VAWA, Part 27

[Meingandu 10]

47 minutes ago, Rhema1 said:

Hi y'all!

Just got recommend this morning for Approval during my citizenship interview.

They didn't asked me any questions about my vawa. But it was straight forward and the officer was very nice and was making feeling confortable.

My file was reviewed and the Civic questions and writing very simple for me.

Thanks be to God Almighty for all are now behind me.

Just wanting to be scheduled for the oath ceremony.

Congratulations. This a moment of celebration for you. Thank you so much for sharing the experience. If you don’t mind sharing your 360 filing date. 

[Rhema1 422]

4 hours ago, Meingandu said:

Congratulations. This a moment of celebration for you. Thank you so much for sharing the experience. If you don’t mind sharing your 360 filing date. 

I filed the I-360 in April 2020 and got Approved if can recalled  in May 2022. The green Card got approved in August 2022.

[balo101 697]

8 hours ago, Rhema1 said:

Hi y'all!

Just got recommend this morning for Approval during my citizenship interview.

They didn't asked me any questions about my vawa. But it was straight forward and the officer was very nice and was making feeling confortable.

My file was reviewed and the Civic questions and writing very simple for me.

Thanks be to God Almighty for all are now behind me.

Just wanting to be scheduled for the oath ceremony.

Congratulations. Finally your journey ended!

[Rhema1 422]

1 minute ago, balo101 said:

Congratulations. Finally your journey ended!

Yeah 👍 

I'm overwhelmingly happy and grateful to God Almighty.

The journey is fading slowly away behind me.

Thanks so much @balo101 for all your overwhelmed encouragements.

Will never take for granted.

 

[AdamsM 0]

15 hours ago, Demise said:

 

If you weren't in the critical period (between RFE and decision) I'd ask if you have applied for advance parole, however in this case even if you've got it, I'd recommend against any international travel until you have your green card in hand for one very simple reason: It's easier to fight any possible denial while inside the US, if you get denied while abroad you're kinda just screwed and would have to do a whole another process of getting an I-824 to transfer the case to NBC, then DS-260, medicals again, consular interview, and it's just a massive mess to fix. 

 

I'd recommend reaching out to your senator or congressman and having them contact USCIS on your behalf over attempting an infopass. The process is pretty simple, you go to their house or senate page, look for contact link, send them a message explaining your situation, they will send you a privacy release form that you will then need to fill out, sign, and send to them. They will then send that to the USCIS congressional liaison that will make whoever is sitting on it take a look and report back. It's not uncommon to hear "it'll be done when it's done" and then a day or two later see something happen because someone had to pull them out the stack to investigate and at that point they might as well just push it forward. 

 

I do not recommend trying infopass with VAWA cases. The privacy protections of VAWA simply hide most things from view of rank and file employees so they might see very little or see nothing at all, especially now when it's unclear where the case is currently at. RFEs for medicals typically originate from the NBC (in Lee's Summit, MO), but they can also originate from the local field office, and theoretically they could also originate from Vermont/Nebraska. The field office has geographic jurisdiction, they were able to tell you which one it is by where you live even if their system didn't show them anything.  

Thank you for the detailed response. I do have advance parole and decided against using it...too scared so i have been sitting on it. My lawyer filed i360, i485 and i824 concurrently but i do not want to travel without a green card like you rightly stated. I filled out the form and contacted my congress person, hoping to hear back soon (I don't know how long it takes to get feedback) 
For the info pass, again you are spot on...USCIS simply said 'NO" and just to wait. This platform has helped me keep my sanity after all i endured. You all are amazing people.

[AdamsM 0]

3 minutes ago, AdamsM said:

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Rhema1 said:

Yeah 👍 

I'm overwhelmingly happy and grateful to God Almighty.

The journey is fading slowly away behind me.

Thanks so much @balo101 for all your overwhelmed encouragements.

Will never take for granted.

 

A massive congratulations to you!!

Edited 8 hours ago by AdamsM

[TBoneTX 48,247]

12 hours ago, Rhema1 said:

got recommend this morning for Approval during my citizenship interview.

Yee-HAAAAA!   

 

[Note to T-B.'s self:  Jokes worked again... jokes worked again...   ]

[TBoneTX 48,247]

Our jokes have been so successful recently that we deserve Wednesday's Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke:

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THE TWO REDNECKS AND THEIR PRIZES

 

Bubba and Billy Bob, two rednecks, were known for being quite a bit below the average intelligence in Arkansas.

 

One day, in their local Walmart, they decided to try their luck in the weekly charity raffle.  They each bought five tickets for a dollar each.

 

The next week, when the raffle was drawn, each had won a prize.  Billy Bob won first place -- a year's supply of gourmet spaghetti sauce and extra-long spaghetti.  Bubba won sixth prize -- a toilet brush.

 

A week later, when the men met back at Walmart. Bubba asked Billy Bob how he liked his prize.

 

Billy Bob replied, "Great!  I love spaghetti!"

 

Billy Bob asked Bubba, "How about you?  How's the toilet brush?"

 

"Not so good," replied Bubba.  "I reckon I'm gonna switch back to paper."