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Mehhhh .
Apr 5, 2025
Approved 🙏🏻My heart is full 💚 All things are possible!✨#believe #hope
Hello everyone, just wanted to come here and thank everyone for their help and support and share my happiness and experience. My immigration/Vawa journey has finally come to end. Alhumdulillah my attorney recieved my Greencard in the mail yesterday The most important thing I’ve learnt in this draining long process is patience and faith in Allah, no matter what he is always there for you and has a plan for you. I want everyone out there to believe in god and hope for the best. Whatever is meant to be will happen. I still can’t believe it. If you see my timeline it’s insane, I had applied on 30th December 2020. It took me (51 months) 1553 damn days to get here. There were days I didn’t believe it was possible, I was so close to giving up at last year because I had no update on my case for 3.8 years not even an EAD but like I said earlier God always has a plan for us, and he makes all things possible that we cannot even imagine. I’m so so so thankful. My interview was on 26th March and the interview went very smooth, the officer was very straight forward,calm and polite. Even though she didn’t smile at all, lol. She gave me a good good vibe! My interview went well until the very last when the officer asked me about the I-864W and said that was missing in my file, she said I’ll receive an RFE for it in the mail in 2 weeks and once she receives it back they will make a decision. When I called my attorney after the interview she told me we had already submitted the I-865W. I was so disheartened that I came until the very end and was one step away.. But in the end I received my GC in 8 days after the interview without any more Rfe’s 🥳 GOD INDEED IS THE GREATEST. I’m so grateful for everything after going thru all kinds difficulties,stress,hardship,emotions, ups and downs in the past years. I’m finally mentally free 🙏🥹🤍

VAWA

Based on a Violence Against Women Act self-petition

Total Days: 1554 days
Case
2020-12-30
2025-04-02
I-360
1366 Days
I-131
1381 Days
I-485
1554 Days
I-765
238 Days
Vermont Service Center: I-360, I-765 Nebraska Service Center: I-131 National Benefits Center: I-485
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Steph H
Apr 5, 2025
Green Card Approved! Thankful and blessed.
Hi, everyone. I wanted to share my experience with you. We filed on August 2 of last year, received my work permit on 8/24. I got my interview scheduled on 3/3. The interview happened on 3/31, and we got approved on 4/2. At the immigration office, they don’t necessarily call the numbers in order, so that is a little confusing. The interview was fairly quick. we had brought a lot of supporting documents, but we were just asked to upload some photos from our wedding. Most of the questions were directed to me, and they were mostly from the eligibility section of Form I-485. The agent also asked about the sponsorship and medical exam, but we said we had submitted those with our applications and he didn’t ask for any additional documents. We had brought updated tax returns, bank statements, etc., but nothing was required. My first visitor visa was denied when I has 21 (I’m 40 now), and that was one of the questions. After finishing the interview, the agent said he couldn’t make a decision because he needed to wait for a document from the NRC (National Records Center). He didn’t say what document, but we think it might be related to that visa denial. My husband got bummed, but two days later we received the approval, and two days after that we received a case status update saying that my card had been generated. I’m currently waiting for it to arrive. Overall, the process was very straightforward and quicker than I expected. The agent, though serious, was very calm and pleasant, and the attention at the immigration office was very organized. My husband and I have been married since 2019, and this process has been very long for us. My green card process wasn’t that long, but I had to get a waiver for a J1 visa in order to file, and that took almost three years. Another mistake we made was getting married on a non-immigrant B1/B2 visa due to my husbands impulsive thinking. I’m thankful that didn’t seem to be a big problem, but we were nervous about it, and I’ve heard it’s an issue for some people with newly filed cases. My recommendation, get informed before doing anything and do things as tight as you can. You won’t regret it. Also, for any of you with a J1 visa, if you haven’t complied with the two-year of foreign residence requirement, I recommend you do before attempting and adjustment of status. Trying to get a waiver—mostly just the extreme hardship ones are approved—is long and crippling. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t attempt to get the waiver, I would just go out of the country, complete the requirement, and start my green card process. It would have been much easier and less tolling for my mental health. However, what’s done it’s done, and I feel very blessed today! For those still waiting, be patient, use your time wisely, and trust your Higher Power in this process. Feel free to reply to this post with your questions if you have any. I’m happy to help.

IR-1/CR-1

U.S. citizen filing for a spouse

Total Days: 245 days
Case
2024-08-02
2025-04-04
I-485
245 Days
Texas Service Center: I-485
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