VAWA, Part 22

[RoDaMo 58]

1 minute ago, Restez Forts said:

Did you say you remarried before 360 was approved, or have I misunderstood your statement?

I remarried almost a year after my I360 was approved 😊

[RoDaMo 58]

17 minutes ago, lolaB998 said:

Congrats!!! Great news - I'm sure you're feeling great now after it's over! This gives me hope - my interview was in Jan, still no update. 

You are going to get it soon!! But if you don’t hear from them after the 120 days post interview date, contact your congressperson for help!! 

[TBoneTX 45,382]

Man... posted a joke, and two friends here immediately got their green cards!       

(Correlation = causation... repeat: correlation = causation...)  

[TBoneTX 45,382]

17 hours ago, sam012019 said:

person has to be present in person then only notary will be done.

Yes!

 

However, some U.S. states have adopted "remote" notarization, by video and with process safeguards.

Do a search for "remote notarization in [your state]" to see if this applies.

[sheima 510]

5 hours ago, NeverGiveUp Nov17 said:

Hi everyone!!!

I can't believe after a long journey... today I can see the end of it with my GC on hand!!! it is a great day... and still can't believe it!!!

I would like to share the last part of my journey because it is a little bit different, but I will share my time line at the end

I had my interview on October 21, 2020, everything went well, officer super nice no more that 30 minutes...BUT

I remarried... almost a year later my I360 was approved. Officer just updated my I485 with my husband information (USC) and that is it.

Officer handed out a letter... case under review , wait no less than 120 days, and done!

120... 130...140...150 days and nothing, no words from them, I tried twice to get infopass appointment and even talking with a 2nd tier Officer, nothing... till I contacted the congressperson again, and they said, I will help you one more time, after that we will have to keep waiting...HUGE help a week later... case approved and updated almost every other day till today when GC was delivered... I am so so so excited, GOD is everything!!!

thank you so much to this group, always being a huge help and support!!!

 

Time Line: San Francisco - California

end of 10/2017: interview based on I485 (ex) husband didn't show up, showed the vawa package sent already. I485 put on hold

11/02/2017: I360 case received

01/31/2018: RFE good moral character 

02/15/2018: RFE received

05/01/2019: we order a new card

05/06/2019: card mailed EAD C31

05/08/2019: EAD C31 on hand

05/23/2019: I360 case approved

11/18/2019: I485 case transferred 

12/27/2019: RFE base on I485 sent ( never received)

02/2020: Infopass appointment finding out about the missing RFE, my case was in another office, no the original one.

04/17/2020: interview scheduled got canceled due to covid

10/21/2020: Interview (medical up to date)

04/07/2021: ordered a new card

04/08/2021: case approved I485

04/12/2021: mailed a new card

04/15/2021: GC on hand!!!

I had many EAD, always updating them!

Congratulations 🗽🇺🇸

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

5 hours ago, NeverGiveUp Nov17 said:

Hi everyone!!!

I can't believe after a long journey... today I can see the end of it with my GC on hand!!! it is a great day... and still can't believe it!!!

I would like to share the last part of my journey because it is a little bit different, but I will share my time line at the end

I had my interview on October 21, 2020, everything went well, officer super nice no more that 30 minutes...BUT

I remarried... almost a year later my I360 was approved. Officer just updated my I485 with my husband information (USC) and that is it.

Officer handed out a letter... case under review , wait no less than 120 days, and done!

120... 130...140...150 days and nothing, no words from them, I tried twice to get infopass appointment and even talking with a 2nd tier Officer, nothing... till I contacted the congressperson again, and they said, I will help you one more time, after that we will have to keep waiting...HUGE help a week later... case approved and updated almost every other day till today when GC was delivered... I am so so so excited, GOD is everything!!!

thank you so much to this group, always being a huge help and support!!!

 

Time Line: San Francisco - California

end of 10/2017: interview based on I485 (ex) husband didn't show up, showed the vawa package sent already. I485 put on hold

11/02/2017: I360 case received

01/31/2018: RFE good moral character 

02/15/2018: RFE received

05/01/2019: we order a new card

05/06/2019: card mailed EAD C31

05/08/2019: EAD C31 on hand

05/23/2019: I360 case approved

11/18/2019: I485 case transferred 

12/27/2019: RFE base on I485 sent ( never received)

02/2020: Infopass appointment finding out about the missing RFE, my case was in another office, no the original one.

04/17/2020: interview scheduled got canceled due to covid

10/21/2020: Interview (medical up to date)

04/07/2021: ordered a new card

04/08/2021: case approved I485

04/12/2021: mailed a new card

04/15/2021: GC on hand!!!

I had many EAD, always updating them!

Don’t know why I’m only just seeing this! Better late than never!🤷🏻‍♀️ Here’s a very big congratulations to you my dear! You made it!🙌🎉🎊🎉🍾🍾🎊🎉🎈🎈🥳😀 Praise God!🙏

[PACMAN007 20]

HI VJ Fam! 

