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I-360, 485, 693 and 765 received at VSC - Feb 21, 2017.

RFE Bona Fide Marriage - March 15, 2017.

RFE received on April 2, 2017 at VSC

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Feb 2020

No notification, just a letter in the mail requesting me to appear for my vawa 485 interview.

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New medicals done

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March 2020

Interview .......

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June 8,2020

360 approval...... 

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July 10,2020

RFE 485 ..... Birth certificate

I received my RFE today for my 485 and interesting enough it came from NBC Lee's Summit, Missouri and not from Vermont. They asked for a copy of an electronic version of my birth certificate from my home country. Lucky enough my relatives back home can work on it for me before the 87 days to respond to this rfe. DHL also provides service to my home country during these times so I'm a bit relieved.

Congrats to everyone and recent approvals. Let's not forget that God 🙏 is always in control and each day is a step closer to the end.

4 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

I pray with you dear for it to be as simple as a birth certificate!🙏🙏 Lord knows you've waited long enough!😔

Amen and thank you so much dear.

The Lord is with with us and He will never leave is midway. 🙏🙏🙏

4 minutes ago, balo101 said:

did you do your medical? 

Yes please that was the first thing I got done before leaving school to go for the interview.

Hello family,

Hope everyone's doing well and staying safe 🙏.

So my story never ends as today I got notification for an rfe with regards to 485. The interview was completed in March and the 120 days waiting countdown ended this week. At the moment I'm really thinking hard on what was missed or skipped during the interview and I'm praying this should just be an easy fix.

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Could it be: Passport pics, birth certificate ..... etc.... I'll keep everyone posted on the outcome of the information they need this time.

God bless 🙏 us all in our endeavors and day to day activities.

3 minutes ago, Allrounder said:

Hello to everyone here in this journey. I am a March 2018 filer and my journey has been a very long one. Afer filing i did not not receive any till January 16 2020 when they sent me my first rfe, they asked for a whole lot and i was panicing and crying thinking i will never succeed. I have a lawyer but i was 80 percent on my case. I read people's experiences on here and try to get all the necessary documents myself, the good thing is he was very corperative. I had to submit a background check from Europe where i had lived before coming to the US. I responded to my rfe on March 2020 and yesterday i checked my status and this is what i saw on my i 360. I guess this is a fat big and great news for me. I just graduated from a nursing school as an LPN on June 2 , 2020, that is what has been keeping me busy and taking my mind off the stress of this journey.

Congratulations and very good job keeping yourself busy my dear. It was the same with me too, school and work kept me off the long wait and clear my mind.

Once again congrats and have a blessed day 🙏🎉🙏🙏🙏😇

9 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

All is well already! Just waiting to hear the good news..real soon!🙏😊❤

Thank you sweetheart for those words, really appreciate it 😊💐💐💐.

Have a blessed weekend

23 minutes ago, balo101 said:

@sandranj

 @Stillwinning!!!😊

Guys i need help. My i-131 is pending since july 10th. Originally it was sent to NBC. and today i called to USCIS inquire about it. The agent told me he does not have access to my file. Therefore, i need to write to Vermont service center.  My question is,

 

Why do i need to write to Vermont since it was originally sent to NBC?

and What should i write to them? if there is any template? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

You mean July 10,2019?

If yes I'd recommend just filling a new one if that's okay with you because it's almost year due.

Any document or application sent with or in connection with your vawa application is quite restricted and can't resolved through phone call or online inquiry.

There's no formal template to use. Just write a simple letter to Vermont with regards to your pending 131, make sure you sign it and maybe if you want notarized, and send it in.

They may or may not respond.

2 hours ago, DmytriiD said:

so how did the I485 interview go ? was you rejected or asked to put on hold until I360 is approved ? Did they put on hold ?

Nope none of that happened. We surely did finish the interview ( it wasn't an easy interview in my case, we went thru everything from beginning to the end) and she handed me a sheet of paper with indicated that I'll have an update within 120 days from the day of the interview. I got a notification saying that my interview was completed and case must be reviewed.

Hoping and praying 🙏 all goes well.

8 hours ago, DmytriiD said:

hold on, I thought we suppose to have an I360 approval and then I485 Interview. I thought there is no such thing as I360 interview ? Guys, please correct me !? I am confused...

