Norabloom

Dear friends,

after 5 years of applying for I-360, after long fight and many many letters and proves sent to VSC, with help of many doctors, friends and attorneys, after countless hours of sleepless nights and a lot of stress I finally got email from VSC stating that my I-360 application has been APPROVED!

I first applied on 2010 and it got denied then I submit appeal what also got denied. Then in December 2014 I applied again for I-360, I-485, I-765 and I-131. I have received 2 RFE, First one for good moral character and second RFE was for proof of abuse and Bona Fide marriage. After submitting RFE responds at end of June, today they update my case on their website saying I-360 has been approved.

Without of help from all of you, specially without help of Sandranj I will never get this approved. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL HELP FROM EVERYONE!!!

Now since my I-360 has been approved and I have I-485 pending I have few questions:

1. What is next step and what do you think how long it will take me to get Green Card?

2. Will I have interview or not?

3. If I have interview how long it will take for it and will it be in local office or I will have o go to Vermont?

4. Since I never got Prima Facie can I apply now for public benefits, since my I-360 is approved?

5. I had I-131 advance parole approved, but I never used it. Is it save to use it now or should I wait for GC?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOD BLESS YOU ALL, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT EVERYONE WHO SUFFERED ABUSE GETS THEIR VAWA APPLICATION APPROVED FAST!

my VAWA got approved and i got a letter saying that. thanks SANDRANJ for every help.

I have exact same question that macbook listed from 1st to 4 th except parole which i don't have . pls answer details for us . even i haven't applied for public benefits mostly because i don't know how to .

thanks

Hi Guys,

Is there a way to directly call the VAWA and find out about case status because I didnt received anything and I am thinking they might have ask for rfe .

Thanks

Thank you Norabloom. I am thrilled when people that I helped have the case approved, not because it will fulfill my ego, but because I pray for every single person that went through abuse, because I ask God's guidance when handling each case, and of course I want to know when the case is approved, their joy is mine too, but I guess some people just share misery,nothing else .I know that God uses me tremendously when I am doing the cases. I do not praise myself for any approval,I thank the Lord for every single case approved.I do not walk in my life according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Sandranj, What you are doing is gods work. you are compassionate and emphatic ... you are willing to share happiness and pain together with people who are going through VAWA and yes!! people need to share the good news too, because you deserve to know and its further strengths your sprit. Thank you Sandranj for being such a kind hearted person . hope i meet you someday .

I got my SSC card too. thank you

This still didn't satisfy my concern because adjudication of my i485 depends on the outcome of my VAWA application. So In any case I'd still need to know the status of my i360 beforehand. Sigh.....just going through the anxiety and confused blues,,,,,,the fact that I haven't received an RFE gives me the Impression that my case Is at a standstill. Pushed to the side....

will you please share your time line ?

Hi Sandranj,

I need to say this, you are helping so many people without meeting and seeing them . that shows how big your heart is. I am sorry that some people dont see the unconditional care and willingness to make a diffrence in peoples life for good. I respect you a lot . and admire that you are using your knowledge for the good things. its very kind of you. and your consistency to assist through vj pages speaks alot about you. I know you wont let any person with small minded effect you but still I need to say please disregard and continue to make diffrence and spreading joy and hope . as you are doing . thank you for answering me everytime I am in need . I value your time, knowledge and heart .

Sorry Sandranj,

it seems my EAD case was approved already ,can you please tell me how long does it take to get in the mail usually ? and is the instructions that i need to follow difficult .

THank you

Hi Sandranj,

I received RFE for EAD for the two copies of my passport. and when i check my status with the help of receipt no on RFE it says I would here from them before june 02,

filed on feb 05 including VAWA and everything

biometrics march 18

RFE submission on March 25,

Do you have any idea , how long this would take ? or is there a way to find whats happening other than from the reciept no. or did i screw up .

Thank you so much

Nora

Hello ! I read the original post, and of course "norabloom" post. It is really sad that women, and even men have to undergo these kind of feelings after all in the name of love. Love should be the greatest of all feelings. With that said, I hope everyone, including me, could learn lessons from these experiences. But then let me remind everyone that It is not about our failures in love, it is more about on how we stand firm and overcome failures into success. First, let us learn to love and respect more of ourselves to avoid manipulations and deceits. Let us be careful of our hearts by knowing well first the person we are about to fall in love. In short, start with good friendship first... no rush ! By then maybe you will know if it is meant to be or not.

