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So I received my I360 approval notice today. My I485 was filed in Feb 2020, and it was transferred to NBC in Oct 2020 for "faster processing." . @Demise and others, do I need to do anything else to get I485 processing rolling at this point? Do I need to send NBC a copy of the I360 approval notice or something? 

halleluyah CARD IN  PRODUCTION YAYYYY!
it has been a long journey my people.  i nearly commited suicide 2-3 years ago after been abused by my spouse. he couldnt go with me to the second interview i had toog myself and lawyer to put the i485 on hold..
 
applied vawa sept 2019
no rfe
vawa approved june 2021
aug biometric
dec 2nd interview in chicago
 
on day of interview(i took my lawyer with)
very nice lovely lady..only asked me some few questions on my i485. name gae adres bla bla..asked where i work
asked the date of my ;last marriage. ask for taxes ask whom i live with at the moment... i told her i live with my new fiancee
ask ofor medicals and last year taxes.
and thats it,,says everything looks gud..also mentioned that i have two i485 running says she gonna cancelled the old one out....then i just had a nudge that it is done,
i went home still no update and bam this afternoon...i got the joyous update CARD IS NOW IN PRODUCTION
 
SO GLAD MY JOURNEY HAS ENDED. i  pray for evryone whom are looking to get approved soon you will dance for joy as i am dancing now
 
i cant wait to go see my family after  7 yrs in this country..chai
 
thsk to sandra God bless you ma and all others contributing to keep this wonderful thread alive!!!!
 
note. i only submitted psychology report in vawa and it was approved...this is for those who think they dont have enough abuse proof.. pls just submit what u can and pray!
 
thk you

Thanksgiving is Thursday.
 
Those here who have received approval or are about to can give thanks.
Those here who are praying for the above and for other things can give thanks.
Those here who rely on the support of others here can give thanks.
Those here who are struggling but are alive, well, and safe can give thanks.
Those of us (like me) not personally involved in VAWA can give thanks -- and I do:
Thank you all for being you.

(Man, but that replacement joke worked fast.)   Congratulations!   

Do anybody here find just going through filing VAWA extremely hard and mental draining? I actually felt a lot better after separating with the abuser. However, talking about my experiences with therapists & lawyers just brings me back to where I was.
Since I was never subjected to physical abuse, having to prove that I was actually abused messes me up. I don’t feel like nobody would validate my feelings or experiences. I know therapists & lawyers I spoke with intended to help me, but hearing stuff like ‘you need more evidences’ hurt me deep down. part of me is still questing if I was actually abused or I am just over-reacting, dramatic, and whiny. (as my abuser used to claim)
I sort of just want to leave everything behind and move on, but the process itself doesn’t let me do so. It requires me to assert I was victimized so bad, but I don’t want to feel victimized. I want to focus on good parts of my life moving forward. Whenever I talk to therapists or lawyers, I feel low all day. It’s hard to dig through all the memories I would rather forget, then try to document them so that I would be able to build a stronger case.
I am scared of eventually getting denied VAWA, not just because I’ll have to leave the states, but mainly I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle that feeling of ultimate invalidation on my experiences. Since big essential part of the abuse was invalidating my feelings, making me feel nothing I feel is eight, and I’m just crazy.

Hello Everyone, my journey has been one filled with highs and lows, tears, fake “I am ok’s”, wth’s and I thank God that I got my approval finally and I just want to encourage someone here today not to lose hope. Hang on to the last ounce of strength you got within you because, eventually your sunrise is coming. Here’s my timeline. I reside in Dallas.
Filed my 360, I-765 and I-131 in 05/2019 for my Vawa case.
I have renewed my work permit like 4 times and the last one which I did late last year took some time, but overall, I cannot say I experienced a delay that kept me out from work.
My I-485, I-130, I-765 and I-131 that I had filled with my Ex were still open, but no action was taken with these cases till the last minute after my approval where the I-485 status changed to “Case Closed Benefit Received By Other Means.”
My I-360 was approved in Jan 2021.
I got my “interview was scheduled” for the I-485 that I filed with the Vawa case at the end of the month in 04/2021.
I got another "Interview was scheduled” for the I-485 case I had initially filed with my ex, that was just on hold in mid-May; 05/2019.
My interview was scheduled for the beginning of June this year; 06/2021 for the Vawa
Another interview was also scheduled for the initial I-485 with my ex for mid-June; 06/2021 which we told the IO we will not be perusing and won’t show up for the said interview later that month when I went in for my Vawa interview. The IO said that will be cancelled automatically after the Vawa I-485 was approved.
I waited for the whole of June, July and at the end of August 08/2021, my case was finally approved. The wait for this approval was heartbreaking. We even submitted a letter to ask what the delay was all about, but received no response.
My interview was pretty short, all we did was submit my medicals and update the I-485 responses.
My card was delivered mid-September; 09/2021.
I hope this helps someone. Remember to be still and let God do his will. It may tarry, but your approval is coming too.
Blessings! ❤️ 

