Speeding up Processing through Emotional Distress

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Hi everyone,

 

My wife was recently rejected for a green card application, and she left to China while I attempt to get her paperwork sorted in America. I'm an American citizen, and I was trying to get my wife a green card (Chinese citizen) through marriage. Basically, my wife was here on a F-1 visa, but originally started on a J-1 student visa. We tried to get her under a permanent resident status through marriage, but on the final I-130 interview, the officer noted that the 2 year rule for the J-1 visa still applied and was never waived. In order for her to become a permanent resident, she would have to take care of the two year rule, so we were ultimately rejected.

 

I'm working with a lawyer to get the paperwork through now, and we've already waived the two year rule from the J-1 visa. We’re requesting that USCIS send the approved I-130 to the National Visa Center, so that my wife can start the green card paperwork in china through Consular Processing. However, this process has already taken 3 months, with an estimated 5 months remaining.

 

My depression has come back in full force since my wife left the country, and I can provide documentation for my emotional distress. My question is this: if I can provide a letter detailing my emotional distress, can I speed this process up at all? It seems that the National Visa Center simply needs to receive our I-130 in order to allow her to begin the Consular Processing. Is there anyway to expedite this?

[Crazy Cat 42,324]

I'm sorry for your problems,but I don't think depression is a valid reason for expedite.  If it was, we could all expedite our cases.  Again, I'm sorry, but I doubt you can succeed using depression as the reason....but, if you want to try, all they can do is say "no".

Edited August 12, 2017 by missileman

[Coco8 1,042]

You can contact your state senator. USCIS require hard proof for expedites so you would need a note from a psychiatrist, preferably someone who has treated you for a while.

 

The issue is that they are not going to care about a letter from you mentioning "emotional distress" because anyone going through this process could write that kind of letter. 

 

This guy got his expedited approved but it has been rejected the first time -- most of the time they get rejected

 

 

Do you have a receipt notice? Do you know where the file is at? 

 

If you were able to waive the J1 then you probably did that based on No Objection. Unfortunately, she should have stayed in the US while you guys were doing that and complete her AOS in the US once she had the waiver. Most people do that. 

Edited August 12, 2017 by Coco8

[Hypnos 6,578]

I sincerely doubt it. 

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Woops, I meant if I can get a letter detailing my emotional distress from my psychologist. That would add a bit more validity, but it sounds like the outcome would be the same.

[databit 328]

Look at it from another angle:

 

Do you really want immigration to be made aware of the fact that you have a diagnosed mental illness?