Hope you all are well. I have some confusing, technical legal questions. Dear @sandranj I really need your help in this! @TBoneTX @Stillwinning!!!😊 please share some knowledge if you have to! I am in removal proceedings and applied vawa mid 2019 still no update. My file is in status docket now with the immigration judge and My questions are :-

1) Do I have to apply for vawa cancellation of removal as part of the whole process anytime in future even if my vawa gets approved?

2) Do I have to attend the longer individual hearing in which testimony is taken regarding the cancellation application?     

3) I did little article research and read that "If the application for cancellation is ultimately denied, the immigrant will be ordered removed and deported from the United States.

Say my Vawa gets approved and It is required to apply for cancellations as part of the process, is there anyway that the application can be denied even after the vawa approval as stated above in bold?

 

Thank You so MUCH in Advance! I always read the posts here and how great help you have been to this community. Thanks for being there for us. 

Hope I can ease myself after I hear from you. I do have an attorney but just need to be more sure  

THANK YOU ❤️ 

 

 

 

[Weldonboy 45]

On 4/14/2021 at 9:30 PM, Mortaldreams said:

Little over 19 months!  Today I received my third PFD. I just wanna say I wish all of us dreams come through .

I’m a March 2017 filer. It’s been PF renewal since. I’ve gone through OMBUDSMAN, Congressman’s office and nothing has changed. I wrote a notarized letter addressed to the director at Vermont to call his or her attention to the fact that my case is more than 2 years outside the normal processing time, I still haven’t heard back. I have a good job, I also bought me a very nice house to keep myself happy and sway from the depressive impact of the long wait. Be strong and keep on keeping up. God will answer our silent prayers 🙏🏽

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

3 hours ago, PACMAN007 said:

HI VJ Fam! 

Hope you all are well. I have some confusing, technical legal questions. Dear @sandranj I really need your help in this! @TBoneTX @Stillwinning!!!😊 please share some knowledge if you have to! I am in removal proceedings and applied vawa mid 2019 still no update. My file is in status docket now with the immigration judge and My questions are :-

1) Do I have to apply for vawa cancellation of removal as part of the whole process anytime in future even if my vawa gets approved?

2) Do I have to attend the longer individual hearing in which testimony is taken regarding the cancellation application?     

3) I did little article research and read that "If the application for cancellation is ultimately denied, the immigrant will be ordered removed and deported from the United States.

Say my Vawa gets approved and It is required to apply for cancellations as part of the process, is there anyway that the application can be denied even after the vawa approval as stated above in bold?

 

Thank You so MUCH in Advance! I always read the posts here and how great help you have been to this community. Thanks for being there for us. 

Hope I can ease myself after I hear from you. I do have an attorney but just need to be more sure  

THANK YOU ❤️ 

 

 

 

Before the legal crew steps in, I’ld  like to say I believe the answers to question 1and 3 are Yes respectively! Good thing you have an attorney...once your i360 is approved, it’s easier from there!😊👍

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,570]

5 minutes ago, Weldonboy said:

I’m a March 2017 filer. It’s been PF renewal since. I’ve gone through OMBUDSMAN, Congressman’s office and nothing has changed. I wrote a notarized letter addressed to the director at Vermont to call his or her attention to the fact that my case is more than 2 years outside the normal processing time, I still haven’t heard back. I have a good job, I also bought me a very nice house to keep myself happy and sway from the depressive impact of the long wait. Be strong and keep on keeping up. God will answer our silent prayers 🙏🏽

I admire your strength and resolve Weldonboy! It really does take a lot to be this strong..especially seeing people with same timeline already approved for GC and all.. keep holding on, it only gets better! Praying with you!🙏😇

[Demise 1,292]

4 hours ago, PACMAN007 said:

HI VJ Fam! 

Hope you all are well. I have some confusing, technical legal questions. Dear @sandranj I really need your help in this! @TBoneTX @Stillwinning!!!😊 please share some knowledge if you have to! I am in removal proceedings and applied vawa mid 2019 still no update. My file is in status docket now with the immigration judge and My questions are :-

1) Do I have to apply for vawa cancellation of removal as part of the whole process anytime in future even if my vawa gets approved?

2) Do I have to attend the longer individual hearing in which testimony is taken regarding the cancellation application?     

3) I did little article research and read that "If the application for cancellation is ultimately denied, the immigrant will be ordered removed and deported from the United States.

Say my Vawa gets approved and It is required to apply for cancellations as part of the process, is there anyway that the application can be denied even after the vawa approval as stated above in bold?

 

Thank You so MUCH in Advance! I always read the posts here and how great help you have been to this community. Thanks for being there for us. 

Hope I can ease myself after I hear from you. I do have an attorney but just need to be more sure  

THANK YOU ❤️ 

 

 

 

1. No, you can just file I-485 directly with the judge. COR only really comes into play if you're in a position where you are not otherwise eligible for AOS (e.g. you have a permanent bar), or ineligible for an I-360 because it's been more than 2 years since divorce, you were abused by a parent and aged out by turning 21 and can't argue that you didn't file due to factors outside your control, or you were the parent of an abused child you had with an abuser you weren't ever married to.

