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Quarknase Proficient

Quarknase   1,072

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2 minutes ago, Brandon1990 said:

Yes I filed late afternoon the day before thanksgiving. I am military and asked to be expedited because of my job. The customer service is hit or miss with being helpful, I think I talked to everyone in the office lol. But they act on expedite request very fast. 

Wow. You should go and fill out your Visajourney timeline - this one will go down in history hehehe

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Deagle
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Look at it this way: There is a concert but there is an unbelievably long line. People are coming with cars and there is a fast train. The only benefit of taking the train is that you will get in line

geowrian
geowrian

F2A is current immediately right now, so expediting has the same benefits as that of a USC filing for a spouse.

pushbrk
pushbrk

You'll save a few days.  Mailing time, plust the time it takes the lockbox/intake facility to convert your paper filing to electronic.  THEN, your wait will be the same as somebody whose paper file wa

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Quarknase   1,072

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3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

There are specific criteria for expediting petitions.

Yes - I have tried to do it via hotline and was advised to send a message through the online system. Which hasn't been answered since, so I am just in awe how quickly processing can happen if you speak to the right people :)

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Just now, Quarknase said:

Yes - I have tried to do it via hotline and was advised to send a message through the online system. Which hasn't been answered since, so I am just in awe how quickly processing can happen if you speak to the right people :)

Expediting through a hotline? Never heard of such a thing.  Is it an F2A visa?  Family preference visas cannot be expedited, as you have to wait until the visa is available.

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Just now, Jorgedig said:

Expediting through a hotline? Never heard of such a thing.  Is it an F2A visa?  Family preference visas cannot be expedited, as you have to wait until the visa is available.

F2A is current immediately right now, so expediting has the same benefits as that of a USC filing for a spouse.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Quarknase Proficient

Quarknase   1,072

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1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

Expediting through a hotline? Never heard of such a thing.  Is it an F2A visa?  Family preference visas cannot be expedited, as you have to wait until the visa is available.

Yes you can file a request to expedite via the 1-800 number - I understand that's what the poster here did, successfully.

I inquired about expediting the petition, which is possible unrelated to the visa bulletin. The visa bulletin is also current at the moment, so once a petition reaches NVC there's no wait.

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