VAWA, Part 27

[Demise 1,384]

On 3/6/2025 at 9:24 AM, balo101 said:

just heard on one of the international news paper. But not sure how credible that news is. Hence i asked here to confirm if there is such thing. 

 

I looked and saw nothing. Even if, all of his previous bans did exempt already existing permanent residents.

[Meingandu 6]

Hello all just wanted to share the journey so other people do not make mistakes for a simple EAD card which is already taking a long time to get it approved.

 

1. EAD filled category C10 (for vawa self petition) the time is 18 months for approval

2. File Date May 23 2023

3. Gave my attorneys admin to update the address November 23 2023

4. EAD approved notice and card sent on Oct 11 2024.

5. Found out they uscis mailed it at my old address (since the admin did not update the address and did not notify me that they werent able to update the address)

6. Filed AR-11 to update the address on Jan 2025

7. No way to find out the status so reached out to the Rep office Feb 11 2025 and got a response that i have to call USCIS to update the address.

8. Called USCIS Feb 20 2025 to update the address.

9. Opened service ticket with USCIS Feb 27 2025 to issue new card and resend approval notice.

10. Got response from USCIS on 3/13/25 they cannot service  the ticket and I should call USCIS and open a ticket.

11. Called USCIS and the service agent said to apply again for replacement and it will take again the same amount of time to get it processed (that is 18 months).

 

 

So fellas make sure that do not rely only on attorney's it is our job to confirm everything. This process is exhausting but do not give up. 

 

[balo101 670]

4 hours ago, Meingandu said:

Hello all just wanted to share the journey so other people do not make mistakes for a simple EAD card which is already taking a long time to get it approved.

 

1. EAD filled category C10 (for vawa self petition) the time is 18 months for approval

2. File Date May 23 2023

3. Gave my attorneys admin to update the address November 23 2023

4. EAD approved notice and card sent on Oct 11 2024.

5. Found out they uscis mailed it at my old address (since the admin did not update the address and did not notify me that they werent able to update the address)

6. Filed AR-11 to update the address on Jan 2025

7. No way to find out the status so reached out to the Rep office Feb 11 2025 and got a response that i have to call USCIS to update the address.

8. Called USCIS Feb 20 2025 to update the address.

9. Opened service ticket with USCIS Feb 27 2025 to issue new card and resend approval notice.

10. Got response from USCIS on 3/13/25 they cannot service  the ticket and I should call USCIS and open a ticket.

11. Called USCIS and the service agent said to apply again for replacement and it will take again the same amount of time to get it processed (that is 18 months).

 

 

So fellas make sure that do not rely only on attorney's it is our job to confirm everything. This process is exhausting but do not give up. 

 

Why did you fill C10?

[Meingandu 6]

1 hour ago, balo101 said:

Why did you fill C10?

I dont know my lawyer filed it. 

[Sandra G. 5,080]

On 3/6/2025 at 10:00 AM, balo101 said:

@Sandra G. @Demise and others.

 

How safe is to travel internationally with the green card lately. I heard president has signed an executive order for certain countries to enter in the USA to make the process really hard. 

If you don't have any criminal conviction, you are good.

[Sandra G. 5,080]

On 3/2/2025 at 10:09 PM, TBoneTX said:

It is Sunday -- time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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SAY WHAT?

 

When I asked you to spell "orange" and you asked me, "the fruit or the color," it kind of caught me off guard.

 

I wish that my siblings would stop calling me "spoiled" just because I'm the youngest in the family.  The truth is, my parents just kept having children until they found the one they liked.  It's really not my fault!

 

I just posted a selfie, and people told me to get well soon.

 

My friend said, "Don't worry about spelling.  In the future, there will always be autocorrect."  For that, I'm eternally grapefruit.

 

Dear paranoid people who check behind their shower curtains for murderers:  If you do find one, what's your plan?

 

If only vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

 

Men say that women should come with instructions.  What's the point of that?  Have you ever met a man who actually reads the instructions?

 

"I just posted a selfie, and people told me to get well soon". It was the best one yet, hahahaha

[verozz123 0]

What is the process of naturalization after VAWA? Is it 3 year or 5 year? Do I have to be ready for new VAWA interview?

[OldUser 8,375]

1 hour ago, verozz123 said:

What is the process of naturalization after VAWA? Is it 3 year or 5 year? Do I have to be ready for new VAWA interview?

