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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

AT 8 PM WE GOT OUR NOA 2 PRAISE GOD!


You too!! Right on! YAY!!!!

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tallfrondMaleCanada2010-10-19 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Our I-129F was approved at CSC today!! I posted a separate topic about it, but wanted to add it here as well as a June filer, in case anyone is still checking up on this thread!

Wahoo!!! Really really hoping the rest of us June filers are close behind!!
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-10-19 21:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Just went back and counted out of curiosity.

Number of NoA2 approvals for K1s at CSC...

  • ...in June: 80
  • ...in July: 84
  • ...in August: 31
Well, it's the last day of September. What's the total for this month?

  • ...in September: 6! :blink:
That's right, six lucky VJers got their K-1 NoA2 this month, down from 84 in July. :wow:
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-30 14:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
June 1st here, this is our 118th day. I and a couple other June 1 filers will probably (hopefully) be the leading indicators whenever things start really moving again.

I'd infinitely rather be in this with a bunch of other people than be the only one who got left behind in a dust-cloud of approvals.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-27 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Who are all these July and August people? :ot2: :P ;)
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-21 17:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

I came across this today. So if this is accurate, we should all be in the midst of processing! I sure as hell hope so because we're dying over here!


Those numbers are only estimates based on the timelines that the people on this site fill out. I'm guessing the people who use this site are only a fraction (albeit a fairly representative sample) of all the people submitting petitions.

The downside to this is, those dates are only averages/estimates, not official information. The upside is, you can help make that data more accurate by keeping your timeline updated! This is why you see all these requests for people to update their timelines - it benefits everybody.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-20 09:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Hi all, just letting everybody know I just got an email from USCIS (CSC)about an hour ago saying my I-129F was approved and a letter was sent out today. My NOA1 was May 28th. I have not updated my time line yet, just sharing with all of you that someone is still in the building at CSC. - Dave


Thanks!! That was really helpful. Glad you got your notice too :)
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-14 22:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Call 1 800 375 5283. That's the number he used and it is a customer service number for USCIS. I believe. He did go through VSC.


I called that one, eventually got through to a live human being. Missicy is right, they don't do anything for you except read off a bunch of silly questions that have nothing to do with your case (instead of just asking you what you need).

When I was finally allowed to speak, they just told me what my NOA1 date is (which I already knew), say it's in process (which I already knew) and it hasn't been five months yet, so just wait and see.

I guess I'm getting settled in for another month or two of waiting here. We're planning on an end-of-April wedding, hopefully we will still have enough time.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-04 13:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Sometimes the process just stalls and a call gets the issue corrected. Of course you wont get any info from them. He did that the next day. The agent said everything is just fine but then put him on hold for 10 minutes to "check on something". Agent came back and said again "everything looks fine". Next day, text received the I-129f was approved. Something wasn't right and the call just it fixed.


I tried calling CSC but was rebuffed by their impenetrable phone menu. :unsure: How does one go about speaking to a human being at CSC?
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-09-01 14:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
I remember when I thought I had lucked out by getting into CSC as opposed to VSC.

Looking here, it seems as though no one on this site has recorded a NOA2 from CSC in the past 8 days, which is kind of weird.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-08-27 23:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Quote from the USCIS site:

"The Vermont and California Service Centers will forward incorrectly filed petitions to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox for a period of 45 days until Sept. 17, 2010. After Sept. 17, 2010, petitions and fees submitted at the Service Centers will be returned to the applicant, with a note advising them of the correct filing location."

Can anybody tell me what on earth does that mean??? Does that mean they keep incorrectly filed petitions (are we talking about RFEs here or sending them back before NOA1 even?) are kept for 45 days and then they send them back??? I guess my English is failing me here. I don't understand it... Can anybody help?


It's poorly written, so it could be interpreted the way you say, but I don't think so. After re-reading it, I think what it more likely means is that they are allowing a 45-day grace period between Aug 3 and Sep 17. Within that period, any I-129Fs that get received at VSC or CSC will be forwarded to the Dallas lockbox (where it should have been sent in the first place), and any I-129Fs received at VSC/CSC after that period (i.e. after Sep 17) will just be returned immediately.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-08-24 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
June 1st date for our NOA1, a touch on June 7...and nothing else. Just counted and I'm at 85 days! Wondering what's up at CSC.
tallfrondMaleCanada2010-08-24 11:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFINALLY AN NOA2 WOOHOO!
Congrats. We got ours a couple weeks ago and it feels AWESOME!!! It is such a major milestone!
waywardpoetFemaleIndia2011-06-09 18:21:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionno money for form.... help
Okies. Fee Waivers. :)

