Expedite criteria - advice needed please :)

[RoLao 0]

Hi there,

My Fiance is in the US Military. We filed out l-129F Fiance petition last July and received our NOA1 25th July 2012. Since then our we have seen our application remain as "initial Review" on the UCIS website. No movement!

We are wondering if we have grounds to expedite as we are nervous as, his likely window for deployment could be any time now, and I am worried that he will be away when my Visa is issued, and my one and only 3 month window to get married to him could be missed.

I rather naively thought we were the textbook easy applicants - he's in the special forces, I have a clean record, no previous marriages, and no kids! I was wrong it seems!

Furthermore, in preparation last month (thinking I must surely be close) I have rented my house out (that I own) and am relying on the kindness of friends and family to put me up as I would have to enter a 6 month minimum contract to rent a place, and to make things worse my boss has hired and trained my replacement and is making noises that he isn't happy to pay us both!

I was wondering do any of these facts give us ground to expedite. Which criteria would any of these issues fall into? (if any)

I read a thread on here, and my fiance has already spoken to his commander and he is able to supply a letter which states that he could potentially be deployed any time now, and that orders are short notice due to his role etc, and also that he strongly supports the expedition of our application as he doesn't believe additional pressure to those in my fiances role are helpful etc. Is this any good?

Could we also add any of my potential financial/homelessness to the expedite? What evidence would I need....my employer wants me gone, so happy to comply with supportive letters etc.

Could anyone give any advice to us?

Many many thanks for any support you can give x

[Harsh_77 718]

Your finance and home issue are not the reason for expediting the case but his deployment order would be a reason for your case to be expedited.

[Juan & Nan 12]

That is a very long time to wait for a I-129. The upcoming deployment is a reason to request an expedite. All he needs is to call the military hotline and request it. They will ask him some questions and they may ask him to submit a copy of orders and or a letter from his commanding officers. Good luck.