US Military Spouses

[esmp 1]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to let you all know that I have had my case expedited and have received my interview date for the 21st July Aaaaarggh.

It was not a military expedite but based on my children starting school in September and I have posted a seperate topic on what I did.

Hope perhaps some of you are able to use the idea.

Best wishes

Emma

[Catt 6]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to let you all know that I have had my case expedited and have received my interview date for the 21st July Aaaaarggh.

It was not a military expedite but based on my children starting school in September and I have posted a seperate topic on what I did.

Hope perhaps some of you are able to use the idea.

Best wishes

Emma

Congratulations on getting your expedite request approved, Emma!

21 July will be there in no time.

Take care

Cat

[BexandAlan 0]

:dance: I passed my interview!! :dance:

Visa will be here next week, so happy.

Hope your all well

Bex xxx

[Jamericanlove 31]

:congrats bex! Good luck on the big move!

[esmp 1]

:dance: I passed my interview!! :dance:

Visa will be here next week, so happy.

Hope your all well

Bex xxx

Great news!! I am getting a bit nervous about ours, how was it?!

[B&J.S 0]

:dance: I passed my interview!! :dance:

Visa will be here next week, so happy.

Hope your all well

Bex xxx

Hey Bex!!! It's really a good news!!! CONGRATS!!! I am so happy for you!!!

I wish the other cases go smoothly eventually!!!

ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF US

Ling

[MarineBabe 0]

:dance: I passed my interview!! :dance:

Visa will be here next week, so happy.

Hope your all well

Bex xxx

WOW...Bex... Congratulations...I am so happy for you. Have you booked a ticket yet?

Emma, don't worry about it. Your interview will go well~~ Wish you the best.

And Ling...how is your case going? When is your hubby going to visit you?

[bill13060 0]

I have read this thread to try to gain more inormation while waiting on my wife to send me some paperwork so i can file i-130. I am appalled at a couple people (and you know who you are). Don't you think all military personell deserve an expidite? I do because they are the ones that stood up and said "i'll protect this country". Nobody else is doing it. I met my wife three years ago. Fell in love and i finally had the time to go to Thailand to get married. Since our meeting i have been away from her for so long. Most of you know what that feeling is. So yes i think all military deserve an expidite no matter what the reason. i'm a 19 year veteran, been around the world twice and have seen things that you two only have nightmares about. If you think life is tough try going to get shot at in another country that will do absolutly nothing or you.

Edited July 15, 2008 by will92104

[mRx 16]

I have read this thread to try to gain more inormation while waiting on my wife to send me some paperwork so i can file i-130. I am appalled at a couple people (and you know who you are). Don't you think all military personell deserve an expidite? I do because they are the ones that stood up and said "i'll protect this country". Nobody else is doing it. I met my wife three years ago. Fell in love and i finally had the time to go to Thailand to get married. Since our meeting i have been away from her for so long. Most of you know what that feeling is. So yes i think all military deserve an expidite no matter what the reason. i'm a 19 year veteran, been around the world twice and have seen things that you two only have nightmares about. If you think life is tough try going to get shot at in another country that will do absolutly nothing or you.

Absolutely not... Nobody "deserves" an expedite. How does a military person deserve to be with his/her loved one more than anybody else???

Expedites should however, be given to military members who are deploying.

My wife was given an expedite... 2 months later I deployed. Without the expedite, she would've been alone in a foreign country.

I understand that this realistic stance is not shared. And flame on if you will. I'm unaffected. (Already, a filipino girl called me gay in this thread for my views!)

BTW Will92104, I'm a 5 year veteran, and still serving. I've seen the same things you have, and probably more. (Seen insurgent-filled Baghdad?) Had I not have been deploying, I would'nt have filed an expedite.

[Laura+Tom 2]

Hi all, I saw this thread and I know I'm not applying for a spouse visa but I am soon to be a military spouse. Suppose you can call me a military fiancee at the moment lol.

[Jamericanlove 31]

Hey guys....we got our expedite request approved on friday and I got a touch on sunday...hopefully that means someone will be looking at our case shortly. They said to give up to 30 days which seems a bit long to me for an expedite but hopefully we'll hear something before that.

You girl should definately try for expedites if you can. I want to spend as much time with my hubby before he gets deployed again.

[Moto-zutto 0]

I have read this thread to try to gain more inormation while waiting on my wife to send me some paperwork so i can file i-130. I am appalled at a couple people (and you know who you are). Don't you think all military personell deserve an expidite? I do because they are the ones that stood up and said "i'll protect this country". Nobody else is doing it. I met my wife three years ago. Fell in love and i finally had the time to go to Thailand to get married. Since our meeting i have been away from her for so long. Most of you know what that feeling is. So yes i think all military deserve an expidite no matter what the reason. i'm a 19 year veteran, been around the world twice and have seen things that you two only have nightmares about. If you think life is tough try going to get shot at in another country that will do absolutly nothing or you.

Absolutely not... Nobody "deserves" an expedite. How does a military person deserve to be with his/her loved one more than anybody else???

