Sandra93

Another update:
 
December 22nd - I-360, I-485, I-765, I-131 received by VSC February 10th - Notice of Action March 2nd - Biometrics scheduled for March 9th March 9th - Biometrics completed March 14th - Prima Facie (Notice Date February 25th)  March 31st - New EAD card was ordered. April 6th - The card was mailed to me.    

I don't think she's eligible to apply for a new EAD until she has a new I-485 pending.
 
The previous one was denied because her husband withdrew his affidavit of support. We get our EAD's based on pending AOS. She has to have a pending AOS to be able to get EAD.

No questions are stupid here and if you are applying for VAWA then this forum is definitely for you. Go back and read through VAWA part 5, 6, and 7. If you don't find an answer to your questions there, send a private message to @sandranj and explain in detail what your situation is. Not getting a Prima Facie is not necessarily a bad thing. I've heard of people who have gotten their Prima Facie and were rejected at the end. There's also been cases when people didn't get Prima Facie and were approved. As we discussed earlier, Prima Facie decision rests solely with the Immigration Officer to whom your case was assigned. Maybe he/she needs more information and has sent you RFE (request for evidence) before they can give you a Prima Facie. Unfortunately they will not provide any information about VAWA cases over the phone unless your a lawyer assigned to the case and the processing time of your case is out of the regular processing times. Something you can do is make an InfoPass on the governments website and see if you can get any information that way. 
 
Do you have your receipt notice and case number? It will be helpful if you end up making an InfoPass appointment. It is still early for your case to be worried. I submitted my case on December 20th and didn't even get my receipts until February 10th. Then I had my Biometrics a month later, on March 9th. Then a couple weeks later I got my Prima Facie - it took almost 3 months to get my Prima Facie so you have nothing to worry about just yet. 
 
Sit tight and I wish you the best of luck!

No questions are stupid here and if you are applying for VAWA then this forum is definitely for you. Go back and read through VAWA part 5, 6, and 7. If you don't find an answer to your questions there, send a private message to @sandranj and explain in detail what your situation is. Not getting a Prima Facie is not necessarily a bad thing. I've heard of people who have gotten their Prima Facie and were rejected at the end. There's also been cases when people didn't get Prima Facie and were approved. As we discussed earlier, Prima Facie decision rests solely with the Immigration Officer to whom your case was assigned. Maybe he/she needs more information and has sent you RFE (request for evidence) before they can give you a Prima Facie. Unfortunately they will not provide any information about VAWA cases over the phone unless your a lawyer assigned to the case and the processing time of your case is out of the regular processing times. Something you can do is make an InfoPass on the governments website and see if you can get any information that way. 
 
Do you have your receipt notice and case number? It will be helpful if you end up making an InfoPass appointment. It is still early for your case to be worried. I submitted my case on December 20th and didn't even get my receipts until February 10th. Then I had my Biometrics a month later, on March 9th. Then a couple weeks later I got my Prima Facie - it took almost 3 months to get my Prima Facie so you have nothing to worry about just yet. 
 
Sit tight and I wish you the best of luck!

No questions are stupid here and if you are applying for VAWA then this forum is definitely for you. Go back and read through VAWA part 5, 6, and 7. If you don't find an answer to your questions there, send a private message to @sandranj and explain in detail what your situation is. Not getting a Prima Facie is not necessarily a bad thing. I've heard of people who have gotten their Prima Facie and were rejected at the end. There's also been cases when people didn't get Prima Facie and were approved. As we discussed earlier, Prima Facie decision rests solely with the Immigration Officer to whom your case was assigned. Maybe he/she needs more information and has sent you RFE (request for evidence) before they can give you a Prima Facie. Unfortunately they will not provide any information about VAWA cases over the phone unless your a lawyer assigned to the case and the processing time of your case is out of the regular processing times. Something you can do is make an InfoPass on the governments website and see if you can get any information that way. 
 
Do you have your receipt notice and case number? It will be helpful if you end up making an InfoPass appointment. It is still early for your case to be worried. I submitted my case on December 20th and didn't even get my receipts until February 10th. Then I had my Biometrics a month later, on March 9th. Then a couple weeks later I got my Prima Facie - it took almost 3 months to get my Prima Facie so you have nothing to worry about just yet. 
 
Sit tight and I wish you the best of luck!

I have an update too. 
My lawyer called me today and said I got a notice for biometrics. 
So:
December 22nd - I-360, I-485, I-765, I-131 received by VSC
February 10th - Notice of Action
March 2nd - Biometrics scheduled for March 9th 
 
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That is unusally long, in my opinion. 2 years? I know at some point it really did take them that long to decide some cases but not recently. We hear about people who have gotten their decisions already and they applied March/April 2016. Definitely get an info pass. As much as we think it's government and they have everything organized, with this many applications coming through, it is possible that a case might get "forgotten". 

Thank you guys. That really helped make me a little calmer. 
 
I'm sorry for asking so many questions but does anybody know how to take an attorney off my case? The USCIS website says you just have to write a letter stating that you will represent yourself from now on and attach your case number. Is that enough?