I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC

[L and A 3]

Did they approve to expedite your petition? What do you need to do for expedite?

I requested them to expedite my case first week of May. I was told at that time that they will email me in few days. After 2 weeks they said it is still pending. So it's been a month now, so I called them today he said it's still pending but he will open another service request to expedite my case.By June 22nd he said I will get an email with expedite request decision.

Edited June 8, 2013 by Laddi

[aptiger 3]

I requested them to expedite my case first week of May. I was told at that time that they will email me in few days. After 2 weeks they said it is still pending. So it's been a month now, so I called them today he said it's still pending but he will open another service request to expedite my case.By June 22nd he said I will get an email with expedite request decision.

How can i expedite case.

What do i need for it

[L and A 3]

How can i expedite case.

What do i need for it

You will need to call customer service and tell them the reason why you want to expedite your case. They will transfer you to a tier 2 level officer and he will review the info with you. Afterwards he will open a service request to expedite your case. Someone else will review your request and determine if your eligible or not. If you are they will require evidence. Once they receive evidence within two weeks they approve your case. Your question might be is it easy to get approved to get your case expedited and the answer is no. But it is still worth giving it a shot. Read the criteria below and see if you fall in one of those.

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.

[vegas12 12]

I requested them to expedite my case first week of May. I was told at that time that they will email me in few days. After 2 weeks they said it is still pending. So it's been a month now, so I called them today he said it's still pending but he will open another service request to expedite my case.By June 22nd he said I will get an email with expedite request decision.

You have no timeline could you update this would help all of us see your time you been waiting. .

[L and A 3]

You have no timeline could you update this would help all of us see your time you been waiting. .

I just did.

[aptiger 3]

I can't check my case status online. So i contact my state senator and i got a letter from senator.

(I Have contacted the appropriate federal officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and requested that this matter be carefully reviewed. Please be assured that i will contact you when i receive additional information. please do not hesitate to reach me if I can be assistance.)

will this help

[L and A 3]

I can't check my case status online. So i contact my state senator and i got a letter from senator.

(I Have contacted the appropriate federal officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and requested that this matter be carefully reviewed. Please be assured that i will contact you when i receive additional information. please do not hesitate to reach me if I can be assistance.)

will this help

I think it should. Keep us informed how it works out for you.

[L and A 3]

I am planning to go to India for 2 weeks to meet my wife. Aboard cases gets approved faster then U.S. Should I change my address to my Indian address while I am there? Will that make my process faster?

[Ryan H 3,812]

Should I change my address to my Indian address while I am there? Will that make my process faster?

Absolutely not, you already filed your petition and it is officially in the queue. The "abroad cases" that you reference are when the petitioner lives abroad at the time the petition is filed.

[vegas12 12]

I hope this does something keep us update if you get any results. Keeping my finger crossed this workout.

[L and A 3]

Absolutely not, you already filed your petition and it is officially in the queue. The "abroad cases" that you reference are when the petitioner lives abroad at the time the petition is filed.

Thanks bud.

[lucybelle 453]

Absolutely not, you already filed your petition and it is officially in the queue. The "abroad cases" that you reference are when the petitioner lives abroad at the time the petition is filed.

I live abroad and they took a USA return address off my envelope and put that as my address. Since I wanted to be in the "expedite" queue, I got the ombudsman to get USCIS to change my address to my foreign address (since that's what I put on my I-130). We'll see how that affects my processing time! I have a feeling I'll just be with all the non-foreign address peeps.

[vegas12 12]

I just got a call from my congressman today. I sent him a email about the Homeland Security Bill that had a amendment. This stops immigration for Brazilian to come to the United States. When he called I also told him about my I-130 application he said lets also look into that issue. He sent me a form that allow them to look at your case. I sent back copies of my receipts from Immigration. The other good thing he is on the committee for Immigration and Homeland Security. What my intent was to alert him about the amendment not to ask for special treatment. I figured it could not hurt.

[L and A 3]

I requested to expedite I-130 based on extreme financial hardship on May 5th. I called couple of times they said it is still pending. I called on June 6th, tier 2 IO said since it's been over a month he will open another request asking them to process it since I been waiting. Have anyone faced issues over expedition request like this? Do you think they will even process it? I am frustrated I been expecting some sort of answer from them. Plz help me with your experiences thanks.

[Ryan H 3,812]

I just got a call from my congressman today. I sent him a email about the Homeland Security Bill that had a amendment. This stops immigration for Brazilian to come to the United States. When he called I also told him about my I-130 application he said lets also look into that issue. He sent me a form that allow them to look at your case. I sent back copies of my receipts from Immigration. The other good thing he is on the committee for Immigration and Homeland Security. What my intent was to alert him about the amendment not to ask for special treatment. I figured it could not hurt.

A Point of Order objection was raised about that admendement; the objection was ruled valid and the amendment stripped out as a result.