Military expedite

[dsgbuckeye 1]

I requested a military expedite of my case (09JAN12). Due to a upcoming deployment in October. I got this response below back today. I am assuming it means it is being expedited. Can anyone confirm this?

The status of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the status of this case. Your petition was transferred into the Denver Field Office on February 7, 2013, from the National Benefits Center. Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter.

[Inky 1,111]

I requested a military expedite of my case (09JAN12). Due to a upcoming deployment in October. I got this response below back today. I am assuming it means it is being expedited. Can anyone confirm this?

The status of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the status of this case. Your petition was transferred into the Denver Field Office on February 7, 2013, from the National Benefits Center. Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter.

Doesn't say anything about the expedite request being accepted/approved. Did you provide proof of deployment for your expedite request?

If the expedite was accepted and approved you would see expedite approved notice.

What you posted was a " service request " response, are you sure you requested the military expedite? service request is different.

[dsgbuckeye 1]

I did call in on 18JAN12. Also I am stationed in Colorado and it got moved to the Denver Field Office. Also the Officer said that they no longer do military expedites on I-130's but that she was going to put the request in anyway under"other". Below under type of service requested it says "other" ..... So i am assuming this is the expedite info.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

USCIS

12484 E. Weaver Place

Centennial,CO 80111

U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services logo

Friday, February 8, 2013

Emailed to **********

Dear M. *********,

On 01/18/2013 you, or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Caller indicated they are:

-- Applicant or Petitioner

Attorney Name:

-- Information not available

Case type:

-- I130

Filing date:

-- 01/09/2013

Receipt #:

-- MSC-************

Referral ID:

ETC0000000000000MSC

Beneficiary (if you filed for someone else):

-- Information not available

Your USCIS Account Number (A-number):

-- Information not available

Type of service requested:

-- Other

The status of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the status of this case. Your petition was transferred into the Denver Field Office on February 7, 2013, from the National Benefits Center. Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter.

If you have any further questions, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Please remember: By law, every person who is not a U.S. citizen and who is over the age of 14 must submit Form AR-11 AND notify this office of their change of address, within 10 days from when they move (persons in "A" or "G" nonimmigrant status are exempt from this requirement). To notify this office of a move, visit our website at: or call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. The Form AR-11 can be downloaded from our website or you can call the National Customer Service Center at 5283 and we can order one for you. Instructions for filing the Form AR-11, including mailing instructions, are included on the Form.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services logo

Edited February 9, 2013 by dsgbuckeye

[Inky 1,111]

They do not generally move a case to the local office, that happens when they are going to interview the USC because their is a problem with the case.

[dsgbuckeye 1]

The email is in response to my phone call for expedite..... So i am assuming they are expediting it at the local office level to push it through the process. Plus it says a decision should be made or a NOA within 60 days. I just filed on January 9 2013..... Rather fast considering most wait times.

[Darnell 8,478]

They do not generally move a case to the local office, that happens when they are going to interview the USC because their is a problem with the case.

Sorry, Inky - this is wrong info after the 15th of August 2012, where about half the casefiles sent in are routed FROM MSC (where all of the I-130s go now) to local offices

for

FASTER processing.

Usually no local office interview on these, but some local offices have been munging the adjudication guidelines, asking for a birth certificate of the petitioner, for example.

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OP - I suggest you call the military hotline instead, and get the ball rolling there with the expedite. If that doesn't work, get into the local office via INFOPASS, bring yer orders and other stuff related to the expedite request (formletters, command letters, etc) and get to the I-130 unit supervisor (must wait a bit, but keep asking) and have that person handle the intake on the expedite request right there.

Good Luck !

[Darnell 8,478]

The email is in response to my phone call for expedite..... So i am assuming they are expediting it at the local office level to push it through the process. Plus it says a decision should be made or a NOA within 60 days. I just filed on January 9 2013..... Rather fast considering most wait times.

Not necessarily.

Your expedite wasn't addressed, IMO. Instead, you got some current casefile status.

The casefile made it to MSC, and MSC routed it to the local office. That's what they do.

The response you got back told you of the date when that was done. The expedite request wasn't addressed, sorry.

Here's the blurb:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c3c7ca7c5fed9310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

getting transferred to a local office is not a big deal - but what IS a big deal is the petitioner learning of it. Most of us have had to call in and talk with an ISO to get that information, as the CSRs can't see that stuff in their computer.

[dsgbuckeye 1]

I understand but the Officer I spoke with stated that she was listing my military expedite under "other" which it states in the email along with my request date of 18JAN..... Which is when I called in and spoke with the Officer. So it is in response to my request for expedite.... I agree the expedite wasn't addressed on whether it was approved or not, but it is in response to my military expedite as all the info pertains to my phone call to the Officer. To me it looks like it was approved to expedite..... Otherwise my case would still be sitting in the Que.after only being submitted less than a month ago.

[The Mean Lady 604]

I understand but the Officer I spoke with stated that she was listing my military expedite under "other" which it states in the email along with my request date of 18JAN..... Which is when I called in and spoke with the Officer. So it is in response to my request for expedite.... I agree the expedite wasn't addressed on whether it was approved or not, but it is in response to my military expedite as all the info pertains to my phone call to the Officer. To me it looks like it was approved to expedite..... Otherwise my case would still be sitting in the Que.after only being submitted less than a month ago.

that response is in no way an approval and your case going to denver is normal

[dsgbuckeye 1]

I never said it was an approval of my case...... And please explain your experience with military expediting... Thanks

Edited February 9, 2013 by dsgbuckeye

[The Mean Lady 604]

I understand but the Officer I spoke with stated that she was listing my military expedite under "other" which it states in the email along with my request date of 18JAN..... Which is when I called in and spoke with the Officer. So it is in response to my request for expedite.... I agree the expedite wasn't addressed on whether it was approved or not, but it is in response to my military expedite as all the info pertains to my phone call to the Officer. To me it looks like it was approved to expedite..... Otherwise my case would still be sitting in the Que.after only being submitted less than a month ago.

i never said case approval

Edited February 9, 2013 by KDH

[TBoneTX 45,598]

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[Inky 1,111]

So everyone gets a email regarding their service request for a military expedite two weeks after the request? And files getting sent to a local office three weeks after submission is normal? Ok thanks KBH! Your information gathering and presentation is an invaluable asset to these boards.

You need to call the military phone line to request a military expedite and send them the documents they request. Not the regular phone line for USCIS.

We requested a military expedite and our case was approved in 5 days flat and forwarded to NVC.

You get a paper notice in the mail.

[ecg19 7]

You need to call the military phone line to request a military expedite and send them the documents they request. Not the regular phone line for USCIS.

We requested a military expedite and our case was approved in 5 days flat and forwarded to NVC.

You get a paper notice in the mail.

Same for us.

We sent in an expedite request with the original petition by letter, then called the normal line (not military line- they were useless for us) and requested an expedite over the phone.

By the time we checked online a few days later, it said our petition had been approved and forwarded to NVC.

This was only a couple months ago - no one told us anything about military expedites not being approved!

Edited February 9, 2013 by ecg19

[dsgbuckeye 1]

You need to call the military phone line to request a military expedite and send them the documents they request. Not the regular phone line for USCIS.

We requested a military expedite and our case was approved in 5 days flat and forwarded to NVC.

You get a paper notice in the mail.

Thanks for the response Inky... This request was done through the military hotline and i was transferred to an Officer to review the case. This email was in response to my expediate request. I should be getting a paper response in the mail soon as well.