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3 hours ago, sandranj said:

In your case they probably will send your  green card without interview.

Praying for that ❤️🙏🏻

11 hours ago, Sk N said:

which state are you in?

FL - Miami

Hi folks! 
My Vawa was approved on 06/21 and a week ago I received RFE for my medical. I will send it next week but what is the next step? Schedule interview? Or they are going to email my GC without interview? 

1 hour ago, Ana FL said:

I got my vawa approved on November/2020 and green card on hands now September/2021 in Miami too. No interview, just got a request to mail in my medicals and 2 days after they received it, it showed that my I-485 was approved! 

Less than a year! That is what I’m expecting. I saw the processing  time for  Miami Dade and it’s saying it can take up to 34 months and got scared. Thanks for sharing your experience! 

Hi folks! My Vawa was approved 3 months ago and my local office is Miami Dade. So far no update on my I-485. I just wonder if any of you have the same local office and how long it takes to get an interview date after Vawa approval ? 

On 5/6/2021 at 6:41 AM, Makanaki said:

Congratulations 🎉 

Your 3rd PF, how many months is left before expiration?

Thank you! I got my last PF March 31 and it expires on September 26

I just renewed my DL with my PF only. If you are in Miami, FL just go to the Kendall DMV (in case you don’t have EAD) 

51 minutes ago, hopingwgrace said:

Hey dear 

Be patient and don’t give up yet. If you do that it will have impact on your new application. What is your timeline ? I am an October 2018 filer. 

August 2019 and nothing so far. Only PF. 
I have a lot evidence but the shared residence worries me a lot. My husband works out of state and comes home only on the weekend. I don’t know how USCIS will see that and this is driving me crazy. I can’t be denied because I can’t be separated from my baby girl. He will never allowed me fly back to my country with her. 

Please guys don’t judge me but this journey has been to hard for me. I’m about to give up and file through my husband again. We are still together. Have anyone been in this situation before? If I filed through him do I have to disclose that I had filed for Vawa? Are they going to question about my Vawa in the interview? 

23 minutes ago, sam012019 said:

if you inquire your case, you will get RFE immediately

I understand but I still have some time. I filed on August 2019. The situation that I was talking about was regarding the 2 shared residences

13 minutes ago, sam012019 said:

if you inquire your case, you will get RFE immediately

I didn’t understand. Why would I get RFE?

19 hours ago, hopingwgrace said:

My case was a bit different. My marriage was bonafide but since I traveled between two states for work, it made them require more proof. I sent two affidavits from friends that saw me there and spent time with me at the residence.  They described the residence and the occasion of why they were there. I also submitted a personal affidavit that I lived there. 
I could not reach the land lord for a letter. 

Hi. I have a similar situation but didn’t receive any RFE so far. Did you have lease agreements ?  

1 hour ago, Weldonboy said:

I’m a March 2017 filer. It’s been PF renewal since. I’ve gone through OMBUDSMAN, Congressman’s office and nothing has changed. I wrote a notarized letter addressed to the director at Vermont to call his or her attention to the fact that my case is more than 2 years outside the normal processing time, I still haven’t heard back. I have a good job, I also bought me a very nice house to keep myself happy and sway from the depressive impact of the long wait. Be strong and keep on keeping up. God will answer our silent prayers 🙏🏽

Wow! March 2017 filer? I won’t be surprised if your file was lost. Sometimes it can happen. I really hope you hear good news very soon 🙏🏻 

1 hour ago, sandranj said:

Don't even think to submit affidavits that look  alike, it's a big NO NO. The  Board of Immigration published  several decisions stating  affidavits that look alike have no credibility, because they assume one person wrote all affidavits, and just changed the computer font.

Really? It doesn’t make sense at all since the Vawa Manuals have this Affidavit format since ever and people use it as a guide. Would you mind to share the BIA decision please? I have worked as paralegal at CLCS over a year and they use this format a lot! Never seen any problem related to that. 

1 hour ago, Mortaldreams said:

Little over 19 months!  Today I received my third PFD. I just wanna say I wish all of us dreams come through .

Over 20 months .... God is my only comfort. 

8 hours ago, Fishy89 said:

I did !! I mentioned this in the request already ! And when i get this email and respond saying the same thing and i asked them to send me the USCIS respond to them but they didn’t ! 
this reply i received from the congressman office after a made a complain yesterday that they are not replying to ky requests and have been i ignoring my emails and request and then i received this response today morning!

I have a similar problem. I’m waiting my EAD since September 2019. I have payed the fees and submitted c9, got the receipt but they never sent my EAD. My attorney already submitted several inquiries and have wrote for them but they never answered back. It’s so frustrating. 

3 hours ago, God is a good God said:

Thank you for your input but i agree with her as long as I prove my marriage was bona fide, i will be good. 204c is permanent if you don't challenge it with proofs but in my case, i will challenge it until I win because I know my marriage was bonafide and i got plenty of proof for that. Vawa can be appealed if denied, that will be my chance to bring everything i have as proof to challenge the denial and if i got NOID i will bring as more proof as i can, i know i will win. Watch me, i will post here again when my case is over. Actually, the 204c can also be removed in court if i remarry and prove hardship to us citizen using ina 237(a)(1)(h) https://www.sggimmigration.com/practice-groups/family-removal/deportation-defense/waivers-in-removal-proceedings/ina-237a1h-fraud-waiver/

 

You attorney knows the details of your case so trust on her. Maybe would be good listening a second opinion but remember : Consider only the opinion of lawyers who know the details of your case.  Do not believe everything you read here because they don’t know your case.  I think here is an excellent source of general information only bc each case is different.  I wish you good look and keep your faith always. Don’t let people let you down. You know your marriage was real so put all your effort on getting evidences to overcome immigration decision. 