You can pick 3 years bases on VAWA or 5 years on general provision. The whole immigration history including VAWA related events may be reviewed at N-400 regardless of when you decide to naturalize. 

[verozz123 0]

15 hours ago, OldUser said:

You can pick 3 years bases on VAWA or 5 years on general provision. The whole immigration history including VAWA related events may be reviewed at N-400 regardless of when you decide to naturalize. 

Thanks. I should be looking into my case again. I had my I-485 interview and the officer didn't ask any question about abuse and marriage( I get very stressed with those memories). Now, this interview again. I hope if someone went thorough naturalization recently and if they can elaborate the experience, it would be helpful.

[TBoneTX 46,586]

It is Sunday!  We have proven (that is, if correlation = causation) that our jokes bring about approvals and positive progress.  Accordingly, here is our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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THE BLONDE BANK-ROBBER

 

A redhead, a brunette, and a  blonde robbed a bank and were trying to evade the police.  They came upon a farm and hid in the barn.  The redhead hid near the horses, the brunette hid near the cows, and the blonde hid in a pile of potatoes.

 

The police came to search the barn and stopped first near the horse stables.

 

The redhead let out a hearty "Neigh!"  The cops were convinced that the horses were indeed alone, and the redhead escaped.

 

The police then searched near the cow pens.

 

The brunette let out a hearty "Moooo!"  The cops were again convinced, and the brunette was able to escape.

 

The police then turned to the stall where the blonde had hidden.  The blonde, seeing how easily her companions had gotten away, said, "POTATO!"

 

[balo101 670]

Hello family,

 

I would like to know if there is a grace period i have to be in the country before or after apply for USC? Thank you. 

[OldUser 8,375]

2 minutes ago, balo101 said:

Hello family,

 

I would like to know if there is a grace period i have to be in the country before or after apply for USC? Thank you. 

You have to live in your jurisdiction for 90+ days.

 

Even though not legally required, I wouldn't apply for US citizenship immiediately after a long trip (say 5 months). Just to be on safe side.

At the same time, if you were away for few weeks, no problem applying immediately upon return. 

Edited March 16 by OldUser

[balo101 670]

9 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You have to live in your jurisdiction for 90+ days.

 

Even though not legally required, I wouldn't apply for US citizenship immiediately after a long trip (say 5 months). Just to be on safe side.

At the same time, if you were away for few weeks, no problem applying immediately upon return. 

Thank you so much. Just to be clear let's say if i am out for 10 days it should not be a problem. What about right after i apply and leave for 10 days?

[OldUser 8,375]

5 minutes ago, balo101 said:

Thank you so much. Just to be clear let's say if i am out for 10 days it should not be a problem. What about right after i apply and leave for 10 days?

Either is fine as long as you're not close to minimum physical presence in the last 3 or 5 years

[Demise 1,384]

19 hours ago, balo101 said:

Thank you so much. Just to be clear let's say if i am out for 10 days it should not be a problem. What about right after i apply and leave for 10 days?

Then you will disclose that travel during the naturalization interview, they will add that to the calculations, and unless you're right on the edge of time actually spent in US (minimum 18 months out of 3 years) you'll be fine.

 

Basically:

1. You need to be an LPR for a period of time (3 years under VAWA, 5 years under the general provision) (this is the continuous residence requirement referenced below)

2. You need to have resided in US for at least half of the time (18/36 months or 30/60 months)

3. Trips under 6 months do not break the continuous residence requirement

4. Trips over 6 months but under 12 months may break continuous residence requirement. Basically then it's up to you that you didn't intent to break it and still maintain a job, home, etc in US, or family members stayed in US. If you can rebuff it your naturalization eligibility date stays the same, if you cannot rebuff it then your naturalization eligibility date slides back 6 months.

5. Trips over 12 months do break continuous residence and then you have two options:

a. Try to file 2 years 1 day after return (VAWA) or 4 years and 1 day after return and then try to rebuff the break since the absent period in scope is over 6 months and under 12 months so basically the same requirements as in point 4 apply.

b. Wait 2 years and 6 months (VAWA) or 4 years 6 months after return to file.

 

tl;dr: Be in US for at least half the time and don't take trips over 6 months if you want to naturalize fast. Disclose trips after filing N-400 at the interview.

Edited March 17 by Demise