VAWA, Part 22

[Rosa Garcia 59]

2 hours ago, Behuman said:

I need help guys. My VAVA was denied! Stating insufficient proof. 

 

It stated that I did not provide enough evidence of shared residence with my spouse. Sandra can you please help me here. I am lost. 

Did you get RFE before their decision?

Can you share your timeline when you sent your i360 and when it was denied please?

[Brooklynguy1 155]

Hi VJ family! I have receive a call from my attorney, they  have received my Medical  Notice from the local office(Brooklyn).Finally after long long wait .What is next plz advise me ! Thank You!

[sanfranciscocat 0]

Hi everyone, 

 

Today I received a Request for Initial Evidence and I am feeling a bit brain scattered. 

Here is my timeline:
 

April 2019 - Applied I-751 Waiver to WAC 

May 2019 - 18 month extension

November 2019 - Fingerprints applied

April 5- Request for Initial Evidence

 

The waiver I applied to was based on the sexual and mental abuse from my spouse, as evidence I attached multiple texts, emails, 2 affidavits from close friends, my statement with timelines 10 pages long, as well as my daughter was the main witness to the situation that was going on at the time. 

in the Request for the Initial Evidence they say that there is insufficient evidence of abuse since there is no police records or court records. My divorce is still pending but should be completed before May 13th. So here are my questions: 

1. How can I switch to divorce waiver (or at least include it as well) in my case if I have the final divorce decree before the deadline for RFE? 

2. If I am unable to switch to divorce waiver, what else would you recommend me to do to proof such cruelty as sex abuse? 

[MAYgirl 82]

22 minutes ago, Brooklynguy1 said:

Hi VJ family! I have receive a call from my attorney, they  have received my Medical  Notice from the local office(Brooklyn).Finally after long long wait .What is next plz advise me ! Thank You!

Great to hear

[isurvived 98]

26 minutes ago, Brooklynguy1 said:

Hi VJ family! I have receive a call from my attorney, they  have received my Medical  Notice from the local office(Brooklyn).Finally after long long wait .What is next plz advise me ! Thank You!

Approval without interview maybe? Congratulations 

[Brooklynguy1 155]

1 minute ago, MAYgirl said:

Great to hear

Thank You so much!

[isurvived 98]

3 hours ago, Behuman said:

I need help guys. My VAVA was denied! Stating insufficient proof. 

 

It stated that I did not provide enough evidence of shared residence with my spouse. Sandra can you please help me here. I am lost. 

Wow! So so sorry about this... 🙏🏾

[HolaBola31 135]

Hi guys! I hope this thread will bring you a lot of approval🙏🏻
 

I have question. My VAWA was approved in November 2020. Even tho I still didn’t get the NOA do I need to do something with my I-485? Or when come will come my status will change and they will notify me what to do next? 
Thank you! 

[Brooklynguy1 155]

6 minutes ago, isurvived said:

Approval without interview maybe? Congratulations 

Thank you so much @isurvived for your kind words!

[jack182 24]

8 hours ago, DmytriiD said:

Hi all,

Just a quick overview of my case and timeline after recent I360 approval for those who is interested:

 

I was a victim of physiological abuse (no physical). I didn't know about existence of VAWA and I360 at all until I called lawyers and they asked me the right questions and directed me to VAWA and I360 route. I called at least 4 different lawyers for a consultation and then selected one I would keep working with. My selection of the lawyer was not the best because after I reviewed my own case submitted by my attorney I made a conclusion that some docs were not included (divorce decree, birth certificate) as well as attorneys statement had a lot of inconsistencies and confusing pieces of info (example is the names of people mentioned were completely messed up, some dates were incorrect, etc, etc.). Also my attorney didn't want to provide me a copy of the case sent to VSC for a very long time...the way I got it emailed to me is because of attorney's assistant who also gave me a call and said that I should better not trust my attorney / she is not acting in best interest of her clients. Well, I already kind of knew that because I was surprised how a lawyer can make mistakes in statements and why some docs were not submitted by her when I provided it to her (I think she purposely tried to get those RFEs because our contract would oblige me to pay 1000$ for each RFE to be replied to).

But thankfully to this forum and this thread and the people who always share their experience and knowledge I sent more evidence to VSC on my won without my attorneys knowledge providing missing docs and correcting my attorneys mistakes and inconstancies by writing another statement just to correct her mistakes...it all worked and I never received an RFE from USCIS.

24APR19 - I360 Receipt Date

I received 3 Prima Facies & I renewed EAD+AP 3 times based on pending I485

31MAR21 - I360 "Card is Produced"

05APR21 - I360 "Card is Delivered"

 

Now I actually have a question to those who was always helpful with their advise and know the answer:

Currently my I485 case (which is in "ready to be scheduled for an interview" status since July 2019) is at NBC and the address on this application is not my current address. I moved 5 times in 2 years between different states. I recently sent an address update form to NBC as well as tried updating address online, but status didn't change to "Correspondance was received" so I am not sure if address update took place on my I485.
Just FYI - I updated my address with VSC for I360 each time I moved. I thought it automatically updates my address with USCIS based on alien #, but seems that it was not updating it with NBC.

So, question is - how can I verify what address NBC has on file for me ? Tried doing this via congressmen and no luck.
What are the next steps after approval of I360 ? As I understand VSC send my case to NBC, NBC does their check and requests me for new medical and then mail case for an interview in a local office, right ? Local office is based on the address NBC has for me or VSC has for me ? This is very important because I feel like they have 2 different addresses...Also how long does this all take now until my case reaches a local office ?
Thank you in advance!

Congrats! There is light a  at the end of the tunnel !  It depends on where you live in some places like NYC it can take up to a year to be called for an interview. 

[God is a good God 238]

4 hours ago, Behuman said:

I need help guys. My VAVA was denied! Stating insufficient proof. 

 

It stated that I did not provide enough evidence of shared residence with my spouse. Sandra can you please help me here. I am lost. 

I think you can appeal your case and add news proofs of shared residences ( new bills, new letters from friends notorized, joint taxes, joint banks, joints insurance,....) Jut provide as much as proof as  you can.

[TBoneTX 45,364]

I think it's time for another special VAWA-thread joke:

 

          The zookeeper passed by the monkey's cage and was surprised to see the animal reading two books side-by-side:  The Holy Bible, and "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.

          "Why are you reading those books?" asked the zookeeper curiously.

          "It's simple," said the monkey.  "I'm trying to decide whether I'm my brother's keeper or my keeper's brother."

[FirstTimer 93]

Hello Family

 

I had my I130 interview today. I showed up for interview and asked officer to hold my I485 and wait for my I360 to be processed. Officer asked me several documents and ID.  Now the status of my i130 changed to "Case was updated To Show that No One Appeared for In-Person Processing"

Do you know what it is? is it something good or bad? 

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5 hours ago, Behuman said:

I need help guys. My VAVA was denied! Stating insufficient proof. 

 

It stated that I did not provide enough evidence of shared residence with my spouse. Sandra can you please help me here. I am lost. 

Tell us what you submitted.  When did you get denial letter?  You can file appeal

4 hours ago, FAP said:

hm. Another question.

 

Filling out now I485. Under Declaration of self sufficiency Form I944 what  section do we need to check out bc simply I don't see section for VAWA applicants.

You do not complete I944 

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2 hours ago, Brooklynguy1 said:

Hi VJ family! I have receive a call from my attorney, they  have received my Medical  Notice from the local office(Brooklyn).Finally after long long wait .What is next plz advise me ! Thank You!

It depends on what your letter says about either mailing it in or bringing it to interview.