Expedite Effects

[Waiting234 18]

Trust me, an expedite is not the only way that people get to "cut in line", USCIS does it to everybody. If they kept it all fair, my application would have been reviewed way before anyone else after me was accepted... July filers were getting accepted before me (a March filer).

I think a Financial hardship expedite is the most likely to be accepted... Anything else is too apparent. Financial expedites can at least be a little subjective.

[Ippsy Pippsy 31]

But proving financial hardship for the USC, and then turning around and trying to prove the non-USC won't be a public charge is dubious.

[amykathleen2005 441]

Now, I imagine some people will dislike this simply because expediting is kinda like queue-jumping, and well, I'd rather not unless I really had to. Which it seems I do. My situation is that my mother, with whom I live, here in the UK is being made redundant very soon, and I myself are in between jobs. Firstly I was wondering if this would be sufficient grounds to have our case expedited as this could potentially leave me homeless. The reason for the need to move to the US faster is that my fiance's grandparents in America have offered to let us stay there rent free until we're able to get on our feet with our new life together etc.

Secondly, my fiance in the US currently doesn't make enough so we'd end up using a co-sponsor when it comes to consulate/embassy stage. We were just wondering if the fact that we expedited this for my (Beneficiary) financial issues at the USCIS stage would affect the later interview stages when it comes down to finances?

Thanks.

Well presumably your mother would have to find a place to live whether you lived there or not. She's not just going to wander the streets I'm sure. So why can't you continue to live with her while you wait?

[Waiting234 18]

But proving financial hardship for the USC, and then turning around and trying to prove the non-USC won't be a public charge is dubious.

That's what I thought, originally. Now, I'm not so sure. I've seen someone get approved for financial hardship for needing to use up vacation time before the end of the year or they lose it and would have to take unpaid leave. If one week's pay is enough to cause financial hardship, then you do not have to make a case that you will be living below the poverty line, just that you're going to lose some money somehow. I wish I knew this because I've lost 1,000s as a result of my baby being born overseas, let alone a week's pay.

It's subjective because one man's financial hardship could be another man's joke. One week pay... I'm sorry, but that is NOT a hardship. You married a foreigner. Everyone on here has lost more than a week pay for this process. Am I right?

Edited February 21, 2013 by Waiting234