54 minutes ago, sam012019 said:

Me and my ex were working in CT and NJ due to jobs, i was super honest in my application.They still sent me rfe quoting 101(a)(33).

I have questioned my attorney regarding residence concerns because I read a few USCIS administrative decisions quoting 101(a) (33) and got really scared. My distance is even longer than yours ( NJ - FL). My attorney thinks I have submitted more than enough documentation and because Vawa requires you to live with the person for only one day she thinks I will be ok. In my case I’m 100% financially dependent on him and he pays the rent and all the bills. I have submitted bills under his name, several pictures of us at home, delivery papers of new furniture bought by him and sent to our home in FL, his 2 FL cars. I also submitted an Affidavit from the clinic in FL that I used to go every weekend with him when I was pregnant. Even though I have this evidences  I’m super worried and before they issued RFE I will try to get letter from friends and neighbors. I know a person that had this situation and got RFE but she was approved in the end. I feel your struggle and I hope everything goes well for you! 

1 hour ago, sam012019 said:

although i sent evidence (bills, leases), USCIS claim that we lived separately(RFE). Its causing extreme mental stress what else to do or how else i can respond to their RFE?

I think what USCIS wants to know is why you both kept 2 rentals. I have a similar situation but the reason for that is because my spouse works far away and come back home only on weekends because of the distance. I’m still waiting my approval. No RFE so far. 

6 minutes ago, cashweed said:

This things you are saying about his manipulation, you being in need and he was like a saviour I hope you explained that well in your affidavit. I think in your case maybe it helps to show you fell for him because you were in a vulnerable situation. But also dont over do it so that then your marriage seems like not a good faith one. Since you have already send the statement. I think your character is the only one at stake. Maybe you should compensate for that with having alot of affidavits for your character. Places you have worked. Volunteer. Church or mosque. Anything that paints your character well. Maybe that will compensate. 

Also during that time you met him you said your were in need and he was like your saviour.. depending on what you mean by in need... maybe you can have talks with a psychologist about that time. For example if someone is depressed or even cant afford food or even very lonely they are prone to not see the red flags or make bad choices. Should we judge them for their choices?. 

Anyway since you already have send the statement. Try to gather other stuff which might help in your case. Just incase it turns bad for you. Also since this decision you made to fall for him back then seems have affected you maybe therapy can help. Who knows those therapy notes might come in hand incase things turn sour. Just my thought.

Sometime things just work out. Lets pray all will go well and the person handling your case will ignore that or understand it differently. 

I think your advice is very good. I’m doing therapy with 2 psychologist. One is for my PTSD and the other is specialized in help victims of sociopaths  . I’m having therapy for over a year. Your suggestion of get an affidavit of people about my good moral character is very good. I’m very active on my church and my pastor also knows me very well so maybe he can help me. I had 5 friends writing affidavits but they were talking more about the abuse that they witnessed. I have more friends and family that can help me with that. 

3 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

I understand my dear. Good thing you're working with an attorney. Let's hope she's right. And also and most importantly, let's pray the officer catches the gist of the whole narrative.🙏

I hope so. 😞

15 minutes ago, Stillwinning!!!😊 said:

While you're waiting for Sandra's opinion, I just want to state that no one knows for sure how the case may go..having a bad look and incriminating does not necessarily translate to a denial! It's just that your affidavit ropes you in as well in the supposed "greencard scheme" you discussed in your post. That's where the bad look comes in.. It basically says you knew he was participating in a scheme and stayed with him. Almost like an accomplice. Let's just pray it won't matter and that the officer will instead see your vulnerability and how gullible you were at the time. I'm praying it works out for your good.🙏

I completely understand your thoughts about it. At that time I insisted with my attorney about it but she said that I wasn’t the person committing fraud or doing anything wrong. In the end his marriage was real. It wasn’t a fraud. She was a victim like I was. About see the red flags... omg you won’t believe how manipulative and smart he is. He is better than the best actor in Hollywood. When I meet him I was in need and he came as a savior. We planned to have a baby. I thought he was the man of my life. 

4 hours ago, cashweed said:

Well if you have an attorney and you told her your story and told you to go ahead and tell it all then you should relax or express your fears to her. I suppose she read what you wrote before sending it?. Talk to her again about your fear and she might know something we dont know. I think you are in good hands so dont worry much. 

She did wrote my affidavit and she revised it. We discussed a lot about it and at the time I was confident about my story. But now I with a clear mind of everything that happened I can’t stop thinking about what USCIS will think about my story. My attorney knows me very well because I worked for her as paralegal for over a year so she knows everything I’m saying is true and she knows who I’m but maybe the fact that she was in my life during this period made her blind for the fact that USCIS doesn’t know me like her.