Severe financial loss........can i expedite?

[dunright 0]

Hi everyone. Well we finally got our I-130 out and it has been accepted. I have been staying in Costa Rica with my wife and wanted to wait out the process and stay with her until visa time. The problem is that i was letting a family member rent my house while i have been here and they let the house go into default. No foreclosure proceedings yet, but i have to get back to the states to try to save it and get a job to do that as well. I was wondering if in anyone's experience and or opinion if i can file for some kind of hardship to get the process expedited. My wife and i both have job offers on the table. I have to go back to save the house. Once there it will be very difficult financially to do all i need to do in the U.S. to catch up the payments on the house plus keep her in an apartment in Costa Rica for the next 5-7 months. Would this situation be considered good enough reason to expedite our visa. I looked for past posts but didn't see anything that quite resembled this. Most dealt with humanitarian and severe health issues. I have letters from the bank's attorneys demanding payment as far as documentation goes and also letters for the job offers. Thanks for any advice.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Where did you read that severe financial loss is a basis for an expedite? I've never heard of this before.

[dunright 0]

Expedite Criteria

All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The burden is on the applicant or petitioner to demonstrate that one or more of the expedite criteria have been met. The criteria are as follows:

* Severe financial loss to company or individual

* Extreme emergent situation

* Humanitarian situation

* Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States

* Department of Defense or National Interest Situation (Note: Request must come from official United States Government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to our Government)

* USCIS error

* Compelling interest of USCIS

[Minya's wife 25]

The situation you describe is not so much a severe financial loss as it is a severe inconvenience...and that's not a reason to expedite your petition approval. Also, an expedite will just speed up the approval of your petition, it will do nothing to speed up your NVC and interview process.

[dunright 0]

I was testing the waters. If i could shorten the process on the USCIS end by 3-4 months that would help. Normal wait time is close to five months before going to NVC. I guess we will see. I will keep everyone posted.

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

***** Moving from K1 to CR-1/IR-1 forum as OP is talking about a I-130 filing *****

[Maxx121 14]

i tried that one. got denied

[RichiJenny 14]

You can definitely try, no guarantees though.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You may be having some issues but how does that tie to needing to have her here to resolve those things ? If saying my house payments are late , lets expedite would work there would be a huge number of such requests.

[RichiJenny 14]

Its not visajourney that the OP has to convince - its the USCIS. If they approve it.....nothing ventured.....

[amykathleen2005 441]

As far as USCIS would be concerned you were the one that let the house go into default as it is YOUR house (no matter who was renting it). I doubt that they could care less about this as it should have been your responsibility in the first place to make sure this was taken care of.

[DaveyOntario 1]

The situation you describe is not so much a severe financial loss as it is a severe inconvenience...and that's not a reason to expedite your petition approval. Also, an expedite will just speed up the approval of your petition, it will do nothing to speed up your NVC and interview process.

IMO, losing a house to me would be a severe financial loss, especially if the DP was significant. I have read where a petition CAN be expedited throughout the entire process.... 100 percent of the shots you don't take, YOU MISS.... I concur with Rich & Jenny..

[Done--Really 331]

Go for it and good luck !!!

[Inky 1,111]

If your showing them you have job offers and your going to get a job or a few jobs and work to get the house back etc. I don't see them thinking financial loss..

If you cant find a job and you cant pay and they are forclosing on your house and your in big doo doo then yes thats huge financial loss.

You can always try to file but I don't think USCIS will see it as a severe financial loss since you have jobs to take back in the USA.

[bestofboston 36]

Very lame reason. Get a job and wait the time like the rest of us, 8 to 10 months.