{"id":7679,"date":"2015-01-27T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/?page_id=7679"},"modified":"2018-03-29T05:18:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T13:18:48","slug":"do-i-have-to-be-divorced-before-filing-vawa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/265","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to be divorced before filing VAWA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, however, you have only two years after the anniversary of the finalization of the divorce to file the petition. Please make sure that you are filing under the prescribed time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/81\">VAWA<\/a> is one of the most powerful legislation, however unless you take advantage of it on time, you might miss the chance.  Note that your spouse has to be a US Citizen or permanent residence to benefit from the Violence Against Women Act.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are victim of domestic violence, and it was reported to the police, and your spouse is not a US citizen or permanent resident, you might be able to opt for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/533\">U Visa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are victim of domestic violence call 911. And if you want to get some possible immigration benefits, feel free to call us at 510 742 5887<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DOWNLOAD &#8216;<em>ATTORNEY ON AIR<\/em>&#8216; FREE APP FOR AUDIO, VIDEO AND BLOG LEGAL UPDATES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.splg.attorneyonair\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-939 aligncenter\" alt=\"googleplay\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/googleplay.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iphone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/attorney-on-air\/id519509181?mt=8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-940 aligncenter\" alt=\"iphone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/iphone.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, however, you have only two years after the anniversary of the finalization of the divorce to file the petition. Please make sure that you are filing under the prescribed time. VAWA is one of the most powerful legislation, however unless you take advantage of it on time, you might miss the chance. Note that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page-entry","loop-entry clr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7679\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}