If she truly does not have the money to do this, she can apply, no problem....we did this for part of what we sent in, and this is how:

We had absolutely no money. Ben was sick, but still had just started working. Creditors were calling 3 times a day at least...nasty situation, nasty times. On top of that we had nowhere to live apart from with the parents in law. And you know, if you're absolutely unable to pay the fees in full or in part, this programme is for you. There's nothing to be ashamed of, because THEY will make the decision as to whether or not you are "wrthy" based on the evidence you send them. So here's how:


BOTH of you make a cover letter, explaining that you are asking for a fee waiver, what the fee waiver is for (the form numbers) and then detailing quite broadly the reasons why you cannot afford the fee. Enclose also, some evidence. This can include bank statements, threats from creditors, evidence that you are living in restricted circumstances (such as with family)...anything really, to detail how unable you are to pay the fee - HAS to be truthful mind, or they will certainly reject the fee waiver.


At the end of your letter, you have to write the following: "I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct".


Here is the USCIS fee waiver fact sheet, which details the procedure quote thoroughly. If she does not qualify, the paperwork will be returned. If she does, she'll get an NOA1 instead!

USCIS Fee Waiver Fact Sheet


Remember, this is nothing to be ashamed of. The fee waiver guidance and procedure has been put in place for those people for whom the fees are unaffordable, and if your friend is one of them, she should apply. Because that's what it's for :) No harm in trying, because you do not get what you do not ask for! (F)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-02-07 11:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFigured I'd post this here!
Aha! I see! Excellently put Mr Young, thank you! :) (F)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-04-01 09:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFigured I'd post this here!
Groovy peeps - thanks! :D And thanks again Mary! (F)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-03-31 21:10:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFigured I'd post this here!
Ok, so now that I am a bona-fide stamped Permenant Resident, do I need to go to the SS Offices and change the card to one without the "Valid for work only with DHS authorisation" message on it, or do I wait until after naturalization to get this changed?

Not sure... (F) :)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-03-31 19:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionA question for those who have completed change of address
Well, when our grren card case was aproved, the lady said "you should really let us know when you change address..." in a kind of *yeah, you ought to, really, just..because* kind of way.

So I filled out the AR-11, but I'll tell you what: I never even knew about an I-865, so we never sent that in.

Maybe we'll do it next time - next move isn't far away anyway, adn the previous address was his mother's house, where she still lives. I'm not going to panic about it, tbh :)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-07-15 18:28:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionPregnant by my busband. He doesn't want the baby and he asks me for an abortion.
Dear God, what a b*stard! Sorry...just the first thing that came to mind there. Honestly, I never get it when they go "baby, let's get in the sack and do it" then after that go try to terminate the life that came from their own loins. How brainless! Maybe someone ought to ahve told him what willies are for!

I'm right there with you and everything Mermaid, Meaxuna and others have said: you most certainly CAN self-petition - and don't let anyone say you can't. There are protective laws in place for exactly this problem: when a not-so-pleasant citizen decides they can "make you go back to your own country" at will, for any reason at all.

You're your own lady - you have new life within you - do what you need to do and don't let yourself be bullied. I wish you much happiness and luck (F) (F) (F)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2006-10-08 22:44:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHow long are you going to wait before you file your N-400?
Very true Marilyn...very well said! I mean after all, we all already went through the conditional process and the interview (well, most of us..lol) - so why the rest the long way? I dunno...perhaps it's something to do with getting more money...but would that be a cynical supposition? *cackles* :)
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-02-11 00:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Actually, when I got my biometrics notice, my receipt number had spontaneously changed! How odd... Never mind - when I put the new receipt number into the system, it popped up straight away. Has his happened to anyone else?
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-21 11:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Well holy jeepers creepers - I just got in for lunch and I have a biometrics appointment notice here for...wait for it...NEXT WEEK!

Holy cow. That was rather severely quick! biggrin.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-18 12:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Okay Okay - correction then: when I left the UK in 2005, the economy was doing better than America's biggrin.gif Now that's true, adn I haven't been back there since, so technically economics don't come into my situation. Plus let's be honest, when you walk on a job in England, you get 4 weeks paid vacation instantly (no matter if it's McDonalds or not) and a substantially higher wage. True, cost of living is higher, but I really can't remember a single week I didn't have excess spending money over there - but over here, it seems like a constant struggle to live.

