Would you be willing to pay extra for faster processing?

[Savanphil 3]

bump

[sercontigo 1]

Yes, $500.

Although in reality, no. When I filed the visa, I was completely broke and probably couldn't have spared $500 easily.

And now, after all this waiting, I am actually glad we've had this time. It's definitely been difficult, but it's made the relationship really, really strong and able to withstand a lot. So I guess I should have voted no. Oops.

You said a mouthful, Alex. My sentiments exactly! I do feel closer to my fiance and I feel like I have seen him exercise so much patience and be so supportive and strong for me. It's made me love him all the more. I feel like I know his tolerance level and problem solving abilities very well now.

[Augustajim 0]

I spent 6K on the trip to go meet her. I would gladly have laid another 5k in The Embasy to be able to bring her home with me like the old days.

[misa 2]

I'd pay up to $5,000 if that meant everything got processed and approved with visa in hand in very very short order.

As it stands now, I'm already spending a ton of money on flight tickets for visiting.

[doodlebug 3]

$500

[Heartland 0]

I would take a loan against my house to get my husband here faster... anything is better then the separation!!!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

An irony in this poll: higher processing costs (but NOT faster processing speed) for USCIS petitions are going to be reality anyway.

[NLP 0]

My wife is the most important thing in my life and my biggest source of hope. She needs her AP desperately so we can get married in 20 short days according to her religious beliefs. There's not a price I would not pay to get this processed sooner because dammit, we're not skipping this even if it means we have to abandon our application. We didn't choose this date, it was chosen by a 'priest' so to speak based on our birth dates and time. We refuse to compromise our beliefs for beauracracy. It's tearing me apart thinking about the consequences. But there's what's the law........ and then what's right.

[ELW 5]

I voted no cuz I'm just starting the process and really don't have the funds to pay more. Then I read the other posts and well duh, in the ideal world if I had the extra money, course I'd pay even $10,000 to get it done faster - who wouldn't?!

[EsOrEnNa 0]

i really dont care cuz it made us stronger and we got closer..

[*julez* 124]

In the hypothetical world where it is possible to pay for faster processing, I would have $5,000 just lying around as well.

me too

[rebex05 1]

If I had the money and was guaranteed to have my love here within a month... why not? It has already been over a year since we last saw each other... but trust it all works out.

[Rob and Melinda 0]

I would have paid 5,000 to get Melinda here in 30 days if it was available rather than what I went through to get her here.

Rob

[Andy 2]

It's not an available option to have an expedited processing mechanism for family visas because it would violate the 14th amendment protection to equal protection of law. Offering individuals better service from a mechanism developed within the framework of federal law on the basis of money would in effect discriminate on the basis of financial status, hence it can't be done.

It's done for employment visas because the implication for corporate entities is rather different, though in reality, what happens is that each expedited H1-B causes all the others to shuffle down the priority list rather than simply fast-track them via a more efficient processing stream.

If expedited processing were available for K and CR/IR visas, the same thing would happen - meaning that for each person paying more, the rest would slow down.

There, I bet not a single person wanted to know that.

[BelwinMills 0]

No soon come is fine for us. Getting ready and prepared for his arrival. He also had to give his job sometime to find another musician to replace him.