VAWA, Part 23

[Demise 1,263]

55 minutes ago, Restez Forts said:

For those who have received EAD card recently, did you have to confirm delivery by signing for the mail?  Or did you just find it in your mailbox?

 

USCIS's priority mail (whatever arrives with a tracking number) just gets dropped in the mailbox.

[FAP 72]

1 hour ago, Restez Forts said:

For those who have received EAD card recently, did you have to confirm delivery by signing for the mail?  Or did you just find it in your mailbox?

 

I found mine in  a mailbox. No signature required. Feels nice you can drive all over the country now 😁

[luminarc 218]

So I updated my address with USCIS, after 3 months now, they sent me my receipt notice with my new address, one which was spelt incorrectly, they didn't send PF though, which is funny since I sent request for extension at the same time lol. 

[Sparkle✨ 372]

I woke up wondering whether even as GC holders, it is safe to travel to our home countries after dealing with our abusers in the US. 
I know several folks travel and have no issues whatsoever, but some abusers have political influence in home countries that can derail plans to come back. So is it safer to travel after getting citizenship? As opposed to being a GC holder, there is a safety net once you’re a citizen. Any thoughts or comments on this? 
 

[Demise 1,263]

52 minutes ago, Sparkle✨ said:

I woke up wondering whether even as GC holders, it is safe to travel to our home countries after dealing with our abusers in the US. 
I know several folks travel and have no issues whatsoever, but some abusers have political influence in home countries that can derail plans to come back. So is it safer to travel after getting citizenship? As opposed to being a GC holder, there is a safety net once you’re a citizen. Any thoughts or comments on this? 
 

From the legal perspective there's no risk from you. Asylees and refugees and GC holders who got it via asylum/refugee status need to avoid their country of origin like the plague until they naturalize.

 

Also, considering that the abusive spouse has to be a USC or LPR, why would they have foreign influence exactly?

[Sparkle✨ 372]

19 minutes ago, Demise said:

From the legal perspective there's no risk from you. Asylees and refugees and GC holders who got it via asylum/refugee status need to avoid their country of origin like the plague until they naturalize.

 

Also, considering that the abusive spouse has to be a USC or LPR, why would they have foreign influence exactly?

Actually despite having dual citizenship, some USC’s and LPR’s do have political influence back in their countries of origin especially if they have close family and friends in politics. They can slap bogus charges on someone etc and threaten their families back there. 

[Demise 1,263]

10 minutes ago, Sparkle✨ said:

Actually despite having dual citizenship, some USC’s and LPR’s do have political influence back in their countries of origin especially if they have close family and friends in politics. They can slap bogus charges on someone etc and threaten their families back there. 

I mean, if you've got a spouse from the same country as you're from, wouldn't it be more likely that you both just immigrate together via whatever means? I really don't think there's many Ugandan warlords living in US and importing themselves a new bride whenever the old one escaped.

[asimove 23]

Hi i just filled I-485 on the base of WAVA approval, in NYC, anybody know, how long it will take, please reply

thanks

[balo101 666]

2 hours ago, asimove said:

Hi i just filled I-485 on the base of WAVA approval, in NYC, anybody know, how long it will take, please reply

thanks

NYC is taking 

11 Months to 40.5 Months

Family-based adjustment applications

May 14, 2018

[marcoisland777 42]

59 minutes ago, balo101 said:

NYC is taking 

11 Months to 40.5 Months

Family-based adjustment applications

May 14, 2018

hi @balo101 does the i485 processing time at nyc starts counting from the moment uscis received the i485 (receipt date) or the date vawa was approved?

[Nick2020 47]

56 minutes ago, marcoisland777 said:

hi @balo101 does the i485 processing time at nyc starts counting from the moment uscis received the i485 (receipt date) or the date vawa was approved?

it is based on i-485 receipt date.

[TBoneTX 45,079]

It is already Wednesday, and therefore time for our approval-evoking, good-news-prompting Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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THE MATH QUESTION

 

A 6th-grade teacher posed the following problem to one of her arithmetic classes:

 

"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.  One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity.  Now, what does each get?"

 

After a very long silence in the classroom, one little boy raised his hand. With complete sincerity in his voice, he answered, "A lawyer!"

 

[BollyB 56]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

It is already Wednesday, and therefore time for our approval-evoking, good-news-prompting Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

===========================================

THE MATH QUESTION

 

A 6th-grade teacher posed the following problem to one of her arithmetic classes:

 

"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.  One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity.  Now, what does each get?"

 

After a very long silence in the classroom, one little boy raised his hand. With complete sincerity in his voice, he answered, "A lawyer!"

 

Smart little boy

[balo101 666]

11 hours ago, marcoisland777 said:

hi @balo101 does the i485 processing time at nyc starts counting from the moment uscis received the i485 (receipt date) or the date vawa was approved?

As Nick2020 said, it is based on receipt date. 

[Nina Galia 30]

Hello Visa journey family! I hope everyone is doing well. I am a little confused I just received an update of my uscis account that: correspondence was received , but vawa was approved on 02/2021 . I just mailed my medical exam on Sept 15 . Does anyone knows what that means? Thanks everyone .