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19 hours ago, RD31 said:

Hello eveyone. Vawa was filed in September 2019 and approved in july 2021. I485 was pending before vawa and even interview was complete. During filing of vawa, i485 was requested to be held in abeyance. On Aug 20, they transferred i485 to NBC. How long of a wait can I expect before hearing a decision about i485 now

It goes from NBC to your local office.  Check your local office processing times.  

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1 hour ago, shiva32 said:

Please post i693 deficiency notice with identifiers blacked out. @Demise  and @sandranj isn't there a good chance of interview waiver in case of i693 deficiency notice? Should this person send their medical exam results to USCIS instead of waiting for interview? I am hazy on the specifics. Just going by old posts in forum. 

A defiency notice is not a RFE.  It is stating that they need to provide the medical and will receive further insructions to either mail it or bring it to interview.  

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28 minutes ago, Sbaba said:

@shiva32 Hi, thanks for looking in to it.. I'm uploading deficiency notice here. Please sScreenshot_20210918-092542_WhatsApp.thumb.jpg.35ff1ab8dceefe028a8dee312fe7c8b3.jpgee if there is any clue for interview waiver. Thanks a lot....

It's still a possibility that you could get interview waiver. Just wait for RFE vs interview notice. Shouldn't take too long, looks like they are already active with your case since they sent deficiency notice. You are almost there, buddy. Happy for you. I would ask the other forum members to chime in as to how long it might take to get rfe or interview notice. I am still in i360 pending stage, filed in Nov 2019. Hoping it's 23 months to approval like you. Did you get any RFE before i360 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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1 hour ago, Sbaba said:

@shiva32 Hi, thanks for looking in to it.. I'm uploading deficiency notice here. Please sScreenshot_20210918-092542_WhatsApp.thumb.jpg.35ff1ab8dceefe028a8dee312fe7c8b3.jpgee if there is any clue for interview waiver. Thanks a lot....

 

2 hours ago, shiva32 said:

Please post i693 deficiency notice with identifiers blacked out. @Demise  and @sandranj isn't there a good chance of interview waiver in case of i693 deficiency notice? Should this person send their medical exam results to USCIS instead of waiting for interview? I am hazy on the specifics. Just going by old posts in forum. 

Deficiency notice is basically just a courtesy notice letting you know that the I-693 was not submitted and you should get it done sometime soon. Regarding whether USCIS will waive the interview or not, that's unknown at this point. If you get an RFE for the I-693 then they waived the interview, if you get an interview notice then they didn't waive it and you'll have to come in.

 

I generally do not recommend sending in unsolicited submissions unless you really have to because USCIS is known to lose or ignore those. Can you? Sure. Will it affect whether they give you an interview? No.

Contradictions without citations only make you look dumb.

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Yes, applied in 2019.

 

and yes, I sent them the pics and friends’ affidavits initially, but I have added new ones to my RFE with more details. PS. they state that the pictures are not enough because they capture only very specific moments.

 

Oh, and they have mentioned that the affidavits have not mentioned any furniture in my residence. Like what???

 

I am absolutely terrified and think they might deny. :( 

 

 

That's a very harsh RFE, it looks like the specific IO looked at it with a 'deny' motive in their mind. To me it looks like they are coming at you personally, challenge USCIS in whatever way you can, it looks due to the extreme abuse circumstances you were not able to collect the very proofs that VAWA's requires. This is like a catch-22 situation where they are specifically asking for things that someone in such a situation would in most likeliness not be able to get. This will make one suffer even more from the abuse - USCIS assisting the abuser BY LAW ! 

Please don't take my recommendations as a legal advice and heed recommendations from your legal council or more experienced members here. But I sincerely want to thank you for sharing the details of your case and note that we're all on your side.

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54 minutes ago, PeaceLoveFreedom said:

That's a very harsh RFE, it looks like the specific IO looked at it with a 'deny' motive in their mind. To me it looks like they are coming at you personally, challenge USCIS in whatever way you can, it looks due to the extreme abuse circumstances you were not able to collect the very proofs that VAWA's requires. This is like a catch-22 situation where they are specifically asking for things that someone in such a situation would in most likeliness not be able to get. This will make one suffer even more from the abuse - USCIS assisting the abuser BY LAW ! 

Please don't take my recommendations as a legal advice and heed recommendations from your legal council or more experienced members here. But I sincerely want to thank you for sharing the details of your case and note that we're all on your side.

VAWA’s evidence requirements are more flexible comparing to reg. marriage requirements and they must take any relevant evidence into consideration, even secondary evidence.VAWA does not state that you must have kids with your spouse or buy a house together to be eligible, even though that would definitely be a 100% win. 
 

It’s either a) personal attitude of that specific IO who just does not want to approve my case for whatever reasons b)that person just sends out random RFE templates to all kids of people. For example, they are asking for birth certificates of kids while I have specially stated that I have never had any.

 

thank you for your support. I have honestly lost all my hope at this point.

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10 minutes ago, Zzz___1 said:

VAWA’s evidence requirements are more flexible comparing to reg. marriage requirements and they must take any relevant evidence into consideration, even secondary evidence.VAWA does not state that you must have kids with your spouse or buy a house together to be eligible, even though that would definitely be a 100% win. 
 

It’s either a) personal attitude of that specific IO who just does not want to approve my case for whatever reasons b)that person just sends out random RFE templates to all kids of people. For example, they are asking for birth certificates of kids while I have specially stated that I have never had any.

 

thank you for your support. I have honestly lost all my hope at this point.

Do not worry, I did not have a lot of fnancial evidence as my husband refused to add me or provide me.  You never know what the IO is looking but it turns out a positive in the end.  

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Hey everyone!

 

Does anyone know why the processing time for VAWA is not available anymore? How will we know if our application has exceed normal processing time now?

 

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