I hope this helps a little. I also hope that the original poster will be able to work out on her immigration status, if not, give it sometime to go back home and start life all over again. Life is unfair sometimes, but I believe it can't be unfair all times. Keep the faith and hope in you....love will come again maybe in God's name. Good luck !

Hi,

Yes, hope we all stand tall more than ever. Thank you so much. yes!! lets start focussing on ourself and the very essence of your own. so that we will be healthier and attract healthy person. still being hopful though I don't think i can fall in love to that point.

Hi,

I totally understand you. though our situation is littl diffrent . my husband is extremely jealous, insecure and possesive,isolation , abuses who is afraid to let me do anything with out his presence. he didnt cheat on me I know we are so in love but love too has negativity . I gave myself, him and ourself lots of chance to the point where I felt like my purpose and very existence of me is gone. he never filed adjustmust status and i never insisit him because he threatens me that if i start working people will naturally get attracted to me and everybody wll get hands on me. we argue, harresment, manuplaiton, blame games are common. eventually it come to the point where i dont even fight back and do exactly as he says or expected. i am very well educated person, who knows whats right and wrong still this happened and i am sure education doesnt do anythinng as he is highly educated too still very insecure .

what i am trying to say is he doesnt grasp how much i gave up for us despite my communtiy , soceity and friends humilating me for being in love with diffrent race and i stood up for us because I am in love . i didnt do it so that i have to face hummilation and abuse from the very person i love. i can understand why he is being like that and he says i help him to be better person and i felt we could be good healthy family. but no it didnt happen.

i am away from him with the help of very helpful people, saw therapist and it come to the conclusion that i dont think i will ever dare to fall in love again and i still fear about what he might do to me . i cant go back to my communtiy because i am shame for them . whether i live with him or go back its loss for me. i lost my soul, my courage, confidence . love does that , it changed me comepletely. i hope people understand people who chose to make a stand and face the world to be with the one you love is a difficult and hard choice . i still wish him best .

now i am working on my independence, waiting for my work permit and i hope my vawa goes through. i learnt that you alone can help youurself. love is not everything in the world. i just had my biometrics and i dont know how long it will take for me to get work permit . i am living with a friend and i have only 200 dollar in me. hope everything works out. still i chose to stand up for my life . thznk you !1 i just want to share . hope it will familarize the situation with your own and you are not alone. thts what my therapist said. so do i .

Hello everyone, I am in a difficult situation. I am a GC holder with conditions. The US citizen and I got married back in october within 90 days of my arrival on a K1 visa.

For those who came in the same case will understand that we compromise a lot in order to be with the person we love. I left my friends, family, house and job behind to restart my life with the person I would be together forever.

But living together didnt workout. My partner didnt want to have sex with me, at all. But would have sex with others without a problem. I accepted that for a while, but I was not mean to live like that. We had many arguments about this matter and at some point I gave up.

Financially, I have never had a problem with clothes or food. Initially the only problem we had was the sex. After a couple of months trying to deal with this, I gave up and wanted a time for myself to figure out what would happen with us.

He said he wouldnt give me this time, he would divorce immediately, so I would have to leave the country. It happened before I got the temporary green card.

I loved him, and it was scary to hear how he was reacting. After speaking with his friends, he apologized and said he would say that again.

Moving forward, during an argument, he pushed me really strong, i gave 4 steps back to not fall. I scared me again, I cried and then said he would never touch me that way again or he would never see me again.

Another situation, with the progress of our relationship only going down hill, he would ask me to leave his house - we live in a city that is really expensive to find a place. The average price for a shared room is $1000. have your own room its around $1800 . Knowing that, he would threat me asking me to leave his house exactly because I would not have a place o go.


after this all, I still loved him.. the passion was over, but I still care about him. Until the day he broke up with me. I accepted that, and I was ready to move on with my life. But he is still trying to control my life since I still havent found a place to go. I am looking but the harassment keeps happening. He acts like we are still married and on going relationship, but asks me to sleep in the couch. Buy my own food while he buys his. He goes out without telling what he is going to do or lies about it. But I am required to give 100% of info about what I am going to do if I go out.

Now that we are going to divorce, I want to know what are my options to stay here in the US. I didnt want to make him any trouble. But I cant stay quiet anymore. Ive been holding on for too long. I wanna speak out about it but I am not sure if it is a good reason to apply for VAWA. I would love to have counseling about it. I dont wanna do anything wrong and Dont know whe I should seek for help.

I didnt share anything what was happening with my family in my country because they would feel too worry about me here. And also didnt share with friends because I was ashamed of going thru this here.