Yes you're right I360 approval first before 485 but in my situation it was the opposite, 485 interview before 360 approval. There's no interview for the 360 just one for the 485. You might be the lucky one to have both approvals with no interview 😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

14 minutes ago, DanyT. said:

Hi,

 

Congratulations. Could you share your timeline?. Also could you tell us how was your interview? It was easy, soft, it was a hard time?.

 

Thanks and again congratulations

Thanks and you're very welcome.

I-360, 485, 693 and 765 received at VSC - Feb 21, 2017.

RFE Bona Fide Marriage - March 15, 2017.

RFE received on April 2, 2017 at VSC

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2018

Total silence - still praying, being patient, working and timely renewal of my ead cards

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2019

Total silence again - still praying, persevering in patience, working and timely renewal of my ead cards

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Feb 2020

No notification, just a letter in the mail requesting me to appear for my vawa 485 interview.

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Was in school back then so I quickly got my medical redone, took time off school to attend.

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March 2020

Interview - it wasn't as easy as I expected, I had to start from scratch by the telling the officer everything because that was what she requested to know. Wasn't friendly or hospitable.i went thru my horrors during the interview which was almost 2 and half hours.

Refused to tell me whether my vawa was approved or not. She barely didn't want to read to me my 485 case number but she finally did with EAC........

don't want to go much into it but for actual details you can read my experience during the beginning of March of the forum here.

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June 8,2020

360 approval...... Quite odd but I'm still graceful 😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💐.

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No lawyer, self petition and all the resources and experiences was from this forum.

God bless 🙏😇 everyone on here

7 hours ago, AhmedEid said:

You have been three years to get the approval ?!!

Yes in my case it took that long.

2 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

You already know your Greencard is coming to you!!! God rules and reigns!!!🙏👑👑👑👑👑❤❤❤❤😀

Amen sweet heart 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊😊😊

12 minutes ago, Mira20 said:

Congratulations on your approval. 

Are you saying that your I-485 was approved  before I-360?

No yet dear but I've already gone for the interview and currently waiting on a final decision for the 485

7 hours ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

@aquila what's up with you dear..you are one of the strongest people I know! The patience you've shown in the midst of all the craziness...I can't wait to hear your Greencard has been mailed to you..because that's the next news in Jesus name AMEN!!!😊❤🇺🇸

Awww thank you sweet heart. Yeah I've been hanging in here and finally put my awful interview behind me. Patience is always the key in everything we do and I continue to pray for 🙏 everyone. Honestly I don't know my reaction when my green card is finally in my hand.

Lol.... Maybe cry again 😁😁😁😁😊😊 cuz I won't believe it.

I pray everyone stays safe and protected thru these times of covid-19.

Effective March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is suspending in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This suspension of services will be effective until at least April 1. In the meantime, USCIS will provide limited emergency services. Please call the Contact Center for assistance with emergency services.

USCIS field offices will send notices to applicants and petitioners with scheduled appointments and naturalization ceremonies impacted by this closure. USCIS asylum offices will send interview cancellation notices and automatically reschedule asylum interviews. When the interview is rescheduled, asylum applicants will receive a new interview notice with the new time, date and location of the interview. When USCIS again resumes normal operations, USCIS will automatically reschedule ASC appointments due to the office closure. You will receive a new appointment letter in the mail. Individuals who had InfoPass or other appointments must reschedule through the USCIS Contact Center once field offices are open to the public again. Please check to see if your field office has been reopened before reaching out to the USCIS Contact Center.   

Education and precautions are the strongest tools against infection. Get the latest facts by visiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 website. Continue to practice good health habits, refrain from handshakes or hugs as greetings, and wash hands and clean surfaces appropriately.

USCIS will provide further updates as the situation develops and will continue to follow CDC guidance. Please also visit uscis.gov/coronavirus for updates.

Just got that in my email just for everyone's attention.

God bless us and keep us, family and friends safe with his Almighty protection from this virus. 🙏🙏🙏

10 minutes ago, mazi said:

so sorry to hear what you had to go through. God will arise. i believe you will be approved. do have a great weekend 

Thanks dear, really appreciate it. With God I do believe 🙏 a positive outcome.

I pray I can get over this experience really fast as my final test in school is coming up this Wednesday.