No nastiness intended, just comparison smile.gif There are advantages to living here (for me) as well - nice wide open spaces to paint and draw; lovely people and of course, my newfound lovely situation, so in the end it's all good.
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-14 08:27:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Got the I-797C today smile.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-12 10:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Aww Christ people - I'm not being 'holier than thou' at all - it's just what other members have said: some countries are investigated more than others because of their higher fraud rate, that's all. It IS an advantage coming from England, specifically because of this - USCIS investigate some countries more frequently than others, just because of the economic differences between the countries and America. Basically all that means is that I would be a lot less likely to emigrate here purely for economic reasons, because Britain's economy (just one country of a collection) is in better shape than America's. That's not putting America down, it's just true. So it wouldn't make any sense for me to come here to, say, earn more money.

No offense intended - it's just I'm going into this with that aforementioned knowledge and that means I feel a lot calmer than I might otherwise. No-one's any 'better' than anyone else, for goodness sakes (I've traveled the world, and met many wonderful people in many wonderful countries) - it's just USCIS have certain fraud categories they assign people depending on various factors, and coming from an economically more stable country does count for one in a case like this. smile.gif

Hope that clarifies things, and no-one thinks I'm being all pooey now...
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-11 13:01:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Oh man, I hope so. I'm just patiently waiting for the receipt now smile.gif I'm not stressed over it though - I think I've done everything right and I'm certainly not here for economic purposes (guffaw...) so I'm sure everything will be just peachy. tongue.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-08 21:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
I do too - it'd be awesome not to have to go to the cities twice - I am a good girly and I'm pregnant and would definitely appreciate the opportunity not to have to journey all that way with morning/evening/night sickness biggrin.gif

Edited by JayJay, 07 March 2008 - 11:38 PM.

JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-07 23:37:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMy case is at CSC!
Well, so here I am, a new applicant for removal of conditions. Check showed up as cashed on Monday and I gues it's t CSC, though no receipt yet.

It's going to be an interesting one though, because I had to apply for a waiver of joint filing requirement, since I'm no longer married to my ex, and left him because of abuse etc. So, I guess we'll see if they give me an interview or not. I mean, I'm English, so that counts for me as far as immigration fraud is concerned, but then I am filing alone. We shall see.

Either way, I'm not stressing out about it - I enclosed a LOT of evidence for the cohabitation and also the abuse, and they accepted my check. I actualy sent it to NSC, because that's where the form instructions told me to send it, but they posted it on to CSC and now I have a WAC number (unfortunately the case number is not showing up on the system yet - but then again it was handwritten on a check I saw at the bank website so I might have misread!)

How are y'all doing?
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-07 23:19:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRemoving conditional and divorced
I had to do the same thing not so long ago, and sent my waiver of joint application on the grounds of good faith marriage that ended in divorce, but also on the grounds of abuse. I felt it would strengthen my case enormously if I had the opportunity to tell USCIS why I left the marriage. I also wasn't going to 'cover' for my ex anymore as I had done for a long time, and felt it was my right to explain and reveal why I left as well. So from my standpoint it was a moral as well as a 'strengthening' choice.

I'm not worried, becuse why? I had my biometrics just this past weekend. If they want to interview me, that's fine by me - I have nothing to hide here. I submitted all the evidence I had, including the restraining order, the police reports (both of them), psychologist and chiroprachter records and if that isn't enough (along with a detailed explanation) I don't know what is.

I hope everything will be fine for you! Just submit what they want and be confident that the truth will prevail, because most of the time, it will.
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-04-06 15:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionEMail Notification & Online Status
Meh..I can't access my number online either. It's the receipt number USCIS gave me on the phone but her explanation for it was that the case status might not have been updated. So, it is pending (as USCIS told me by phone) but I can't see it...meh. I wish they'd order me a card already..or update me..or something...anything!
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-19 08:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
I am keeping my fingers crossed for both of us then, Kathryn! Gosh I hope I hope I hope... Then again I can see us both having to get extensions too via Infopass or whatever. Whatever works I suppose. I am going to England next June with Harry and the kids, so hopefully I'll have the care before then - that'd be nice smile.gif XX
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 23:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
Hope they were able to help you eventually Ana smile.gif

I really can't remember how I did it...I thought that's how I did it...hmmm...

Anyway it would seem I now have to call back to find out my case status every time I'm wondering. How blah.

Is there anyone else on here who applied around the same time and hasn't been approved or sent for interview yet? I dunno..I am just feeling pessimistic that I'll have an interview where the domestic violence and all that awful stuff is going to be dragged up again and I'll have to go through that on top of everything else now... *cries*
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 21:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
I got through and chose the option "do not know the number" - found the telephone number on the USCIS website. Then, after explaining my situation, the lady on the other end trasferred me to someone else who was able to look it up via my alien number... smile.gif Hope that helps!

