anajnic

I understand where you are coming from. She didn't come here fraudulently, left everything behind, etc Immigration law actually allows her to self adjust since she married.
You're on here just like me, do your own research and come to your own opinion like I did. It's not my job to educate you or convince you to change your opinion.

If she came to the US to be with him, and she doesn't know anyone else, why would she want to stay?

Yousay you were denied and you didnt want refil the aplication and you broke up to your fiance.
That mean that you didnt love your fiance really, that mean that you want a visa urgent! No a wife.
And in less of 5 months you love another american citizen?
Visa fisher you look like.

John F, simply refusing to file the AoS is not considered abuse. To be considered abuse, this has to be tied to other factors of abuse, for example a well-documented and credible pattern of what USCIS understands as legitimate abuse. Similarly, if your spouse cheated on you, this is not considered abuse either, even if she got pregnant by another man. Some things are defined by the law as abuse and others are not. Refusing to sponsor for AoS on its own is not. For the USCIS legitimate abuse has to go beyond a certain threshold, which, in fact, is not easy to define, especially in cases of psychological abuse. You have to prove that you were the victim of extreme cruelty. These are subjective interpretations, especially when you are involved emotionally with someone and especially when the prize is permanent residency. For this reason, the USCIS relies on a professional evaluation. A psychologist that has experience with victims of abuse can provide such an evaluation. Your subjective emotions are something that can't convince the USCIS easily. A
According to immigration laws, the US citizen spouse is not obliged to sponsor anyone for a green card. If you read up more broadly on marriage and green card, you will discover that the refusal to sponsor for AoS alone is simply not considered abuse. It is much more complex than that. This is the reason there is a special service center in Vermont, where adjudicators trained in this matter make decisions. If in combination with other things, then the refusal to sponsor for AoS can be abusive. But I have to agree with anajnic that this by itself is not grounds to be approved under VAWA.
There is a lot written on VAWA and I'd do some reading if I were you. Your situation might indeed be difficult and you might indeed be a victim of abuse. But you need to inform yourself before you decide what qualifies for abuse and whether you are a victim. I hope you are not simply relying on a forum. This forum can be very helpful, but this is a long and complex process involving a lot of documentation. You need to do your own research. I personally spent months learning about this before submitting my application. Also, there are not silver bullets here. Every situation is unique. If you don't inform yourself and if you don't pay careful attention to the rules and requirements, odds are that your application won't be very successful, especially without a professional psychological evaluation. So you would probably benefit if you took your time and understood what VAWA is, how it works, and whether it can work for you.

Hi Faithkeeper, hopefully your interview date soon.Girlll!!! think of it like by this time next year we paranging,eating sweetbread,black cake.You come by me ,i come by you in Sweet sweet TNT.Thats just the hope we need to have

Remember I shared that I did not have my medicals because of affordability and also i was married before and did not have the original Divorce decree (its from another country). Well HUNNIBOOBOOS!!!! I had a friend in that country and one night through the nudging of the holy spirit i texted her (that was a few days ago).Today I'm happy to say she mailed off my original divorce decree and my brother paid for my medicals. God is good. I am telling you I was sooooo stressed thinking about where i was gonna get the money and so forth.Just had to share this.

Thanks a lot sandranj,anjanic and piper.your help means a lot.im almost there.would be submitting my i360 soon once my evaluation report comes.all my documents are ready so far.

Hi Vawa peeps.I pray all is well.Hang in there.I thought all was lost when I realize that my marriage was over and my immigration was over.I felt hopeless dent know what to do .I let it go and trusted in God. One day I was in the gym when I met this woman and in talking she told me what she did.I then told her my prob and my situation.( she was the director of immigration for the senator).I made an appointment , saw her, she did all my paperwork and sent it off.I am writing this because there was nooo hope before until I met this lady that God directed in my life.Ddnt know about Vawa, thought all was lost. All is NOT lost ,God is on the throne .We are all here and though we may have delays, all things are working together for those that serve and love God.My life s a testimony of Gods faithfulness in this journey.Dont give up,one day at a time,be patient . its gonna work out #datisall#

Hi Vawa peeps.I pray all is well.Hang in there.I thought all was lost when I realize that my marriage was over and my immigration was over.I felt hopeless dent know what to do .I let it go and trusted in God. One day I was in the gym when I met this woman and in talking she told me what she did.I then told her my prob and my situation.( she was the director of immigration for the senator).I made an appointment , saw her, she did all my paperwork and sent it off.I am writing this because there was nooo hope before until I met this lady that God directed in my life.Ddnt know about Vawa, thought all was lost. All is NOT lost ,God is on the throne .We are all here and though we may have delays, all things are working together for those that serve and love God.My life s a testimony of Gods faithfulness in this journey.Dont give up,one day at a time,be patient . its gonna work out #datisall#

