Any chance I can get my visa expedited?

[Ploythongsuk 0]

Hi!

Me and my husband are about to apply for a CR-1 visa. We have already started to think about trying to have it expedited (We have not filed a

I-130 form yet tho)

We have a couple of reasonable reasons but I do not know if the USCIS & NVC will approve it.

Here are our reasons :

1. My husband's father just went for his left shoulder surgery, he was working as a millwright for years and years. That makes him not being able to drive very well right now. And he will need to go for his right shoulder surgery as soon as the left one heals up. We don't know if his arms will be functional like they were before.

2. My husband's mother had a knee replacement long time ago (They are old. They had my husband when they were almost 40) Now she can not walk so well, drive without feeling it hurt & can't stand for a long period.

3. On top of that, my husband has a 9-year-old daughter. She's currently being taken care of by all of them but mostly by my husband's mother because my husband and his father are a very busy workers

4. Now that my husband's parents are not doing so good anymore, they kinda want me back there to do a step mother & daughter in law job.

I know that this might not be a "Life or death situations" and it's not really about my husband himself. But things can get worse too and nobody wants that to happen. So we think that we should prevent it before any bad thing happens.

I'll really appreciate every advice & answer

Edited April 15, 2014 by Ploythongsuk

[Caryh 5,206]

They do not lightly hand out expedites. The criteria is on the link below.

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/expedite-criteria

No one can say if you'll get one or not. You have a lot more reason that I've seen many that have applied, and for that I mean the father's current operations. Taking care of a daughter alone, many millions do that in this country, without having parents that will help. Aging mother will bad knees, plenty of those to, although that all might be adding into the burden on your husband and help to push the expedite request through. Just don't get your heart set on it.

[Darnell 8,478]

If you can prove up an emergent situation then you have a shot.

Otherwise, no.

[pushbrk 12,898]

I see two chances, slim and none. No harm trying though.

[aaron2020 11,651]

I see two chances, slim and none. No harm trying though.

The harm in applying for an expedite when they do not meet the expedite criteria creates no harm for them, but is certainly a waste of USCIS's limited resources which delays adjudication of legitimate expedite requests.

[sparth 1]

My best bet is write a cover letter when you send out your package. It's a chance, even if it's slim. Good luck

[christeen 966]

You can try, but I would not count on it. However, if it is so urgent you get there, I think getting the application in ASAP should be a priority... But you have to have an actual application in queue to even think for an expedite... I would get on that

[Hypnos 6,576]

Based on what you've said I think it's unlikely you would qualify for an expedite, although the worst they can do is say no if you ask.

[Karee 4,190]

The only expedites I've seen approved were military expedites where the USC was getting ready to be deployed somewhere. That said, I haven't followed them too closely.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Hi!

Me and my husband are about to apply for a CR-1 visa. We have already started to think about trying to have it expedited (We have not filed a

I-130 form yet tho)

We have a couple of reasonable reasons but I do not know if the USCIS & NVC will approve it.

Here are our reasons :

1. My husband's father just went for his left shoulder surgery, he was working as a millwright for years and years. That makes him not being able to drive very well right now. And he will need to go for his right shoulder surgery as soon as the left one heals up. We don't know if his arms will be functional like they were before.

2. My husband's mother had a knee replacement long time ago (They are old. They had my husband when they were almost 40) Now she can not walk so well, drive without feeling it hurt & can't stand for a long period.

3. On top of that, my husband has a 9-year-old daughter. She's currently being taken care of by all of them but mostly by my husband's mother because my husband and his father are a very busy workers

4. Now that my husband's parents are not doing so good anymore, they kinda want me back there to do a step mother & daughter in law job.

I know that this might not be a "Life or death situations" and it's not really about my husband himself. But things can get worse too and nobody wants that to happen. So we think that we should prevent it before any bad thing happens.

I'll really appreciate every advice & answer

Based on that criteria, no.

