Expedite based on financial hardship

[Dirk 30]

Has anyone got a 129f expedited based on finance hardship due to cost of pregnancy and c section? I called yesterday and the agent was very nice and supportive, but he is not the guy deciding. I contacted my senators liaison but my guess is that will not work as she sent the request to Texas, I have no clue why.....

[Tintin and Mike 127]

Here's the USCIS 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

Note: Discretionary expedite requests for petitions and applications that have Premium Processing Service available will not be considered for expedite processing. The only exception is when the petitioner is a not-for-profit organization designated by the Internal Revenue Service. For information regarding premium processing, please refer to the premium processing webpage.

If you have already filed your application or petition:

You can make an expedite request by contacting the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283. The NCSC will take a “service request” and forward your expedite request to the office with jurisdiction over the application or petition. You also have the options of 1). visiting your local office by scheduling an InfoPass appointment or 2). writing a letter to the local office or service center.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=16a6b1be1ce85210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

I'm not sure if your situation falls on the 1st condition but I'm pretty sure it won't hurt to try.

Good luck!

[ca_babe 129]

It's a lot cheaper to give birth in Philippines than over here. C-section over there in Philippines is still a lot cheaper than normal delivery over here in US unless you get free medical insurance premiums for your health care at work for your dependents?

Edited October 24, 2012 by ca_babe

[Dirk 30]

Here's the USCIS 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

Note: Discretionary expedite requests for petitions and applications that have Premium Processing Service available will not be considered for expedite processing. The only exception is when the petitioner is a not-for-profit organization designated by the Internal Revenue Service. For information regarding premium processing, please refer to the premium processing webpage.

If you have already filed your application or petition:

You can make an expedite request by contacting the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283. The NCSC will take a “service request” and forward your expedite request to the office with jurisdiction over the application or petition. You also have the options of 1). visiting your local office by scheduling an InfoPass appointment or 2). writing a letter to the local office or service center.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=16a6b1be1ce85210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

I'm not sure if your situation falls on the 1st condition but I'm pretty sure it won't hurt to try.

Good luck!

Thanks!!!!

[Dirk 30]

It's a lot cheaper to give birth in Philippines than over here. C-section over there in Philippines is still a lot cheaper than normal delivery over here in US unless you get free medical insurance premiums for your health care at work for your dependents?

Yes it is much cheaper than here in the US, however I have premium health care so it is only $100 co-pay. Plus I added the cost of being with my child at birth if I had to go, as I would have to make another trip to get her and the child after the CBRA and her visa approved vs a trip to go get her now. I am very bitter towards the overall process due to the fact I am discriminated on by the state I live in and align with VSC. If I was a Cali, she would have been here months ago, the cali part of the statement was put in the request as well.

[Justud 42]

I was in your situation. But we decided to wait until after our was born to send our paperwork. I didn't want to add the extra stress on her during the pregnancy and the extra time would allow for her family to spend time with our son. I did travel back for the birth and made another trip six months later to see my son.

She also had a c section and i believe i came out of pocket $2400 for everything.

It is tough being away from them now since we are also at VSC and waiting. But It was important for me to allow my fiancee and son to spend time with her family. There isnt much you can do except be patient and plan well. Congrats and good luck.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Justud

[ca_babe 129]

Yes it is much cheaper than here in the US, however I have premium health care so it is only $100 co-pay. Plus I added the cost of being with my child at birth if I had to go, as I would have to make another trip to get her and the child after the CBRA and her visa approved vs a trip to go get her now. I am very bitter towards the overall process due to the fact I am discriminated on by the state I live in and align with VSC. If I was a Cali, she would have been here months ago, the cali part of the statement was put in the request as well.

You should send documentation like how much the co-pay for your health care insurance, a quote from a hospital in Philippines showing how much it would cost to deliver over there, the cost of ticket for the child and etc. If she's having a complicated pregnancy, you should ask for a medical certificate from her doctor over there saying that the health care that she'll receive over here is better than the one in Philippines especially if she lives in a remote area. Also, you'd like to be next to your fiancee so you can support her during her pregnancy.

I requested expedited processing for my mom because I am having a difficult pregnancy and I sent my medical records to NVC which forwarded my request to the US Embassy in Philippines. It was approved within a week. I don't know how long it takes for USCIS to process expedited processing though.

I am 7 months pregnant right now and I totally understand why you would want your fiancee to be next to you.

Congratulations on the baby and good luck on your expedited processing request!

Edited October 25, 2012 by ca_babe

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Has anyone got a 129f expedited based on finance hardship due to cost of pregnancy and c section? I called yesterday and the agent was very nice and supportive, but he is not the guy deciding. I contacted my senators liaison but my guess is that will not work as she sent the request to Texas, I have no clue why.....

