My mom filing for my sister, How long are the wait times lately?

[Gumbolette 58]

Hi Everyone, 
Thank you all very much for the feedback. 

My mom wasn't eligible for N400 since she just made 5 years as LPR. And our FO is New Orleans which when I checked it truly looks like its also going to take a year. 

 

I spoke with her this morning to we decided to file now for my sis, and also file for N400. Upgrade later when applicable. 
I'm so bummed because we could have filed a while back for  my sis but my sister has been having a lot of medical issues, cardiac related issues that I believe we can try to apply for "expedite" status for medical emergency.  All we can do is try, if they deny the medical emergency reason, we can always fall back to the regular processing timeline. 

 

Any feedback on this?

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Not your question, but how do you plan to pay for all your sister’s health issues in the US? Can she go as a dependent on your mom’s health insurance?

[geowrian 22,337]

3 hours ago, Gumbolette said:

I spoke with her this morning to we decided to file now for my sis, and also file for N400. Upgrade later when applicable.

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3 hours ago, Gumbolette said:

I'm so bummed because we could have filed a while back for  my sis but my sister has been having a lot of medical issues, cardiac related issues that I believe we can try to apply for "expedite" status for medical emergency.  All we can do is try, if they deny the medical emergency reason, we can always fall back to the regular processing timeline. 

An expedite of a PD is not possible.

It can actually cause a considerable wait if she does so as an LPR. If they approve the expedite on the I-130, she still needs to wait for the PD to become current. However, she will have less time covered by CSPA....she might age out from F2A to F2B. That will add several years to her timeline.

This can be avoided if the mother naturalizes before she turns 21. But it's an unnecessary risk.

 

Once the mother becomes a USC, then an expedite on the I-130 makes sense. There's no longer a wait for the PD to become current.

An expedite would be needed again at the NVC/embassy stage.

 

As for whether or not she qualifies for an expedite, that depends on the circumstances. There's no issue with requesting an expedite if you believe the case meets the criteria. Every expedite decision is discretionary. Worst thing is they say no.

I will just note that expedite for medical reasons of the beneficiary is quite difficult. It typically requires evidence of the condition and that they cannot obtain sufficient treatment abroad.

And as noted above, showing that she won't become a public charge may or may not be more difficult.

[Gumbolette 58]

On 5/1/2019 at 12:55 PM, geowrian said:

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An expedite of a PD is not possible.

It can actually cause a considerable wait if she does so as an LPR. If they approve the expedite on the I-130, she still needs to wait for the PD to become current. However, she will have less time covered by CSPA....she might age out from F2A to F2B. That will add several years to her timeline.

This can be avoided if the mother naturalizes before she turns 21. But it's an unnecessary risk.

 

Once the mother becomes a USC, then an expedite on the I-130 makes sense. There's no longer a wait for the PD to become current.

An expedite would be needed again at the NVC/embassy stage.

 

As for whether or not she qualifies for an expedite, that depends on the circumstances. There's no issue with requesting an expedite if you believe the case meets the criteria. Every expedite decision is discretionary. Worst thing is they say no.

I will just note that expedite for medical reasons of the beneficiary is quite difficult. It typically requires evidence of the condition and that they cannot obtain sufficient treatment abroad.

And as noted above, showing that she won't become a public charge may or may not be more difficult.

 

thank you very much! This is very helpful.