VAWA, Part 25

[TBoneTX 43,525]

It's Sunday, and time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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THE THREE HUTS

 

A ship, sailing past a desert island, spotted a man who had been stranded there for several years.  The captain went ashore to rescue the man, and noticed three huts.

 

"What's the first hut for?" he asked.

"That's my house," said the castaway.

 

"What's the second hut for?"

"That's my church."

 

"And the third hut?"

"Oh, that?" sniffed the castaway.  "That's the church I used to go to."

 

[TxElixir 6]

Vawa Approved: April 2021

I765 & I131 Renewal C09: May 2021

I765 Approved and Delivered: July 15, 2022(2 year validity combo card)

[BlueTiger92 123]

just got medical exam RFE last week!!

my I-485 online status hasn't changed since first fingerprints in 2019. Anyone else went through the whole process without case status changing?

[FAP 72]

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

[Pinkrlion 2,616]

1 hour ago, BlueTiger92 said:

just got medical exam RFE last week!!

my I-485 online status hasn't changed since first fingerprints in 2019. Anyone else went through the whole process without case status changing?

I believe we all have.  

[Stillwinning!!!😊 4,565]

37 minutes ago, FAP said:

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

Dear FAP, I’m super thrilled for you. Just can’t say it enough that God truly does works in mysterious ways! Thank God for Sandra and a host of other valuable inputs here. I know the feeling of relief 😮‍💨 after all the storm! I pray that many others here still waiting will get their own testimony!🙏

[Pinkrlion 2,616]

@FAP  AWESOME

[Rhema1 342]

1 hour ago, FAP said:

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

Congratulations!

It's now over!

Praying for more approvals 🙏🙏🙏

[BlueTiger92 123]

1 hour ago, FAP said:

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

Congratulations!!! 🥳

That sounds like a tough interview. Glad your journey is over!!

[TBoneTX 43,525]

2 hours ago, FAP said:

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years

Yee-HAAAAA!   

[Note to T-B.'s self:  Joke worked again... joke worked again...]

[Lifeline_god 67]

7 hours ago, FAP said:

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

God is great.!! Congratulations!!🥁💯🍾🥁✅ Enjoy your new beginning!✅😊

[Hope4me 55]

9 hours ago, FAP said:

Dear family,

My VAWA journey is over after a little less than 3 years. Nov 2019 filer, I360 approved Dec 2021. Very mixed feelings, not so ecstatic as I expected I'm gonna be. Totally calm actually... Maybe due to the fact I've been waiting for this for almost 13 years...

Anyway, I want to say thank you you all for your kind words and encouragement and advice during this journey. I did everything myself (with a 100% help on here) no attorney involved at all. Thank you @sandranj , @Stillwinning!!!😊, @Demise, @Pinkrlion@shiva32 and all others members of this forum that I forgot.

After all I can say this place is amazing. I knew nothing about VAWA when I joined - now I know more than some lawyers 😁. Keep supporting each other - it's hard to describe what this community did for me - I'm ready to give my share back.

I went through it all, horrible marriage, Stokes, I130 denial, life threatening assault, hospital etc etc but back stronger than ever. Never ever give up!!! There is always a hope! Once I read God only throws on us what we can take.  In October 2019 I lost everything: status, wife, job, business equipment, place to stay - basically my whole world collapsed. Everybody turned back on me - everybody stopped answering my phone calls.  Almost 3 years later everything turned around. A lot of people wrote here - God works in mysterious ways and it's definitely true. 

Had an interview on Friday for like 45 min. Very nice officer - but first question was like:

So tell me - how come you have I360 - it's usually for women? But after reading here for years I knew what to say and I pointed him to my affidavit and said I really can't go through all of that again... Then later I explained a new moments that are still going on after filing I360.

He was curious why my addresses don't match at all (ID, VAWA, IRS, USCIS, car registration joint with abuser) nothing actually matches. He was surprised but my explanation was perfectly logical and he was like Oh - WOW - you`ve been through a lot. 

When did you have last contact with your wife, did you file for divorce, how long did you date before getting married, did you ever get arrested and I485 questions. Gave him medical and last 3 year taxes, marriage certificate certified copy and that's it. He handed me  that piece of paper that says your case is under review, we can not make a decision at this moment and will let you know if we need anything from you bla bla

I left field office feeling after like a stroke hitting 3 red lights in a row (thank God Chicago downtown doesn't have red light cameras) and took me a whole day to get myself together. I thought oh God they are gonna keep me waiting for weeks now... (Chicago is notorious for that) At 23:15 Lawfully app started blinking and I was like - oh not that stupid sh*t again with  their commercials etc  but I opened it  and here we go...

 

 

Congratulations fam. This is really inspirational. Wishing you Godspeed in future endeavors.

[Maridade 51]

On 7/12/2022 at 1:48 PM, Maridade said:

Hello all,

Although I don't connect often I have been a silent follower of this valuable forum. Congratulations to all the approved and those waiting keep faith the day is coming soon.

I filed for ead renewal (C31) and AP (I131) on February 2022 and today both cases got approved. I-485 is still pending 16 months after I-360 approval (NYC queens).

Below is a screenshot of the timeline of the two petitions.

 

Hi all a quick update:

I have received the EAD and AP and it is indeed a combo card valid for two years. 

Even though I have applied for a C31 renewal they decided to change the category and based it on the pending I-485.

Some of you were right though. Thanks again to everyone and I hope we see many more approvals.

 

[lonelyheartclub 34]

Is anyone waiting for a medical request to come through? 
Filed July 2019 

Approved May 2021

Case moved June 2021

 

Thank you 

New York 

[Anujra 82]

25 minutes ago, lonelyheartclub said:

Is anyone waiting for a medical request to come through? 
Filed July 2019 

Approved May 2021

Case moved June 2021

 

Thank you 

New York 

Hi,

I received RFE for i-693 letter on 6/17/2022.

My lawyer responded to USCIS on 7/5/2022.

Waiting for the next step.

 

timeline:

i-360 & i-485 on 10/3/2019

i-360 approved on 8/31/2021(but the letter received in October, 2021)

i-485 transferred 10/29/2021

REF for i-693 6/17/2022