r/VAWAAPPLICANTS

Hi everyone,
I’m really stressed and looking for advice if anyone has faced something similar.
I traveled from India to the USA with a valid Advance Parole document, valid passport, and all supporting documents. But at the airport, airline staff told me that CBP had placed a “Not to Board” instruction on my case, so they denied boarding.
The confusing part is:
My Advance Parole is valid
Airline said the issue is from CBP, not from them
I was not given any written explanation.
Has anyone here dealt with:
a CBP “Not to Board” issue?
travel denial despite valid Advance Parole?
boarding denied from India or another country?
DHS TRIP or embassy help in resolving it?
How did you resolve it and how long did it take?
Any advice would really help. Thanks.

Guys, just wanted to share my timeline to motivate who is waiting that far like me.

I am March 2025 filer,

got all Receipts on Aug 2025,

got Biometrics on Sep 2025,

got Prima Facie on Nov 2025

got AP approved on Mar 2026

got EAD approved on May 5 2026, card sent to my house at May 11 2026.

I came to SSA with EAD Card to request SSN and they said that they will issue my SSN within 4 weeks.

Now I have to focus on earning money for me and my young daughter, we've been exhausted for 14 months of waiting without income.

I am from Venezuela I entered through the boarder and was allowed in. I was placed in removal proceeding May 2023. I do not have the proper documents to remain in the US. My removal proceedings were terminated October 2023 as my I-130 was approved. My wife filed the I-485 August 2025. That was denied this morning. The RFE status never changed from request for evidence to evidence received. It went from request for evidence August to denial this morning. I never filed a police report but we have threatened to call ICE on me several times and also threaten to write to USCIS to withdraw my application. The times we have argued she would say go back to your country. She also forced me to have another baby with her after I said I didn't want more kids. We lost a child in November 2024 due to a chromosome disorder. For months I told her I didn't want more children. I felt I had no choice because she threaten to withdraw my application to adjust my status. She also has said from time to time she waited to submit the paper work to adjust my status cause she is afraid i'd leave her once I got my green card. She claims she didn't true me but she is the only person I've been with since we met in March 2023. I have not been with anyone else. I talk to people but I have not cheated. We have a 2 year old son and 1 month old daughter.

I have a pending VAWA case and it’s been 5 years now. What happens if it gets denied? I’ve never applied for any other immigration process before. Would I get an NTA? What would be the next approach if that happens? I don’t really have anything new to add and I’ve been divorced for 4 years now. I know we shouldn’t speculate, but with the current climate, I’d rather be prepared than sorry.

I had an interview for my green card, which later I found out it had gotten denied because of a reentry and there was no waiver we could have asked for on that. Now I have a NTA and attorney wants to submit a 42B or ask for another court date to submit that.
Anyone in the same boat as me?

Hi, i have been in the US for almost 1 year and 2 months. I have been traveling back and forth in the US since 2010. I met my husband and we visited back and forth, me to the US and him to my home country. Dating since 2024 and we did a shotgun wedding in april 2025 since he didnt want me to go home anymore. He said we would file for adjustment so I can work and start my life with him in the US. I fixed the papers already. We are ONLY missing his taxes 24 to 25 and he still has not filed it even if he knows we need it. I kept asking him to do it and he always says he doesn’t want to. We already had fights about it and it always end up with him saying he doesn’t want to do it or he doesn’t care. I am done. He keeps holding it above my head that he will do it when he wants to. He doesn’t want me to go and meet anyone, he doesn’t want me to fix his taxes for him, he doesn’t want me to do anything. No physical abuse. Everything happens in person so I don’t have proof/texts. Honestly, I just want to go home. I followed this man here, I love him and truly love him. But I am on my last point already. My original plan was to just go home to my country, but I also have family/friends here. I have loved traveling back and forth, going home without doing anything will only get me banned from going back to the US.

I want to file for VAWA but how will it work without text or evidences?

Edit:
I did not say everything he did, i did say he is holding my status above my head. Using it on arguments, saying he will get me deported. He uses it so I don’t go see family.

I was under the impression that this platform was supposed to be a supportive community, where we share our experiences and struggles navigating the immigration system. The fact that some people here blame the victim, while being part of a group that is supposed to support victims of DV is crazy. I posted something recently and the comments and messages I have been getting are insane and hurtful. Desperate and lonely people who hate their lives and want to pour hate on others.

I contacted congressman 15 days ago he submitted general enquiry for ead & i got approval today!

So long story short, I was abused in every possible way (physically, emotionally, financially, sexually) by my GC holder mother (she has had GC status since I was like 4/5 and brought me to the U.S. on a B2 when I was 6 and that’s when the abuse started) and she continues to be abusive by leaving my brother with me to care for him and refusing to start our adjustment of status and holding it over our heads. (It should’ve been completed 14 years ago because her father petitioned for all three of us but she only got herself a GC apparently?? Makes no sense but ok. I don’t know how the derivative thing works)

From the age of 15 I have made 2 police reports and 3-5 CPS reports were made against her, but closed despite my efforts to speak up. I have evidence of the abuse and neglect as well as a PTSD diagnosis from a therapist because of what I went through (I’m 19 now so currently it wouldn’t be neglect for me but she stopped caring for me at 17 and my grandma had to step in and my mother is still being an awful parent to my minor brother)

Anyway, I’m nearing 20 and I was wondering if my situation qualifies. I started gathering evidence and I need to do a FOIA to get my mother’s status and my own (my mother said I have an SSN here which makes no sense to me if I’m out of status but she’s a liar so maybe if I do FOIA I can see what the real situation is) but I just want to live my life and leave her terrible excuse of a house that has no running water.

