying to prep any possible papers they may request, and I remembered that a few years ago when I worked as a bartender I got a few tickets under my name for some stupid reasons like not enough fire exits at the bar I worked at etc. I went to court with a lawyer and they all got dismissed right away. So when an officer asks if I ever received citations I would have to say yes, after that could they possibly ask for proof of those being dismissed? It was NYC, I've been trying to check online, but can't seem to find anything under my name, might be looking in the wrong place.

Tickets like the one they got dismissed is had to stay on record, after they’ve dismissed your ticket, you can get the disposition (records) in 3 days, after 6 months to a year I think, they won’t find any records in the system, if I were you, I wi go to the court for my disposition first, to see if the records is gone, they’ll still give you something to prove there’s no records, that way you can show it to the officer that there is no records.

[Engineering-rocks 212]

3 minutes ago, sheima said:

Tickets like the one they got dismissed is had to stay on record, after they’ve dismissed your ticket, you can get the disposition (records) in 3 days, after 6 months to a year I think, they won’t find any records in the system, if I were you, I wi go to the court for my disposition first, to see if the records is gone, they’ll still give you something to prove there’s no records, that way you can show it to the officer that there is no records.

Thanks! That was in 2016, and since then I have moved to a different state. I did submit New York police clearance obtained in 2017, and then FBI clearance for RFE in 2019 due to the move, none of them showed anything. Do you know if I can do that online? I see there's an option to request criminal records for $95, but I'm not totally sure that's what I need and they also don't show how long it will take them to give me a report.

[Angelmia 8]

3 hours ago, neimovirna said:

Hi! I have similar timeline, but I am in NYC.

Feb 2019 - filed i360 (i485 was pending from before)

may 2020 - ead C31 under vawa
Aug 2020 - vawa approved

 

since then nothing, No Rfe and NO updates for i485 at all
 

my lawyer says it could be another 6 months to a year here in NYC 😒

Hi did you file another i485 or you used your previous i485 

[Angelmia 8]

5 hours ago, Engineering-rocks said:

I'd say almost never it takes LESS than 24 months since filing date to get your GC, so yes, it's normal. I filed December 2017, PD December 2016.

Is your spouse a US citizen? If so then file VAWA as soon as you can and with application include EAD under C09 category. It should get approved after 3-6 months. I believe your old EAD will still be valid unless you I485 is denied, but double check with someone else on that one. With your VAWA package include a receipt for your "marriage" I485 and include a signed letter asking to hold that same I485 for your VAWA application.

You also need to start visiting a therapist asap, best to have at least 6-8 sessions and then ask them to write you an evaluation for 8 pages or so with your diagnosis (depression, PTSD etc). I think it's worth it. We did see some people get approved without police report of evaluation, but 2 years from now if they request abuse RFE you don't want to be stuck not knowing what to send.

Thank you somuch. I really don't know how to use this forum yet . I keep scrolling and scrolling to find my post and that is why sometimes  my response is late

[Angelmia 8]

Hello everyone. Please who can recommend a good therapist for me in Houston or Katy TX? I need  a center that also specializes  in immigration evaluation  and somewhere very affordable.  Thank you

[sheima 509]

17 minutes ago, Engineering-rocks said:

Thanks! That was in 2016, and since then I have moved to a different state. I did submit New York police clearance obtained in 2017, and then FBI clearance for RFE in 2019 due to the move, none of them showed anything. Do you know if I can do that online? I see there's an option to request criminal records for $95, but I'm not totally sure that's what I need and they also don't show how long it will take them to give me a report.

No, I don’t know if you can do it on line , For the best results go to the court house, it’s only gonna  take less than one hour, but you have to go there early in the morning.

[Engineering-rocks 212]

1 minute ago, sheima said:

No, I don’t know if you can do it on line , For the best results go to the court house, it’s only gonna  take less than one hour, but you have to go there early in the morning.

But I can only do it in the local court where it happened, right? This was in NYC, and I now live in Houston, TX.

[Restez Forts 107]

27 minutes ago, Engineering-rocks said:

But I can only do it in the local court where it happened, right? This was in NYC, and I now live in Houston, TX.

Yes,  it has to be the same court house.

Although I doubt the IO is going to ask about that citation. To me, it falls under the same category as a speeding ticket.  They don't bring that up unless it involves a crime and/or an arrest. 

 

If they ask about the citation,  just say it like it is, if they need proof they will RFE you and you can figure it out then.

 

Just think of a smooth interview and focus on that. Avoid the negative scenario, that can mess you up.

You are so close! Finish line in site!

[neimovirna 54]

2 hours ago, Angelmia said:

Hi did you file another i485 or you used your previous i485 

Previous one. My lawyer mailed the Uscis request to hold it

[Angelmia 8]

5 minutes ago, neimovirna said:

Previous one. My lawyer mailed the Uscis request to hold it

Hi . Please can you explain further. I have an ead that would soon expire. I met a lawyer on Monday and she said i have to file another one and pay 1260k, please if you can explain very well how you were able to do it? I am really trying to save because I will have to get my own place in Houston plus do lots of paper work. So should the lawyer write uscis to apply the pending i485 to my vawa case so in that way I don't pay another fee?