Be careful about false promises about being able to immigrate through VAWA especially if you had problems with immigration such as being detained, deported, removed, or being subject to bars or grounds of inadmissibility (i.e. "castigos") such as 10 year permanent bars, fraud/misrepresentation, alien smuggling etc. If these bars happened before having a US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident parent, spouse or child, they are NOT waiveable through VAWA. In these cases, someone