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Hello,

Before I get to my question, I will quickly provide relevant background information. My wife is from Nicaragua and she currently lives there. For the most part, we do not live together because she works there and I work here, in the United States. Every two to three months I take a month or two off to go live with her in Managua. We have only begun the first step in the immigration process, that is to say, I filed the I-130 petition on her behalf to the USCIS back in mid-January and subsequently received the I-797C, notice of Action later that same month. In terms of our case, nothing has changed since then.

What has changed is the urgent situation in Nicaragua, which has caused us to become increasingly more concerned with the wait time of the immigration process. For those who are unaware of the situation, there has been unrest in Nicaragua since the government tried to reform social security back in late April. This has lead to over nearly 80 people being killed, nearly 800 wounded, and well over 400 unjustly arrested and put into jail. There are protests going on everyday throughout the entire country. It's a very serious situation. It goes without saying, my wife and I are growing more and more concerned. She works at a public hospital (in other words, for the government) and thus cannot even express her feelings on the subject lest she lose her job, or God forbid, she be physically harmed. Furthermore, her father was a known politician and was assassinated in the early 2000s for speaking out against the same government in power today; therefore, this political/social unrest truly hits home with her, and possibly puts her even more in peril.

To finally get to my question: due to these specific circumstances, is it possible to somehow expedite our immigration process? Would it be a waste of time explaining the situation to USCIS or do they take these things into consideration when processing cases?

I would appreciate anybody's input. It's very stressful for us. Her country's future has never been more uncertain or dangerous.
Thank you.

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12 minutes ago, Jsco said:

Hello,

Before I get to my question, I will quickly provide relevant background information. My wife is from Nicaragua and she currently lives there. For the most part, we do not live together because she works there and I work here, in the United States. Every two to three months I take a month or two off to go live with her in Managua. We have only begun the first step in the immigration process, that is to say, I filed the I-130 petition on her behalf to the USCIS back in mid-January and subsequently received the I-797C, notice of Action later that same month. In terms of our case, nothing has changed since then.

What has changed is the urgent situation in Nicaragua, which has caused us to become increasingly more concerned with the wait time of the immigration process. For those who are unaware of the situation, there has been unrest in Nicaragua since the government tried to reform social security back in late April. This has lead to over nearly 80 people being killed, nearly 800 wounded, and well over 400 unjustly arrested and put into jail. There are protests going on everyday throughout the entire country. It's a very serious situation. It goes without saying, my wife and I are growing more and more concerned. She works at a public hospital (in other words, for the government) and thus cannot even express her feelings on the subject lest she lose her job, or God forbid, she be physically harmed. Furthermore, her father was a known politician and was assassinated in the early 2000s for speaking out against the same government in power today; therefore, this political/social unrest truly hits home with her, and possibly puts her even more in peril.

To finally get to my question: due to these specific circumstances, is it possible to somehow expedite our immigration process? Would it be a waste of time explaining the situation to USCIS or do they take these things into consideration when processing cases?

I would appreciate anybody's input. It's very stressful for us. Her country's future has never been more uncertain or dangerous.
Thank you.

 

Honestly, doesn't hurt to try and request the expedite does it? Worst case is they deny it.

 

In some sense, think of a lot of other countries in the world... if an expedite was given for same type of thing to everyone from those countries dealing with same thing or civil unrest; couldn't even think of how many expedited petitions there would be but a lot.

 

Again doesn't hurt to try though, they may approve it, or again worst case is they say no and you carry on at normal time frame.

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18 minutes ago, Jsco said:

Hello,

Before I get to my question, I will quickly provide relevant background information. My wife is from Nicaragua and she currently lives there. For the most part, we do not live together because she works there and I work here, in the United States. Every two to three months I take a month or two off to go live with her in Managua. We have only begun the first step in the immigration process, that is to say, I filed the I-130 petition on her behalf to the USCIS back in mid-January and subsequently received the I-797C, notice of Action later that same month. In terms of our case, nothing has changed since then.

What has changed is the urgent situation in Nicaragua, which has caused us to become increasingly more concerned with the wait time of the immigration process. For those who are unaware of the situation, there has been unrest in Nicaragua since the government tried to reform social security back in late April. This has lead to over nearly 80 people being killed, nearly 800 wounded, and well over 400 unjustly arrested and put into jail. There are protests going on everyday throughout the entire country. It's a very serious situation. It goes without saying, my wife and I are growing more and more concerned. She works at a public hospital (in other words, for the government) and thus cannot even express her feelings on the subject lest she lose her job, or God forbid, she be physically harmed. Furthermore, her father was a known politician and was assassinated in the early 2000s for speaking out against the same government in power today; therefore, this political/social unrest truly hits home with her, and possibly puts her even more in peril.

To finally get to my question: due to these specific circumstances, is it possible to somehow expedite our immigration process? Would it be a waste of time explaining the situation to USCIS or do they take these things into consideration when processing cases?

I would appreciate anybody's input. It's very stressful for us. Her country's future has never been more uncertain or dangerous.
Thank you.

It's unlikely that you will get an expedite for general circumstances in Nicaragua.  

Specific circumstances means something that is explicitly happening to your wife.  A threat against her, not general problems in the country.

People in war zones like Syria can not expedite based on the general conditions in their countries.  

You would have to show specific threats to your wife to qualify for an expedite.

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1 hour ago, Jojo92122 said:

It's unlikely that you will get an expedite for general circumstances in Nicaragua.  

Specific circumstances means something that is explicitly happening to your wife.  A threat against her, not general problems in the country.

People in war zones like Syria can not expedite based on the general conditions in their countries.  

You would have to show specific threats to your wife to qualify for an expedite.

For example, cases in Ukraine have not been expedited based on the general conditions there.  The same goes for the war torn areas of Africa.

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