mines been pending since March of 2020 and the only update I see is correspondence was received and they’re reviewing it. it’s very frustrating, I’m so sorry for your loss my condolences to you

@Kay Henry thank you. did you ever recieve rfe of prima facie?

you guys need serious help

getting back to jfk would be stressful for you so instead try somewhere else and use domestic flights to nyc.

@filler 2022 my case had been pending due to background check

@m&m s depends which country your from

@m&m s sorry but you need serious professional help from an attorney why are you still waiting for an approval and dont do anything about it?

@robin h not necessarily. I have been coming to JFK without any issue. I used AP for over 10 times. every case is different i guess.

@m&m s can you please tell me where to send my parole too I mean what postal address can one send it to.

they forget your case or they lost it you need to sue them what are u waiting for!!

sorry to hear that. I will keep her in my prayers @m&m

@waiting_since Jan_2020 thank you did you hear anythi by abt your case

@waiting_since Jan_2020 i did another inquiry they told me background check

sorry to hear that i been waiting for since 2021 January i want to go home this summer too i did during other administrations zero issue but this time im scared

Hi@m&m s , I remembered you since I was waiting for mine , what I experienced with uscis was that always always Fight for your rights. they mede lots of mistakes during I was waiting, finally Got my green card through the vawa after 5 years . applied 12/28/2020 got it 02/05/2025 . hopefully I can apply for citizenship without any long wait time.

@Hope Hope omg congratulations. i remember you. very happy for you. what did you do to get an approval, did you file a mandamus? or recieve and rfe? they told me my case is under background check and no rfe

@m&m s we are in same boat exactly

@tired from waitingg i don’t understand why we are stuck in background check what is your lawyer saying

@m&m s i got no lawyer i did it myself whats your lawyer says? i dont understand what is background check either weird

@tired from waitingg I dont know anymore tbh. gonna get a second opinion im gonna try to get an expedite i have my grandma death certificate, if that can work to expedite my vawa case

if you have AP i dont think it would work but hopefully works good luck @m&m s

@tired from waitingg youre right they probably cant do anything

@Hope Hope I filed same time, but my case still stuck at backlog. no update so far 6 years. I am scared to do a mandamus.

@m&m s Tbh I am really scared to travel, I have a valid AP and EAD still I dont trust this administration. people may have try to criticize me but I don’t feel safe.

@m&m s I don’t don’t really understand why they are taking so much time on this. how many years more they will take to complete the background check. I am tired man

@waiting_since Jan_2020 i understand. what did you attorney say about the background check? and what does it mean … iver heard all things, like it can be a common name etc

@m&m s he told me to wait,

@waiting_since Jan_2020 who is your lawywr

@waiting_since Jan_2020 @m&m s ; they made big mistake on my case 485 , my application was closed to deny. what I did wrote 3 letters from 3 different senators and congressman. they answered to one of them , said to re-send my medical to them . which they had 2 weeks ago, and I saw I didn’t get any response, made an info /pass appointment, supervisor said my application officer was out the office for board control , however she will put note on my application as soon as my officer back to office. 3 weeks passed nothing changed. what I did wrote a letter and inform them I wil applay for mandamus witheen two weeks of this latter. So after second day my 485 approved. during my wait time I kept involved senators and congressmans , every days I called them and recorded them , all of them helped me because I attended them on my letter.

@Hope Hope omg wow. tomorrow i will call my congressman again are you in NY?

@Hope Hope they said my case is pending due to background check

That is an extremely long VAWA wait. “Correspondence received and reviewing” means USCIS has something in the file, but it does not tell you approval timing. I would submit a case inquiry if outside normal processing, then congressional inquiry, Ombudsman, and consider mandamus if the delay is unreasonable and the case is ready. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them in our next Lawfully office hours session! - Attorney Rashmi Bishnoi (All information shared here is for general educational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney - client relationship. Your situation may require fact-specific guidance. For personalized legal advice, please consult an immigration attorney directly.)

@waiting_since Jan_2020 my congressman submitted a request to expedite my case because of my grandmothers passing.

@m&m s any update on expedite request??

@waiting_since Jan_2020 nothing at all :(

@waiting_since Jan_2020 did you get any updates?

@m&m s no update ok my case

@m&m s I want share something its a not positive newes still decided to post here. I m not spreading negativity One of my friends from my lawyer’s office recently got his case denied after waiting for years. They even filed a 290B appeal, but that was rejected too. USCIS apparently investigated all the documents very deeply, and some old bank accounts he submitted the account was already closed, so they questioned the documents and denied the case. Hearing this honestly made me really stressed and frustrated. People wait for so many years hoping everything will work out, and situations like this are really scary and heartbreaking. this person already got divorced 3 years ago so no chance of reapplying.

@waiting_since Jan_2020 ugh. im so sorry to hear that. i don’t know what to do anymore did he recieve rfes prior to the denial? or just got denied right away?

@m&m s he got RFE, then I-360 approved. later they denied it. I felt very sad by hearing it. let’s hope for the best. one day a good news will come. let’s wait for it

@waiting_since Jan_2020 they approved and then denied? what… omg.