QUOTE (Anastassia @ Nov 13 2008, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
JayJay,

where did you find the number to call ? I called the immigration National Customer Service Center and can't get through without the NOA #. Who can inform me of my case going just by alien number ?

I appreciate your help

Regards,

Ana

JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-13 13:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
Ohhhh I hope interviews only get picked randomly. God I'd rather not go there and have to sit through some kind of psychological questioning session about my abusive ex husband, all the things he did and why I left him. That would truly suck. A lot.

I think he did try to remove his affidavit of support on top of everything else - he didn't get to of course, not that he'd ever be responsible enough to hold down a job and pay anything to anyone. Like I need him to keep me above poverty level - pffft. Guffaw. Get lost! tongue.gif

Anyway here's hoping they leave me alone after everything that's happened, and that I get to actually live in peace and harmony without having to be on tenterhooks. Here's hoping everyone here gets the same thing! smile.gif

Hugs and love to all going through this immigration process....it can be hard smile.gif XXX rose.gif rose.gif rose.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-13 12:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
Alrighty then (thanks for clarifying about the number Kathryn - I had no idea! smile.gif )....I just got off the phone with USCIS (who were UNBELIEVABLY prompt in picking up...amazing!

They dug up the case via my alien # (as you said they would) and lo and behold the whole case is indeed under the biometrics appt. case number, only I can't see it online. They received the biometrics in April at CSC and so far the case is still pending and that is the number I can use - but I have to call, apparently, since I still can't see it online. Confounding.

I applied without my ex spouse, so I guess this would cause the delay. Still - gawd - how long have others waited in my position? This is tedious! I only have a few months left before the letter extending the card expires and then what? I haven't even had an RFE...

Ok thanks for letting me b*tch and whine smile.gif I'm done now tongue.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-12 13:08:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJeez - how long is this gonna take?
Hi all,

Sent in the package to remove conditions sometime in February, then went in March to get biometrics taken. So, I arrive there and they have no idea what's going on...

When they sent the NOA for my package, I had one case number on it. Then, they sent me a letter to book the biometrics with a totally different case number on it - one I've never been able to find online. So, I bring both letters along with me. They are as confused as me and check on their system, and can find the case number I cannot find, but not the other case number. Mysterious.

Anyway, so they do the biometrics, and place the results under the old case number (the one I can't seem to find any info on online). I go on my merry way and wait it out.

Here we are in NOVEMBER...and still no sign of a change. I still can't find the old case number details online - it simply gives me that red "not found" bs. The other case number says my case was received on the 29th Feb and they would be contacting me, just like it did in...well. February.

What the heck? Should I be contacting them on the telephone (because we all know just how efficient that can be...) or is this considered "normal"? Help...I am going to England in June and July of next year and taking my family, and I reckon I should probably find out what's up before then, considering my green card expires in March (that's when the letter extended it to...)

Thanks guys...sheesh. smile.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-12 12:31:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion60 Minutes
Ooooh!

Well, I am removing conditions and I am divorced from the ex, the US citizen. You'll find out what happens with me... I wouldn't think I'd be deported though - why? I am totally legit - things didn't work out because of a DA situation...not my fault.

It does sound as though that 60 Minutes was talking about regular AOS though - that, I've heard of happening. But removal of conditions? Hmmm - things just don't click. I wonder if the researcher was researching properly...
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 19:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionYAHHHHHH GC RECIEVED!!!!
Woop woop! Here's hoping for extra quickness for everyone smile.gif Congrats - that's awesome news! rose.gif XX
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 23:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 and divorce in NY
Lol - thanks - I am hoping I'll be approved soon too. I'm sure you didn't mean it this way, but believe me, there are those of us out there who's husbands really did treat absolutely awfully. I certainly wouldn't have gone through this process, had I not had a good reason to do so. I had a decent career in England, and wouldn't have changed countries unless I'd had a decent reason - or so I thought - my ex.

I remember feeling the way the OP feels - totally helpless and as though nobody wil listen to you in a country that isn't your own. It's very hard to describe the feelings associated with being in an abusive situation thousands of miles away from your mother and father and other family...it's so very hard to be by yourself like that.

I hope my case is approved because they know I am telling the truth, not because others have been approved for kying. But again, I'm sure you didn't mean it like that. smile.gif

QUOTE (vof @ Dec 1 2008, 08:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (JayJay @ Nov 30 2008, 07:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ah - this is similar to me.