Hi Community,

My I-485 got approved today without interview and I wanted to thank all of you who gave me pieces of advise and information during this VAWA journey.
I wanted to share my timeline and advise for those who currently is surfing through here and looking for info:
 
August 25, 2018 - US Entry on a K-1 Visa
September 14, 2018 - Marriage
September 28, 2018 - I-485 Application (together with EAD+AP)
October 2, 2018 - NOA 1 I-485 (biometrics took place 3 weeks later)
January 2019 - EAP+AP approved
April 2019 - Divorce
April 24, 2019 - I-360 Application (applied with a lawyer, but moving forward acted on my own without lawyer's help)
September 2019 - Sent in more evidence on my own by reading this forum (I think my lawyer didn't include those docs on purpose in order to get RFE and charge me more). Please note that I sent in more evidence on my own without receiving a request for it twice total (once divorce paperwok and another time police clearances and my birth certificate).
3 times extended EAD + AP while waiting for I360 decision based on still pending I485.
May 24, 2021 - I360 Case Was Approved
August 2021 - I485 Request for updated medicals (my original medicals expired 1 months prior to this request)
September 27, 2021 - I485 Approval (Card being Produced status)
 
To all of you who is reading - I think very important for you to know that you are allowed to submit evidence for your I360 case (if you think your case is missing something) on your own without a lawyer. I only used an attorney in the first place because I didn't know about VAWA at all and I needed urgent help. But after reading this forum even the attorney I worked with was telling me that I know too much and I could do it on my own, etc. After I read the case she prepared I found that there were multiple mistakes made with names of people, facts, dates etc etc (I had to send another letter to Vermont to just correct her mistakes) and also some docs needed for this case were missing, which I think my attorney didn't put there on purpose. Those docs are required for a decision on I360 for sure. So by not including it my attorney planned to get an RFE...and her contract with me would oblige me for another $1000 to reply to an RFE. So when I started reading this forum I took this under my complete control and figured that my attorney is acting against my best interest. Another GREAT piece to this story is that my attorney assistant once called me and said that the attorney is not honest and that she purposely is not doing things I asked her to do, purposely missed docs, purposely was not even providing me the copy of my case for a few weeks...and her assistant actually recommended me to report her to the board of attorneys which I didn't do yet, but I will now that my cases are all done and I do not need her anymore for anything at all. But yeah people please be careful with attorneys please - mine was basically trying to suck the moneys out without providing the best service possible.
Luckily for me from the beginning I refused to add my attorney to my I485 case and once I360 was approved we kind of are done already.
 
Summary: I485 took 3 years exactly and I360 took 2 years and 1 month.
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting, you will get there soon!
 

Maybe. As long as the husband is a US Citizen or a Green Card holder. VAWA requires a few things:
1. Spouse is a USC or LPR
2. You're currently married or divorced for less than 2 years
3. You suffered battery or extreme cruelty from your spouse
4. You entered the marriage in good faith
5. You resided with your spouse at some point
6. You are a person of good moral character.
 
I personally think that dealing with their addiction and gambling (among with some other things you likely didn't list), could constitute extreme cruelty, extreme cruelty is established by a pattern of abusive behavior, a death by a thousand cuts if you will. I would definitely recommend speaking to a lawyer and getting a psychological evaluation done. If you have police reports, restraining order, etc, that also helps.
 
Also what step in your immigration process are you? Out of status, on some visa, waiting for AOS, conditional green card, permanent green card?
 
Unlike a U-visa VAWA doesn't actually require you to document the abuse via the legal system. USCIS does acknowledge the fact that a lot of domestic violence or domestic abuse incidents just go completely unreported.
Being out of status or even an entry without inspection wouldn't disqualify OP as VAWA applicants can adjust regardless of those things. Leaving could also be detrimental as it could trigger a re-entry bar, VAWA applicants can get around it if they can link them being out of status to the abuse, but a connection has to be established (e.g. K-1 entrant that got the rug pulled from under them by the spouse, but something like EWI years before you even met the spouse wouldn't fly for that exemption making staying and filing for AOS the better option).