A K-1 petition requires you (US citizen) to prove that you can support the intending immigrant financially. Claiming financial hardship would seem to be counter productive. If it is the foreign beneficiaries hardship...they do not care.

[Dirk 30]

I was in your situation. But we decided to wait until after our was born to send our paperwork. I didn't want to add the extra stress on her during the pregnancy and the extra time would allow for her family to spend time with our son. I did travel back for the birth and made another trip six months later to see my son.

She also had a c section and i believe i came out of pocket $2400 for everything.

It is tough being away from them now since we are also at VSC and waiting. But It was important for me to allow my fiancee and son to spend time with her family. There isnt much you can do except be patient and plan well. Congrats and good luck.

Congrats to you both. Once we found out she was pregnant she left Manila and went back to capiz to spend time with her family. Her family wants the child born here due some NPA security concerns in their own mind,

[Dirk 30]

You should send documentation like how much the co-pay for your health care insurance, a quote from a hospital in Philippines showing how much it would cost to deliver over there, the cost of ticket for the child and etc. If she's having a complicated pregnancy, you should ask for a medical certificate from her doctor over there saying that the health care that she'll receive over here is better than the one in Philippines especially if she lives in a remote area. Also, you'd like to be next to your fiancee so you can support her during her pregnancy.

I requested expedited processing for my mom because I am having a difficult pregnancy and I sent my medical records to NVC which forwarded my request to the US Embassy in Philippines. It was approved within a week. I don't know how long it takes for USCIS to process expedited processing though.

I am 7 months pregnant right now and I totally understand why you would want your fiancee to be next to you.

Congratulations on the baby and good luck on your expedited processing request!

Thank you so much and good luck to you, I just got off the phone with her . She has an apt on Monday and will get the dr to prepare the documentation.

[Confused 2 94]

Pregnancy has not been accepted as a reason for expedite normally unless there are complications that can only be treated in the US. Gary is correct (no matter what the criteria says) that you have to prove that you are financially capable of supporting her and your child. This financial hardship has to be able to show the officers that you will suffer great financial hardship if your wife does not get here for delivery. The cost of having a baby + trip expenses are most likely not enough (if that was the case, 1000s would be able to get expedites because the trips cost too much).

Focus on the positive. Cali. was slower by quite a few months when we applied so no one is being discriminated against.

[ca_babe 129]

You should mention the NPA as well in your request to expedite. This one was approved for expedited processing due to financial hardship. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/386846-70-page-application/ I'd want my baby to be born here as well if I live in Capiz.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

You should mention the NPA as well in your request to expedite. This one was approved for expedited processing due to financial hardship. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/386846-70-page-application/ I'd want my baby to be born here as well if I live in Capiz.

in this case the financial hardship was insane... $11K for schooling? It was about saving money, not about being poor now.. which is a big difference.

The OP wants the child born in the US because it's expensive to fly there and because he doesn't have the money now to do that - which is bad with the whole "supporting the immigrant" issue.

He also said he has a $100 co-pay. Others have stated medical in the Philippines is cheaper than in the US. Unless and extremely large amount I doubt they'll approve on those grounds.

Honestly expedite based on pregnancy tends to only work when it's a high-risk pregnancy or something like that. I wish the OP best but I also kinda don't... while I sympathise with the situation, it's not a high risk pregnancy or anything remotely emergent if they start expediting based on pregnancy then people will start getting knocked up to save time. I'd have saved thousands in rent if I moved quicker, like most of us probably would have. There are people supporting two households on their one US income due to immigration stuff.. it's a hard road for a lot of people but you can only make the choices to minimise the difficulties you might face.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Vanessa&Tony

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in this case the financial hardship was insane... $11K for schooling? It was about saving money, not about being poor now.. which is a big difference.

The OP wants the child born in the US because it's expensive to fly there and because he doesn't have the money now to do that - which is bad with the whole "supporting the immigrant" issue.

He also said he has a $100 co-pay. Others have stated medical in the Philippines is cheaper than in the US. Unless and extremely large amount I doubt they'll approve on those grounds.

Honestly expedite based on pregnancy tends to only work when it's a high-risk pregnancy or something like that. I wish the OP best but I also kinda don't... while I sympathise with the situation, it's not a high risk pregnancy or anything remotely emergent if they start expediting based on pregnancy then people will start getting knocked up to save time. I'd have saved thousands in rent if I moved quicker, like most of us probably would have. There are people supporting two households on their one US income due to immigration stuff.. it's a hard road for a lot of people but you can only make the choices to minimise the difficulties you might face.

You're absolutely spot on.

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[QueenE 174]

You stated csection, I know more women are going the elective route but is the csection due to high risk?

Has anyone got a 129f expedited based on finance hardship due to cost of pregnancy and c section? I called yesterday and the agent was very nice and supportive, but he is not the guy deciding. I contacted my senators liaison but my guess is that will not work as she sent the request to Texas, I have no clue why.....