6 minutes ago, Shroy123 said:

I am sure within few days you are sharing your approval with us. 🙂 

Amen 🙏🙏🙏

Keeping my fingers crossed and praying

21 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Wow!😳 they really dragged you all over again! Shame on them! But guess what? You have won already! Keep looking out for your approval update! God is bigger than them! Praying for you!🙏🙏🙏

Yes they really dragged me from scratch.

Thanks for 😁😁😁😁😁 giving me my first laugh after this........I agree with you with the Shame on them! 😁😁😁😁

Amen dear and thanks for your consoling words. I do appreciate it 😊🙏🏻

20 minutes ago, luminarc said:

I thought they weren't supposed to talk about the abuse for  i485 interview?? I hope you feel better luv.

I'll get it together my dear. It's not easy going over stuff I got over years ago but in all everything happens for a reason. Thanks @luminarc

Hello fam,

So this was my interview experience. I got there and checked in 2 hours ahead on my time to be there.

Waited want about 30 minutes then the officer called me in and did the swearing in.

I don't even know how and where to start but it wasn't a typical vawa interview and not friendly as I wished.

We went thru all the list addresses I lived. Verified my details and now said that whatever documents I have to support my case I can present them. At that point I gave her the documents listed on the Call In/Interview sheet.

Regardless of that she asked about my ex, how me met and made me narrate from the day we met up till date. At a point my words couldn't flow because it was like scratching old scars into new wounds when I got to the abusive part. But nevertheless I got myself together and continued and until we came up to the yes/no questions which was the breathing point for me.

In all it took over 2 hours and at the end waited for her to make copies of literally everything I had when I applied initially ( tax returns, passport, new medical I did, EAD card and took the originals of some pictures left of myself and my spouse, lease agreement joint bank statements.......etc)

Right before I went thru TSA at the airport flying back to school on Tx. a couple minutes ago I got a notification : Interview was completed and case must be reviewed.

At this point I don't know what's next or what final outcome will be because from what I understand she wasn't supposed to go near the my abuse but I guess at her discretion she surely did. I remember asking her before I left which case number this interview was for and she responded by reading out the case EAC......... my vawa 485.

Again I asked does it mean that my 360 was approved and her response that I can check that online or set up an info pass to find.

She wasn't friendly or helpful at all but in all I'm still grateful to God that at least someone somewhere has seen or touched my case finally in 3 years.

And the final outcome is surely in HIS HANDS 🙌🙏.

God bless everyone on here going thru this process. It's not over until it's over 😊🙏🙏

And sorry for this long post.

4 hours ago, sandranj said:

You MUST  attend the interview but probably the officer won't be able to  interview there.I saw cases like yours before. USCIS  cannot interview  people living in a different State where the person is a resident, except if the attorney  is located where the interview will take place.

Thanks @sandranj for your response, I'll surely make it a point to attend. Keeping my fingers crossed for a positive outcome 🙏

6 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

Wow! Finally!!!..but a lil bit strange..what does your i360 case status say? Anyway..thank God your greencard is in view! Good news! 🙌 just go for your interview..let us know how it goes. God is going with you have no fear!🙏

Yeah it's a bit strange, my I-360 still has: Correspondence Was Received and USCIS is Reviewing It which was updated as of March,2019.

Thank you so much for the response and surely it's all in God's hands 🙌🙏.

Hello dear family, congrats to everyone with recent approvals and still praying for everyone with delayed cases.

So I got a call this morning from the safe house I used to live in after when things went sour with my spouse in Maryland that I received a mail yesterday from USCIS to attend my green card interview the first week of March.

Now I don't know what to do. When I moved to North Carolina I surely did change my address with USCIS and have received all my 3 EAD cards at my address in North Carolina.

I know my medical has expired so I surely need to get one done asap because my case has been pending over 3 years now.

Unfortunately I didn't receive any approval for the I-360 neither a courtesy letter as a reminder for medical under my I-485.

Within this long wait I contacted my Congresswoman, Senator and USCIS ombudsman but they all gave me the same generic response that my case was undergoing security checks.

Currently I'm a few weeks finishing up with school all the way in Texas. So I guess I have to request a break from school, go gather my documents requested in North Carolina and head to Maryland to attend this interview.

I would appreciate it so much if anyone with such experience can guide me thru this experience.

Blessed 🙏 Sunday and God Bless everyone.