Emergency Interview

[mammawalters 0]

So we are waiting for our NOA2 still and have about a month to wait at least. Then we have to add a few weeks for NVC and then some more time for Embassy to process. Then the Jamaican timeline for an interview is between 60 to 90 days. But we are pregnant and the baby is due in August. I cant stand the idea of having the baby without him, it is the first for both of us. Does anyone know if we would qualify for an Emergency Interview in order to try and insure his arrival before the baby's? This is what the US Emabassy in Jamaica's website says about emergency interview

The Embassy’s guidelines are very specific regarding what constitutes an emergency. These reasons are:

Serious illness or death of an immediate family member (immediate family members are the applicant’s mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, and/or daughter).

Emergency medical treatment. We will consider emergency requests for the patient and/or the immediate family member who is required to travel for support.

Short-notice business travel: Please provide a detailed description of the nature of your business in the United States, why it is necessary that you make the trip on an urgent timeframe, and an explanation of why you were unable to anticipate the travel and schedule a timely appointment.

Does being present at the birth of the baby qualify as immediate family member who is required to travel for support?

Feels that way to me!!! Anybody know anything about this?

[SophWeb 25]

Sorry to say but the answer is no - pregnancy is not a valid reason for expediting any stage of the immigration process.

If it was, we'd all be knocked up by now

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

So we are waiting for our NOA2 still and have about a month to wait at least. Then we have to add a few weeks for NVC and then some more time for Embassy to process. Then the Jamaican timeline for an interview is between 60 to 90 days. But we are pregnant and the baby is due in August. I cant stand the idea of having the baby without him, it is the first for both of us. Does anyone know if we would qualify for an Emergency Interview in order to try and insure his arrival before the baby's? This is what the US Emabassy in Jamaica's website says about emergency interview

The Embassys guidelines are very specific regarding what constitutes an emergency. These reasons are:

Serious illness or death of an immediate family member (immediate family members are the applicants mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, and/or daughter).

Emergency medical treatment. We will consider emergency requests for the patient and/or the immediate family member who is required to travel for support.

Short-notice business travel: Please provide a detailed description of the nature of your business in the United States, why it is necessary that you make the trip on an urgent timeframe, and an explanation of why you were unable to anticipate the travel and schedule a timely appointment.

Does being present at the birth of the baby qualify as immediate family member who is required to travel for support?

Feels that way to me!!! Anybody know anything about this?

Sorry to say that having a baby or wanting to have the father present at birth is not an emergency compelling reason to have the process expedited.

After your petition has been sent to Kingston, you can send them an email to see if they have any earlier dates available for the interview, but that will not be a guarantee. Also note, that there are many pieces to the interview process you still have to get through, police report, and medical can always cause a delay.

Edited April 4, 2011 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[pushbrk 12,881]

Since the petition is not yet approved, there could be no K1 interview. In the unfortunate circumstance of a serious complication with the pregnancy, birth or serious illness of either mother or child at or soon after birth, you might qualify for an emergency visitor visa. Otherwise, they just consider childbirth to be a normal part of life that happens whenever and wherever the parents are. Lot's of deployed US Military husbands remain deployed while their wives give birth. Only in case of a real emergency as described above would they get emergency leave. It's the same kind of thing.

[yankeesgirl79 0]

So we are waiting for our NOA2 still and have about a month to wait at least. Then we have to add a few weeks for NVC and then some more time for Embassy to process. Then the Jamaican timeline for an interview is between 60 to 90 days. But we are pregnant and the baby is due in August. I cant stand the idea of having the baby without him, it is the first for both of us. Does anyone know if we would qualify for an Emergency Interview in order to try and insure his arrival before the baby's? This is what the US Emabassy in Jamaica's website says about emergency interview

The Embassy’s guidelines are very specific regarding what constitutes an emergency. These reasons are:

Serious illness or death of an immediate family member (immediate family members are the applicant’s mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, and/or daughter).

Emergency medical treatment. We will consider emergency requests for the patient and/or the immediate family member who is required to travel for support.

Short-notice business travel: Please provide a detailed description of the nature of your business in the United States, why it is necessary that you make the trip on an urgent timeframe, and an explanation of why you were unable to anticipate the travel and schedule a timely appointment.

Does being present at the birth of the baby qualify as immediate family member who is required to travel for support?

Feels that way to me!!! Anybody know anything about this?

unfortunately, the odds of this happening is nil to none....i know this first hand as me and my husband have 2 and a half year old twins and we tried to expedite and were denied.....i had a horrible pregnancy and was very sick and in hospital for last 2 months of it and still was not a reason for them to approve....i will try and be positve and say good luck in trying but also want you to not get your hopes up 100% just to be shot down.....

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

So we are waiting for our NOA2 still and have about a month to wait at least. Then we have to add a few weeks for NVC and then some more time for Embassy to process. Then the Jamaican timeline for an interview is between 60 to 90 days. But we are pregnant and the baby is due in August. I cant stand the idea of having the baby without him, it is the first for both of us. Does anyone know if we would qualify for an Emergency Interview in order to try and insure his arrival before the baby's? This is what the US Emabassy in Jamaica's website says about emergency interview

Does being present at the birth of the baby qualify as immediate family member who is required to travel for support?

Feels that way to me!!! Anybody know anything about this?

If your Interview is around the time when you are due then you are like told NOT to travel until after the baby is born and when cleared by the doctor. The way they may look at it and should is that.. pregnancy could have been controlled KNOWING you both are going through the immigration process.

Sorry

Sorry to say but the answer is no - pregnancy is not a valid reason for expediting any stage of the immigration process.

If it was, we'd all be knocked up by now

Sorry to say that having a baby or wanting to have the father present at birth is not an emergency compelling reason to have the process expedited.

After your petition has been sent to Kingston, you can send them an email to see if they have any earlier dates available for the interview, but that will not be a guarantee. Also note, that there are many pieces to the interview process you still have to get through, police report, and medical can always cause a delay.

unfortunately, the odds of this happening is nil to none....i know this first hand as me and my husband have 2 and a half year old twins and we tried to expedite and were denied.....i had a horrible pregnancy and was very sick and in hospital for last 2 months of it and still was not a reason for them to approve....i will try and be positve and say good luck in trying but also want you to not get your hopes up 100% just to be shot down.....

Agree

[dogspot 90]

You could always write to them and ask them. I know this is embassy specific, but we requested our (her) interview date be expedited based on employment and living arrangements and they moved it up 6 weeks. I wouldn't count on it, but it is certainly worth a try.