Sorry. Anyhow, does it qualify? I know I should talk to a lawyer (I will on Monday) but I wanted to ask. Also, my grandma was wondering if I did file VAWA and my mother came around at the last minute and petitioned, would both be cancelled or affected somehow? Since my mom is the abuser will she be prevented from filing for me if I file VAWA? (I doubt she will help me. I’ve been waiting 4 years).

I haven't filed for VAWA yet, and I haven't gotten divorced yet since 2023 when the incident happened. In the beginning of 2025, I met someone who I really love and care about. During these 16 months he has shown interest in marrying me. Is it gonna look suspicious, if i file papers with my new marriage. I havent sent my documents for VAWA yet since my lawyer requires to pay her fully before she submits the docs.

I am from Venezuela I entered through the border and was allowed in. Meaning I presented myself to CBP was given an NTA. I was placed in removal proceeding May 2023. I do not have the proper documents to remain in the US. In September 2023 I made a wrong turn and ended up in Mexico. I crossed back over by car with my wife and was stopped and questioned. I applied for an application for admission. I was inspected again and released. Form does not say I was admitted or paroled after inspection. My removal proceedings were terminated October 2023 as my I-130 was approved. My wife filed the I-485 August 2025. That was denied this yesterday. The RFE status never changed from request for evidence to evidence received. It went from request for evidence August to denial this yesterday. I never filed a police report but have been threatened to call ICE on me several times and also threaten to write to USCIS to withdraw my application. The times we have argued she would say go back to your country. She also forced me to have another baby with her after I said I didn't want more kids. We lost a child in November 2024 due to a chromosome disorder. For months I told her I didn't want more children. I felt I had no choice because she threaten to withdraw my application to adjust my status. She also has said from time to time she waited to submit the paper work to adjust my status cause she is afraid i'd leave her once I got my green card. She claims she didn't trust me but she is the only person I've been with since we met in March 2023. I have not been with anyone else. She has physically tried to fight me and has broken two of my iPhones. She has control over my social media so she can see everything. I fear if I don't go along with what she wants I will have no where to go. Applied for military parole in place but that was denied because I didn't enter without inspection. No food to eat or a bed to lay my head at night. I do not want to be kept from my children. We have a 2 year old son and 1 month old daughter. I do have witness including my mother in law.

My VAWA was approved back in June 2025 and I already had my I-485 pending as well back then.
I placed outside of normal processing time request immediately after approval of my vawa. So in August I had an email response saying that within 60 days I’d get an action taken on my case. Nothing have happed since then and my others requests were ignored.
I was not successful in getting any help from tier 2 officers nor my congressman. However, about a week ago a very pleasant tier 2 officer got in touch with me. She was the first one that didn’t give me that sort of automatic, robotic response like “Your case is pending, wait patiently”
She actually said that it is way over processing times and that she would gather information and forward it further to tier 3 officer to review.
Today I assume that next level officer called me and after nervously addressing the issue to him he scheduled me an appointment for me to “take it up with them”
My question is - has anyone had this sort of appointment. I get that it’s not an interview but what happens during those kind of appointments. Could they just tell me the same thing to wait patiently or actually do something???

Hello r/USCIS

The firm I am working for filed a federal complaint against Meneses Law that I think a lot y’all might want to watch.

In plain English, it alleges a high-volume pipeline steering vulnerable immigrant clients into VAWA self-petitions they didn’t ask for and didn’t qualify for, using manufactured abuse narratives, signatures obtained without informed consent, and refusal to release the client file when the client tried to investigate.

Main counts (kept em general): legal malpractice / breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil conspiracy / negligent supervision, consumer/deceptive practices with fee shifting, and of course, civil RICO & RICO conspiracy.

Feel free to reach out if you or anyone you know were victims of a similar scam or almost fell for such a scam.

Don't be surprised if more lawsuits against these types of scammers start popping up….

My I-485 case was transferred to the NBC (National Benefits Center) on April 16 for expedited processing.

My fingerprints, biometrics, and medical exam have already been completed.

Please share your experience if you had a similar case — how long did it take to receive a decision or green card after the transfer?

I360 filed April 2022, approved March 2025
I765 filed April 2025, approved May 2026
I485 filed April 2025, pending but case transferred October 2025.

Any suggestions on how long it will take for the i485 to be approved after these two?

Hello has anyone here or heard someone that they got their i485 Vawa based approval this year?

Thanks in advance

Edit: vawa sent April 2022
Vawa approved April 2025