Hi sandranj,
Thanks for sharing this. I am already divorced but I hope it won't be a problem that my spouse filed for divorce first. My situation was such that I had to move to a different state and I was preoccupied with survival for months. Soon after I left my abusive spouse, she was already in a new relationship and it seems like she rushed for the divorce so that she could be "in the clear" again. In the meantime, I was out of the state, without any resources and basically trying to make it. These were my top priorities. The formalities around the divorce were not a priority for me at a time when I was trying to simply survive and seek therapist help. I recently went back to the town we lived together and went to the Court. I picked up the divorce degree, which says that I did not appear at the divorce hearings. I really did not want to see her again, I did not know when the hearings were anyway, and it didn't really matter to me - I knew we were going to be divorced, so, given that I was completely broke, I did not want to deal with any of that.
Your comment that it looks more credible if the victim of abuse files first seem correct - however, this would matter for the abuse, NOT for the good faith of the marriage. As far as I understood, they are not supposed/allowed to ask about the abuse at the interview. Who files for divorce first should have nothing to do with the good faith of the marriage.
Here is what I found:
"The 1990 act further assisted battered foreign nationals by making other changes to the INA joint
petition waiver provisions. It added language to the INA instructing the Attorney General to
establish by regulation “measures to protect the confidentiality of information concerning any
abused foreign national spouse or child." It also broadened the existing waiver based on
termination of a good faith marriage by eliminating the requirement for battered foreign nationals
to have been the ones terminating the marriage and for good cause. Thus, foreign nationals who
had entered into good faith marriages that subsequently terminated could apply for the waiver
regardless of who had terminated the marriage and for whatever reason. The House Judiciary
Committee report justified these changes as follows:

In many cases there are obstacles that prevent a battered alien spouse from initiating a
divorce, such as lack of resources to pay for a lawyer; ethnic or cultural prohibitions against
divorce…. Often, aliens are denied the waiver because they cannot satisfy the “good cause”
requirement under no-fault [divorce] laws."

Ill get the letter soon this week but the email only gave me the date no request for meds but I'm taking care of meds this week God willing .Thank God for blessing my brother who is able to bless me with the money to do it. God showed up and showed out ya heard!!!

Thank you hun

Seeing you was the best thing to come out from this situation, so grateful for all of you love love love the conversation and he warmth on a cold day. It feels good to know we are not alone and meeting you guys restored my hope in humanity. Ai, faith, oly, nice guy ( I don't remember ur screen name) .and Sandra what can I say ? The total package beautiful inside and out. Thanks for making this possible. Sending lots of air kisses your way people. Thank u!!!

Definitely!!!

OOOOMMGEEEE!!!! It was an honor and pleasure to meet up with Sandranj ,Faithkeeper ,Marlou and my 2 new friends i made today..Simply amazing.It was one of the best few hours I have spent in a longgggg timeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

I enjoyed the meet up. We had a blast.Thanks for the presence Marlou,faithkeeper,anajnic and the two others that I don't remember the nicknames.

Now you know but we are believing God for approval , no more Prima Facie.. We done with that. TTYl.. i going to meet the girls..lol

I will do what ever is necessary at this point, if i were you. You can do your own Prima Facie, you don't need her for that.I pray you won't be needing another one at all but that you will be approved soon.Dont give up on God , its always his time and I feel in my spirit that you will get the approval soon God willing. It is frustrating, been there but it will work out soon

I PM U, HUNNIBOBOO

I just had a meeting today with some adjudicators then here is some news.
-Vawa Unit now hired 55 additional immigration officers to work with vawa cases, then the cases are going fast because of that.
-If you vawa approved more than 45 days and they did not transfer your file to NBC yet then email hotlinefollowupi360.vsc@dhs.gov, mention your name, address, date of birth, case number, when your vawa was approved , and inquire about when your case will be transferred to NBC, and the subject should be "Outside Normal Processing Time”. If you filed Vawa over 12months ago you can use this email to inquire as well about the delay in adjudicating your case.
-DO NOT use more black pen to sign your forms or letter, use BLUE using blue they can distinguish am original document from a copy ok
-Changing address in your AOS application use this AR 11 link, not the old one
https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do write down your previous address and your current address.
-If after 45 days that your case was transferred to NBC you didn't receive notice to attend an interview, set up infopass to inquire about it.
-When answering an RFE, the ORIGINAL blue sheet must be on top of the RFE answer.
-Filing I-360 put in the cover letter a chart specifying the documents you are submitting and number of the page
-To change your address with VAWA UNIT submit a NOTARIZED letter with name, date of birth, current address, phone number, case number , because sometimes they do not update, email them as well. Using a copy of the notarized letter, write down a subject "Change of Address” and email to hotlinefollowupi360.vsc@dhs.gov, but please submit by mail and email ok.(just regarding I-360)

AWWWW!!!!! thank you sweetheart. God gets the Glorayyyyy!!! very proud and extremely happy for you. Your life will be beautiful in Jesus name. Love God always, he should always be first.. Wow , this is truly a blessing.

People are too much in this forum. Changing their names , messaging you and others to get info. going back and forth discussing and gossiping about other members to other members when the only focus should be VAWA and approvals. If you need to ask me anything DO NOT INBOX AT ALLLL. I am transparent and as a result correspond with me here. As a matter of fact I am hoping admin sees this and DELETES my account. I have been t dying to delete this account and have been unsuccessful
Last but not least. AN APPROVED VAWA IS NOT A GREEN CARD nor isn it a guarantee of one

@Anajnic I want to publicly say a big thank you to u. I believe if it wasn't for u I would still be waiting on my lawyer to get things right. You are a god sent n I thank you for ur many advice and prayers. Girl I wish you all the best n may the good Lord continue to bless u abundantly. ♥♥♥

You cannot reopen the old I-485 as you are no longer married/in a relationship with this person. You cannot adjust status based upon a relationship that no longer exist.