In the end, my ex spouse and his mother made an agreement I signed, basically because they wanted the house I had bought and paid on for the entire marriage and thought that taking it from me would cause me distress and discomfort. It did not - in fact, I readily signed the agreement, got my car and gave the guy the house. Now, a year later, the house is in foreclosure because, of course, he did not pay the mortgage (guffaw...).

My marriage was horribly abusive - emotionally ALL the time, physically some of the time. I was so afraid of him... When he said he was going to "get me deported" I thought for a few days that he could. Turns out, he can't and was simply using his nastiness to beat me over the head.

Your husband signed a 10 year (or 40 quarter) affidavit of support. My ex decided to go dispute that with USCIS and was basically told "umm...tough..". Your ex WILL be told the same thing. He signed - he cannot get out of it. We are NOT second class citizens (as it were) because we're immigrants. We don't have fewer human rights than our spouses - amazingly enough - though my ex certainly believed that, that's for sure. We do not have to lay down and take abuse. I didn't and in the end, realized that really, he was a lost, insecure little man with nothing on me whatsoever. I on the other hand, filed for my lifting of conditions by myself, enclosing lots of evidence as to why I left the man.

You can get a continuance - as it were - on your case. If you're not yet divorced by the time you need to remove conditions, it is possible to claim a one year extension to allow sufficient time for the divorce to be finalized. So all is not lost. You have options. When you are divorced, go ahead and file the papers by yourself, and make sure you have evidence to support your abuse. They can be recordings (which I had); papers from teh police (which I had); a temporary restraining order (which I had); writings describing what had happened to me (which I had); other evidences like affidavits and sworn statements from people describing what I had to go through (which I can easily get, should they request it).

I went fo biometrics in April and am currently waiting on the decision of USCIS, so we'll see what happens. I do know though, that I am glad I left my ex, and I really don't think I'd be here had I not. I am also sure that truth will prevail and that I had every right to get out of a dangerous situation I didn't deserve to be in.

So there are some of us on here. Don't know how many... I will always update when I get something from USCIS. Hopefully, maybe that will be soon. I hope it will be.

rose.gif rose.gif *hugs* smile.gif


I have a feelng they will approve you because my ex also a women did the same to me, but I didn't even hurt a fly, she just used me for a GC, any way she filed every complaint in the book falsely and have a feeling she will also win, because I hate to say this but she is a women and according to her Women have more rights and especially in the state of Illinois where she fled. Sometimes I say the immigration system sucks, but who am I. Anyway good luck and may ur 10 year card be approved .



JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 10:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 and divorce in NY
Ah - this is similar to me.

In the end, my ex spouse and his mother made an agreement I signed, basically because they wanted the house I had bought and paid on for the entire marriage and thought that taking it from me would cause me distress and discomfort. It did not - in fact, I readily signed the agreement, got my car and gave the guy the house. Now, a year later, the house is in foreclosure because, of course, he did not pay the mortgage (guffaw...).

My marriage was horribly abusive - emotionally ALL the time, physically some of the time. I was so afraid of him... When he said he was going to "get me deported" I thought for a few days that he could. Turns out, he can't and was simply using his nastiness to beat me over the head.

Your husband signed a 10 year (or 40 quarter) affidavit of support. My ex decided to go dispute that with USCIS and was basically told "umm...tough..". Your ex WILL be told the same thing. He signed - he cannot get out of it. We are NOT second class citizens (as it were) because we're immigrants. We don't have fewer human rights than our spouses - amazingly enough - though my ex certainly believed that, that's for sure. We do not have to lay down and take abuse. I didn't and in the end, realized that really, he was a lost, insecure little man with nothing on me whatsoever. I on the other hand, filed for my lifting of conditions by myself, enclosing lots of evidence as to why I left the man.

You can get a continuance - as it were - on your case. If you're not yet divorced by the time you need to remove conditions, it is possible to claim a one year extension to allow sufficient time for the divorce to be finalized. So all is not lost. You have options. When you are divorced, go ahead and file the papers by yourself, and make sure you have evidence to support your abuse. They can be recordings (which I had); papers from teh police (which I had); a temporary restraining order (which I had); writings describing what had happened to me (which I had); other evidences like affidavits and sworn statements from people describing what I had to go through (which I can easily get, should they request it).

I went fo biometrics in April and am currently waiting on the decision of USCIS, so we'll see what happens. I do know though, that I am glad I left my ex, and I really don't think I'd be here had I not. I am also sure that truth will prevail and that I had every right to get out of a dangerous situation I didn't deserve to be in.

So there are some of us on here. Don't know how many... I will always update when I get something from USCIS. Hopefully, maybe that will be soon. I hope it will be.

rose.gif rose.gif *hugs* smile.gif
JayJayFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-30 19:38:00