2. If you file a cancellation application yes, if you pursue an I-485 instead that's still a yes but the hearing will only deal with matters of admissibility rather than eligibility.

3. COR is pretty much a separate process from VAWA I-360. Now, if you manage to convince USCIS that should hold some weight with the court, but the court at the same time isn't bound by I-360's approval in COR cases. It's also not so much that COR denial leads immediately to a removal order, it's more that during the process you can seek relief from removal via various means (I-485, COR, Asylum, U-visa, Withholding of Removal, etc) and if you exhaust all the avenues you have and it's just straight up denial after denial the court ultimately will order you removed as there's no reason to keep proceedings open if there's no way left for you to win.

 

tl;dr file I-485 with the court and forget about COR unless you're ineligible to do an I-485 for some reason

Edited April 16, 2021 by Demise

[Shroy123 749]

12 hours ago, NeverGiveUp Nov17 said:

Hi everyone!!!

I can't believe after a long journey... today I can see the end of it with my GC on hand!!! it is a great day... and still can't believe it!!!

I would like to share the last part of my journey because it is a little bit different, but I will share my time line at the end

I had my interview on October 21, 2020, everything went well, officer super nice no more that 30 minutes...BUT

I remarried... almost a year later my I360 was approved. Officer just updated my I485 with my husband information (USC) and that is it.

Officer handed out a letter... case under review , wait no less than 120 days, and done!

120... 130...140...150 days and nothing, no words from them, I tried twice to get infopass appointment and even talking with a 2nd tier Officer, nothing... till I contacted the congressperson again, and they said, I will help you one more time, after that we will have to keep waiting...HUGE help a week later... case approved and updated almost every other day till today when GC was delivered... I am so so so excited, GOD is everything!!!

thank you so much to this group, always being a huge help and support!!!

 

Time Line: San Francisco - California

end of 10/2017: interview based on I485 (ex) husband didn't show up, showed the vawa package sent already. I485 put on hold

11/02/2017: I360 case received

01/31/2018: RFE good moral character 

02/15/2018: RFE received

05/01/2019: we order a new card

05/06/2019: card mailed EAD C31

05/08/2019: EAD C31 on hand

05/23/2019: I360 case approved

11/18/2019: I485 case transferred 

12/27/2019: RFE base on I485 sent ( never received)

02/2020: Infopass appointment finding out about the missing RFE, my case was in another office, no the original one.

04/17/2020: interview scheduled got canceled due to covid

10/21/2020: Interview (medical up to date)

04/07/2021: ordered a new card

04/08/2021: case approved I485

04/12/2021: mailed a new card

04/15/2021: GC on hand!!!

I had many EAD, always updating them!

Very similar timeline as mine.. whole process was more than 3 years for me as well

 

Congratulations 😇😇

Edited April 16, 2021 by Shroy123

[HopeHope__ 72]

1 hour ago, Weldonboy said:

I’m a March 2017 filer. It’s been PF renewal since. I’ve gone through OMBUDSMAN, Congressman’s office and nothing has changed. I wrote a notarized letter addressed to the director at Vermont to call his or her attention to the fact that my case is more than 2 years outside the normal processing time, I still haven’t heard back. I have a good job, I also bought me a very nice house to keep myself happy and sway from the depressive impact of the long wait. Be strong and keep on keeping up. God will answer our silent prayers 🙏🏽

Wow! March 2017 filer? I won’t be surprised if your file was lost. Sometimes it can happen. I really hope you hear good news very soon 🙏🏻 

Edited April 16, 2021 by HopeHope__

[balo101 669]

11 hours ago, MariaX said:

Good evening. I sent renewal for my work permit and advance parole (765-131 together)Does AP issue on the EAD card? Whe you send renewal. 

most of the times they do it on the EAD card. Known as Combo card. however, sometimes they do send it separate.

Mine first one came as a combo card. seconds both came separate.  Which is not a big issue.

[Sorrowhope 71]

3 hours ago, Weldonboy said:

I’m a March 2017 filer. It’s been PF renewal since. I’ve gone through OMBUDSMAN, Congressman’s office and nothing has changed. I wrote a notarized letter addressed to the director at Vermont to call his or her attention to the fact that my case is more than 2 years outside the normal processing time, I still haven’t heard back. I have a good job, I also bought me a very nice house to keep myself happy and sway from the depressive impact of the long wait. Be strong and keep on keeping up. God will answer our silent prayers 🙏🏽

When I was reading your post my heart was popping out , but I’m also happy for you because you bought a house and  you have a job , these things will keep you in motivation.I wish everyone can reach their goals as you reached some of your goals .The light not too far from us , our Lord is showing us the light.soon he will show end of the tunnel ..