[TBoneTX 45,305]

Post edited by VJ Moderation with remaining portion returned here:

What goes in the queue is a petition not an application for anything. When the petition gets approved, the foreign relative is invited to "apply" for a visa. Portion edited out by VJ Moderation

Edited April 17, 2014 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,305]

Two posts have been removed for not contributing to the thread, one has been removed for a TOS violation, and one has been edited and returned. Several highly knowledgeable members are contributing to this thread -- let's focus on the knowledge (including proper terminology) and being supportive not only to the OP, but to each other. Thanks for your responsiveness.

TBoneTX

for VJ Moderation

[ahsan.verma 2]

Hi!

Me and my husband are about to apply for a CR-1 visa. We have already started to think about trying to have it expedited (We have not filed a

I-130 form yet tho)

We have a couple of reasonable reasons but I do not know if the USCIS & NVC will approve it.

Here are our reasons :

1. My husband's father just went for his left shoulder surgery, he was working as a millwright for years and years. That makes him not being able to drive very well right now. And he will need to go for his right shoulder surgery as soon as the left one heals up. We don't know if his arms will be functional like they were before.

2. My husband's mother had a knee replacement long time ago (They are old. They had my husband when they were almost 40) Now she can not walk so well, drive without feeling it hurt & can't stand for a long period.

3. On top of that, my husband has a 9-year-old daughter. She's currently being taken care of by all of them but mostly by my husband's mother because my husband and his father are a very busy workers

4. Now that my husband's parents are not doing so good anymore, they kinda want me back there to do a step mother & daughter in law job.

I know that this might not be a "Life or death situations" and it's not really about my husband himself. But things can get worse too and nobody wants that to happen. So we think that we should prevent it before any bad thing happens.

I'll really appreciate every advice & answer

Greetings,

In my experience dealing with CR1 Cases... This is very likely to happen. However, you can certainly expedite your case a lot faster than others by preparing all paper work in advance and having everything ready. So when they ask you don't waste any time in submitting and gathering the evidence.

Most delays in cases arise from lack of evidence, incorrect and incomplete forms, and insufficient attachments. It's best to prepare before hand, and walk through the entire visa process to learn the things you will need at each stage of the process so you can have the knowledge before hand, and breeze through the process.

If you are going to be saving money, and do the process yourself than you must learn and familiarize yourself with the entire process... That is how I became an immigration legal assistant. 2 Months before I got married, I dived into the Marriage and Fiance Visa to learn and master each content of the application and stay one step ahead of the Immigration Applications. And today, I am happily married and working as a specialist legal assistant in the Marriage and Fiancee visa. You should also learn, its preset simple process.. Its just few confusing aspects of the application process that looks daunting but with asking questions to understand what they want, need or looking for its a best place to ease your tensions.

Now if you really want to expedite the application process beyond the scope of what I have educated you above, you can do one thing.... Get a lawyer or legal assistant or even a persuasive writer, to write a persuasive letter that demonstrates above reasons you have mentioned as "Severe financial loss to company or individual"

This is not illegal, its just demonstrating that your above reasons may lead to severe financial loss to your partner due to the up coming treatments of the family members situations above. You can write this yourself if you are good in persuading. And I don't recomend you do such a thing, because from a logical stand point above reasons may not be able to lead your partner to severe financial loss where he would be ending up to starve himself. Just stay with the above advice for how to expedite it by staying a step ahead and error free.

For instance, when they request evidence, it will come to your mail box 10 days later, an average couple spends about 15-20 days gathering the required documentations and materials and than submits them. And it takes approximately 5-10 business days for it to be delivered. And than another 30-60-90 day waiting period till it gets reviewed. So the time you can expedite is the gathering materials in advance, before hand, and if you are really confident that everything they need you have it ready and its 100% accurate than you should use expedited mailing service so that instead of one week being wasted in reaching them it can reach them over night or 2 days. Expediting days as well.

This is the best method I instruct everyone to EXPEDITE Visa.

If you have any questions, or concerns don't hesitate to ask.

[Ploythongsuk 0]

Thank you very much for every comment this place is very helpful. If there's no harm trying then we're at least gonna try for it

And to

ahsan.verma

I will definitely follow your advice thank you very much