Expedites should however, be given to military members who are deploying.

My wife was given an expedite... 2 months later I deployed. Without the expedite, she would've been alone in a foreign country.

I understand that this realistic stance is not shared. And flame on if you will. I'm unaffected. (Already, a filipino girl called me gay in this thread for my views!)

BTW Will92104, I'm a 5 year veteran, and still serving. I've seen the same things you have, and probably more. (Seen insurgent-filled Baghdad?) Had I not have been deploying, I would'nt have filed an expedite.

I'm Military and in Iraq right now. I sent my case in June. How did you expedite yours? What are the terms for it? Thanks!

[Catt 6]

I have read this thread to try to gain more inormation while waiting on my wife to send me some paperwork so i can file i-130. I am appalled at a couple people (and you know who you are). Don't you think all military personell deserve an expidite? I do because they are the ones that stood up and said "i'll protect this country". Nobody else is doing it. I met my wife three years ago. Fell in love and i finally had the time to go to Thailand to get married. Since our meeting i have been away from her for so long. Most of you know what that feeling is. So yes i think all military deserve an expidite no matter what the reason. i'm a 19 year veteran, been around the world twice and have seen things that you two only have nightmares about. If you think life is tough try going to get shot at in another country that will do absolutly nothing or you.

Absolutely not... Nobody "deserves" an expedite. How does a military person deserve to be with his/her loved one more than anybody else???

Expedites should however, be given to military members who are deploying.

My wife was given an expedite... 2 months later I deployed. Without the expedite, she would've been alone in a foreign country.

I understand that this realistic stance is not shared. And flame on if you will. I'm unaffected. (Already, a filipino girl called me gay in this thread for my views!)

BTW Will92104, I'm a 5 year veteran, and still serving. I've seen the same things you have, and probably more. (Seen insurgent-filled Baghdad?) Had I not have been deploying, I would'nt have filed an expedite.

I'm Military and in Iraq right now. I sent my case in June. How did you expedite yours? What are the terms for it? Thanks!

Matt, I respect your opinion and I have no interest in restarting this debate, but it is not (or no longer) shared by the Army, USCIS, several Senators helping with expedites, NVC and several Consulates.

It simply is a fact that it is at present possible to get a military expedite when one is deploying soon, when one is already deployed and also, apparently since recently, when one is in between deployments. My husband just got back from Afghanistan and we have successfully filed such an expedite request.

So this means that soldiers now do not have to wait until they have have actual deployment orders in hand, making them able to spend more time with their spouses in the time that they are home in between deployments.

Moto-Zutto, you have a good chance of getting your case expedited. I know of one couple where the husband is also currently deployed in Iraq, that just got their expedite request approved.

You do it by filing an expedite request with the USCIS center where your case is pending (or NVC, if it's already there). You can do it via the help of a Senator/Congressman's office in the US State where you live. Since you are in Iraq, I assume you will be able to contact them easiest by email. They can file the request for you and they can follow up for you.

The way we did it, my husband made a cover letter (one page) briefly stating when we met/got married and on what basis he was requesting the expedite request. In the letter state your full name, DOB, address, same of your spouse, also add what petition you filed, the CIS receipt number and the Service Center where it is at. I'd add proof that you are deployed.

See the thread "Expedite Tips" on this (IR-1/CR-1) forum, by KipandSarahJayne, which contains alot of usefull info.

Good luck.

[B&J.S 0]

Hey Catt, well, I think we already discussed about the expedite with Matt before, and I just don't think we need to spend more time to discuss with him about that... Well, some people don't meet the expedite standards while some do, I guess Matt already forgot how he felt when he was apart with his wife... or maybe someone just never care about others as long as that is not involves themselves... so we just do what we shall do, and let them say whatever they wanna say...

I hope everyone in this thread get to be your loves soon!!! Cause you deserve it!!! The toughest job is not for the soldiers that are serving in war zones, it's for those soldiers' spouses... we don't have an opition to choose who we fall in love with, and it's God's guild that we met our soldiers, and we stands for our soldiers!!!!!!!!!!!! That's why we deserve expedite mentally stresses are much more harder than the physically stresses...

Best Wishes

Ling

Edited July 22, 2008 by B&J.S

[B&J.S 0]

:dance: I passed my interview!! :dance:

Visa will be here next week, so happy.

Hope your all well

Bex xxx

WOW...Bex... Congratulations...I am so happy for you. Have you booked a ticket yet?

Emma, don't worry about it. Your interview will go well~~ Wish you the best.

And Ling...how is your case going? When is your hubby going to visit you?

Hey Jing, I PM you, did you get it? I was kinda busy helping my parents in law collecting the I-864 package, and that is why I m not around here and was not able to know what's happening in this thread lately and not able to response in time. But it's finally done, and here I am!!! There are still months for my husband comes to me, time just couldn't pass fast enough!!! I talked with Sarah Jay, she got her interview date and it's within this week!!! I am so happy for her!!! And I wish her get PINK!!!

God blesses!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the best to all of us

Ling