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Hi,

 

any active duty military petitioners here which tried to get their case expedite? If so, did it work and what reason have you used?

 

I’ve been dining mixed answers on this, just wanna know either there is any hope for trying to do so.

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2 minutes ago, Xyrstine said:

There is no harm in trying. It's free to do and most they can say is no. Look into the official reasons for expedition and see if your situation applies.

Yeah that’s what I thought. We’re planning on doing it in couple weeks, so it’s a month since we’ve received our NOA1.

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1 hour ago, Dags said:

Hi,

 

any active duty military petitioners here which tried to get their case expedite? If so, did it work and what reason have you used?

 

I’ve been dining mixed answers on this, just wanna know either there is any hope for trying to do so.

If you are currently deployed to a war zone, that would allow you to expedite 

04/21/20: IR-5 Submitted Online 

04/21/20: NOA1 Issued online

04/27/20: NOA1 Received via postal mail from Texas Service Center

04/27/20: Touched

04/28/20: Case Transferred to California Service Center

05/14/20: Touched 

05/15/20: Touched 

07/01/20: Touched

07/06/20: Touched 

07/06/20: RFE Issued (not available online)

07/16/20: RFE Received in Mail

07/20/20: DNA Done in USA

08/09/20: RFE Partial Response Submitted Online

08/26/20: RFE Partial Response Submitted via mail

09/01/20: Touched

10/28/21: DNA test results Received by USCIS

11/12/21: NOA2

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1 hour ago, Dags said:

Hi,

 

any active duty military petitioners here which tried to get their case expedite? If so, did it work and what reason have you used?

 

I’ve been dining mixed answers on this, just wanna know either there is any hope for trying to do so.

Under what grounds would you expedite?  Serving in the military, in itself, is not a valid reason.......but it's free to apply.

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I think that’s why I’m trying to pick peoples brains.. I’ve heard some people just put some decent letters from supervisor explaining that the airman could be deployed any time, that he suffers from stress affecting his active duty etc. 
 

We’re due to be PSCing this August to Japan, but due all covid stuff and movement ban we probably will be postponed. There is also a chance, due to medical reasons, we may have to go back stateside.

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No harm in requesting an expedite.

If you have a need, great. Good luck.

If you're fishing for a need, I would expect is to have the same result as non-military people who fish for a reason.

Timelines:

ROC:

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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:

Spoiler

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:

Spoiler

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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Just being an active member in the military is not grounds for expedite. Many people seem to think so. Most approvals are based on conditions such as deployment orders or things like that.

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We tried to expedite both our K1 and AOS because of my husband's deployment with no luck. War zone or no war zone, they didn't care. There are 4 specific categories that your expedition needs to fit it: 

  • Severe financial loss to a company or person, provided that the need for urgent action is not the result of the petitioner’s or applicant’s failure to:
    1. File the benefit request or the expedite request in a reasonable time frame, or
    2. Respond to any requests for additional evidence in a reasonably timely manner;
  • Urgent humanitarian reasons;
  • Compelling U.S. government interests (such as urgent cases for the Department of Defense or DHS, or other public safety or national security interests); or
  • Clear USCIS error.

If you can write your request the way it will fit in one of these with evidence, you can try it. We tried it based on his deployment orders and were denied.

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5 hours ago, Dags said:

I think that’s why I’m trying to pick peoples brains.. I’ve heard some people just put some decent letters from supervisor explaining that the airman could be deployed any time, that he suffers from stress affecting his active duty etc. 
 

We’re due to be PSCing this August to Japan, but due all covid stuff and movement ban we probably will be postponed. There is also a chance, due to medical reasons, we may have to go back stateside.

Husband was deployed during our AOS. We didn't try to expedite but were told by the officer in the interview it was not grounds for expediting anyway. LOTS of people are in the military. LOTS of people get deployed every year. LOTS of us are military spouses. Its part of what you sign up for.

Good Luck. 

K1 Visa

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Met: January 2014
Filed K1: April 2017
I-129F received: 4/10/17
I-129F NOA1: 4/13/17
I-129F NOA2: 8/19/17

NVC received our case: 9/01/17

NVC assigned a case number: 9/01/17

Case Ready: 9/08/17

Visa Medical: 9/21/17

Visa Interview - Approved: 10/17/17

P.O.E: 11/20/17

 

 

AOS

Spoiler

 

Filed AOS,AP,EAD: 02/16/18

Case received: 02/21/18

Case NOA1: 02/26/18

RFIE: 03/14/18 (birth cert translation Eng:Eng) 

Interview: 06/25/2018

Green card issued: 07/11/2018

EAD/AP received: 07/16/2018

Green Card received: 07/18/2018

 

 

ROC

Packet mailed: 04/14/20

Packet received/NOA date: 04/17/20
NOA and extension received: never received 

Non-delivery notice sent: 5/17/20

NOA re-mailed: 5/19/20

2nd NOA received: 5/23/20

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10 hours ago, Dags said:

I think that’s why I’m trying to pick peoples brains.. I’ve heard some people just put some decent letters from supervisor explaining that the airman could be deployed any time, that he suffers from stress affecting his active duty etc. 
 

We’re due to be PSCing this August to Japan, but due all covid stuff and movement ban we probably will be postponed. There is also a chance, due to medical reasons, we may have to go back stateside.

Are you on his orders? If not can you get added? 

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5 hours ago, S*UK said:

Husband was deployed during our AOS. We didn't try to expedite but were told by the officer in the interview it was not grounds for expediting anyway. LOTS of people are in the military. LOTS of people get deployed every year. LOTS of us are military spouses. Its part of what you sign up for.

Good Luck. 

Why didn't you try? You can literally go onto the forum here and see that people get expedited just because their CO wrote a letter saying "There is a chance of Airman _____ deploying at anytime" and all that. They seem to be very lenient. 

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