Good morning.
I had my vawa process done years ago so I don’t remember somethings, maybe you guys can help me.
I need some help for my friend. She got married 2017 but did apply for her GC until 2021 because her husband didn’t want her to be able to travel anywhere without him. They had a lot of issues during the marriage both physical and mental. In 2023 they had an interview anda couple weeks ago they received a notice for a 2nd interview. They didn’t have a lot of evidence, he never added her to bank account, didn’t let her buy a car.. he was very controlling. Maybe because of the lack of evidence immigration now wants a second interview.
The problem is now when they received the notice for the 2nd interview the husband freaked out because according to his “friends that know about immigration” when they get a 2nd interview is because the marriage is fake and he is probably been cheated. So he got home, got into another physical altercation with her and told her he is not going to this interview and is never divorcing her either so she can forget about her green card and will never go visit her family again.
I told her about this vawa so she went to the church that offers immigration help but they only have appointments 6 months from now and she doesn’t have money for a lawyer… her second interview is at the end of this month. Can she go to the interview alone and apply for vawa after? Can she apply now?
any help is much appreciated, she has been through a lot!