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What does it say exactly? I just pulled up a copy of mine and it does say: "Evidence of your sponsor's and/or co-sponsor's United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status.", the thing is that is a bullet point associated with an I-864, since this is a VAWA and you've filed an I-864W this is not applicable. If you haven't filed an I-864W, print one out, fill it out, sign, and bring it to the interview with you. If it does actually say to bring their Certificate of Citizenship, then well, if you don't have it, you don't have it. Tell them that "I don't have it, it's not my document to have". VAWA is also one of the few cases where USCIS can do some investigating on their own, if they're a naturalized or derived citizens they can just find that by their A-number. If they had a passport they can likely pull that from the Department of State. I don't know if they investigate birth certificates with the local departments. Moreover, USCIS does not interview for I-360s, meaning that at the time you get an interview for your I-485, whether your ex is a citizen is an established fact.

The only way this could be salvaged is if: 1. You have a spouse that was born in an eligible european country and they're immigrating together with you (e.g. they were born in Portugal), or; 2. You qualify under a "just passing exemption", basically immigrant visas are generally charged to country of birth, but if you were born in a country and never lived there and neither of your parents were born there, or resided there at the time, then you could charge it to a country one of your parents was born in (e.g. both of your parents were born in Portugal, you were born during a vacation or in transit). 3. 1 and 2 both apply (e.g. your spouse was born in lets say Canada during a brief visit, but lets say one parent was Russian and the other was German).

Honestly, mostly personal information, the whole bunch of yes/no questions, why I filed for VAWA. Give short answers, say only as much as you need to, and you'll be fine.

Well boys and girls. My I-485 was finally approved today.

Yeah do that. Current as proof of your identity, old as further document linking you to the entry record.

Just do a FOIA with CBP and see what turns up. If it says they did an expedited removal, include that, if they just denied you entry and voided your ESTA include that. If it was under 5 years or you wanted to try ESTA again I'd recommend writing to them to ask that they nunc pro tunc: 1. Give you satisfactory departure for the time you overstayed your ESTA by two days because [list of reasons why that happened] 2. If first item is approved - allow you to withdraw the application for that second admission to clear up the record since in that case the eligibility wouldn't exist But in this case, just give the consulate proof that you were either ER'd out, or just denied entry and allowed to leave on your own. Wouldn't hurt to explain in a cover letter as to what happened there exactly. "Overstayed ESTA by 2 days, was denied entry on subsequent trip, was not given an expedited removal.", or "Overstayed ESTA by 2 days, was denied entry and given an expedited removal on subsequent trip, more than 5 years have passed.".

You need to be in US to give biometrics, but nothing in the instructions or regulations prevents you from doing what you're planning. File, leave, swing back by to give biometrics, and leave again.

Just get a new sealed copy of the medical. I don't think the surgeon will charge you anywhere near the original price (or at all really) if you ask nicely.

How do you get deported for overstaying 2 days? Like can you explain what happened exactly, normally CBP would just cancel ESTA because you violated it on the way out. Did this happen when you came to visit later and they denied you entry? I'd guess that CBP would likely be the right agency to FOIA. You can probably also send one to EOIR, USCIS, ICE, and the Department of State and see what happens.

8 USC 1367 is privacy protections for stuff like VAWA and T/U visas. What they really want is a Privacy Act release form. Ask the representative to provide you with one, then you will need to fill it out, print it out, sign it, and mail/fax it over back to them. USCIS verifies identity by comparing the signatures. If they already got one and now are just unhappy about it for some weird reason you can just write something like: My name is [Your name] A#XXX-XXX-XXX, born on [Date of Birth]. I hereby authorize under 8 USC 1367(a)(2) and (b)(4) a release of information regarding case number(s): [Receipt numbers here] to the office of [Congressman/Congresswoman/Senator] [Their first and last name], and allow them to further inquire on my behalf. ___________ [Your name] Then sign and date that and also include a copy of an ID to further prove that you're an adult, mail or fax this to the the rep's office.

I-765 and I-131 based upon pending VAWA I-485 both go to Vermont: USCIS - Vermont Service Center 38 River Rd. Essex Junction, VT 05479-0001

Here's one from me: Setting: Berlin, 1970s A West Berlin man would ride his bicycle every afternoon into East Berlin. Every time he had a sack filled with sand sitting on the back of the bicycle. When presenting himself for inspection at the border crossing the man would say that he's visiting his mother who lives in East Berlin, the guards suspecting the man of being a smuggler would pat him down, search his pockets, and empty the sack of sand and search its contents, but they couldn't find anything so they would admit him. This process repeated every single day for years, each day the man and his belongings were searched but the guards couldn't find anything. Many years later after the fall of the Berlin wall the man is sitting at a bar and drinking a beer. A former border guard saw him and approached him to ask Guard: "Listen, the wall is gone, Germany is reunited, we all knew you were smuggling but we could never figure out what you were smuggling exactly, so please, tell me." Man: "Bicycles"