VAWA, Part 27

[TBoneTX 46,137]

6 hours ago, Deee Smith said:

Geeez!!!!!!!!!!

You still haven't copped to whether you're an actual blonde, ma'am...   

[Deee Smith 47]

16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

You still haven't copped to whether you're an actual blonde, ma'am...   

TRIGGERED!🤭

[FaithOct19 2]

Hi everyone, desperately need your help, do you know a good attorney that can help me answer a RFE? I had to request the letter through congressman and now I have 30 days to respond 

Edited January 24 by FaithOct19

[Sharon K 0]

How long does it take to get proved a vawa case? 

[TBoneTX 46,137]

It is still Sunday in a couple of time zones, so -- just in time -- here is our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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A PIG WITH NIGHTMARES

 

A pig went to a doctor and said, "Doctor, I’ve been having these terrible nightmares and I can't sleep.  Can you prescribe me some sleeping pills?"

 

Doctor:  "Can you describe your nightmares to me?"

 

Pig:  "They are all almost the same.  First, a man lures me with food, kills me, and cuts me into pieces.  Then, he rubs salt all over my flesh!"

 

Doctor:  "I wouldn't worry about it; it sounds like you're going to be cured soon."

 

[Sandra G. 5,074]

Folks I strongly recommend that everyone with a pending VAWA application carry a copy of their USCIS receipt notice and a copy of their I-94. Having these documents on hand ensures that if stopped by ICE, you can present official documentation from Immigration to verify your status.

 

I have always advised my clients that they could travel abroad with advance parole. However, last week, I emailed all of them, advising against traveling abroad with advance parole for the time being. While VAWA petitioners do not trigger the 3/10-year ban, there is currently uncertainty about how CBP will handle cases involving VAWA petitioners who were previously without status and left the country, then attempt to reenter. Legally speaking, it should not pose an issue, but due to these uncertainties, I recommended they refrain from traveling abroad for now.

[Sandra G. 5,074]

On 1/15/2025 at 9:03 PM, FirstTimer said:

@Demise @Sandra G. @Pinkrlion 

 

Hello Family,

 

One of my friends is filling I360 concurrently with I485, I765, and I131 all together. Can someone help me with how much he has to pay as a filing fee? 

VAWA applicants will no longer be required to pay filing fees for the entire application package.

On 1/15/2025 at 9:03 PM, FirstTimer said:

@Demise @Sandra G. @Pinkrlion 

 

Hello Family,

 

One of my friends is filling I360 concurrently with I485, I765, and I131 all together. Can someone help me with how much he has to pay as a filing fee? 

VAWA applicants will no longer be required to pay filing fees for the entire application package.

[TBoneTX 46,137]

It is Wednesday!  To give a laugh and to prompt approvals (that is, if correlation = causation), here is our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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THE RUDE CUSTOMER

 

A man went into a restaurant and was seated.  All of the waitresses were gorgeous.  A particularly beautiful waitress came to his table.

 

"What would you like, sir?" she asked.

 

The man looked at the menu, looked at her, then answered, "A quickie."  The waitress turned and walked away in disgust.

 

After she regained her composure, she returned and asked again, "What would you like, sir?"

 

Again the man looked at her and answered, "A quickie, please."

 

This time, the waitress' anger took over -- she slapped him across the face with a resounding SMACK and stormed away.

 

A man sitting at the next table leaned over and whispered, "Uh, I think it's pronounced 'quiche.'"

 

[Justwaiting516 0]

On 1/27/2025 at 9:26 AM, Sandra G. said:

Folks I strongly recommend that everyone with a pending VAWA application carry a copy of their USCIS receipt notice and a copy of their I-94. Having these documents on hand ensures that if stopped by ICE, you can present official documentation from Immigration to verify your status.

 

I have always advised my clients that they could travel abroad with advance parole. However, last week, I emailed all of them, advising against traveling abroad with advance parole for the time being. While VAWA petitioners do not trigger the 3/10-year ban, there is currently uncertainty about how CBP will handle cases involving VAWA petitioners who were previously without status and left the country, then attempt to reenter. Legally speaking, it should not pose an issue, but due to these uncertainties, I recommended they refrain from traveling abroad for now.

Hi Sandra,

 

This is great advice. Thank you. For people who have a pending I485, based on a I360 that has not been approved yet, is it any indication if we renew our EAD and it comes back approved under the category C31 INSTEAD of the C09 (as we have always been getting when the I360 had not been approved yet) this means the I360 is approved ?  Thank you.

[Family 4,232]

On 1/27/2025 at 9:26 AM, Sandra G. said:

Folks I strongly recommend that everyone with a pending VAWA application carry a copy of their USCIS receipt notice and a copy of their I-94. Having these documents on hand ensures that if stopped by ICE, you can present official documentation from Immigration to verify your status.

 

I have always advised my clients that they could travel abroad with advance parole. However, last week, I emailed all of them, advising against traveling abroad with advance parole for the time being. While VAWA petitioners do not trigger the 3/10-year ban, there is currently uncertainty about how CBP will handle cases involving VAWA petitioners who were previously without status and left the country, then attempt to reenter. Legally speaking, it should not pose an issue, but due to these uncertainties, I recommended they refrain from traveling abroad for now.

Yesterday, I saw on a Spanish channel , a man freshly bussed to Mexicali by ICE. He stated he has pending U-Visa , tried to talk to agents , but they did not care. 

Article linked below is chilling 

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-raids-underway-where-immigrants-222643958.html

They arrested one undocumented immigrant, Wilson Rogelio Velásquez Cruz, as he was attending church. According to NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta, he first arrived in the U.S. in 2022 with his wife and three children under a work permit while awaiting a pending asylum case. He had four more years left on his permit

[Meingandu 4]

On 1/11/2025 at 4:14 PM, Milka10 said:

Thank you . I’m extending my c 31 that was issued when they approved my i360 back in 2020 and because filing fees were waived when I filed i485 I have to pay all the time when I extend my work authorization. I had category c9 when I-360 was pending , but once it got approved they send work authorization under c31 category

.What about Advanced Parole do I send this to the same address above (Lincoln , Nebraska) ? 

You I360 was approved in 2020 why your 485 is still pending? It’s been almost 5 years.