Fingerprints appointment got cancelled!!

[Sal11 5]

Hi, my husband had his fingerprints appointment in March, which got cancelled due to lockdown. Can we expedite it? Or can we directly have an interview appointment somehow? If we make a request? To compensate the time. He recently gave fingerprints for another green card too. Can we do something? My case is under F2A that’s why I’m under ban. We need to get his status switched to citizen ASAP. Thanks so much!!

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Application support centers have been closed ; only recently some have announced reopening dates.

[Sal11 5]

10 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

Application support centers have been closed ; only recently some have announced reopening dates.

Can we put a request? Once they’re open? 

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

4 minutes ago, Sal11 said:

Can we put a request? Once they’re open? 

Expedite based on what ?

[Sal11 5]

4 hours ago, James120383 said:

Expedite based on what ?

Our case was expedited, for immigration too. Over some medical issue. Now that our case has expedited, my visa category is under the ban. Can we somehow skip other steps? And direct interview for citizenship? 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

1 hour ago, Sal11 said:

Our case was expedited, for immigration too. Over some medical issue. Now that our case has expedited, my visa category is under the ban. Can we somehow skip other steps? And direct interview for citizenship? 

I’m not sure what you mean when you say he recently had his finger prints taken for another greencard ?? A person only receives one greencard.. You personally can’t chose to skip certain steps but sometimes USCIS will use biometrics from a previous encounter or waive an interview (AOS or ROC- NOT naturalization)  I’ve never seen a reason or heard of N400s being expedited other than military. This is your husbands petition (N400) and I realize your status will depend on his, however, USCIS doesn’t look at it this way as they are independent of each other. Once he is a citizen you can work on expediting your petition. Currently the processing time is 13-48.5 months for Chicago. 
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

[Quarknase 1,072]

From my own experience (same situation - my spouses F2A case got expedited for humanitarian reasons, but visa is now banned) the expedite won't be approved. I asked for expedite of my N400 interview (did fingerprints in February) but the request was not accepted. I understand your sentiment, but they don't see this as an emergency.

[Scandi 4,166]

You're in Pakistan so you likely have a looooong wait ahead of you anyway. An expedite likely won't help your visa anyway.

[Sal11 5]

On 7/8/2020 at 7:31 AM, Luckycuds said:

I’m not sure what you mean when you say he recently had his finger prints taken for another greencard ?? A person only receives one greencard.. You personally can’t chose to skip certain steps but sometimes USCIS will use biometrics from a previous encounter or waive an interview (AOS or ROC- NOT naturalization)  I’ve never seen a reason or heard of N400s being expedited other than military. This is your husbands petition (N400) and I realize your status will depend on his, however, USCIS doesn’t look at it this way as they are independent of each other. Once he is a citizen you can work on expediting your petition. Currently the processing time is 13-48.5 months for Chicago. 
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Oh okay, no he had a green card which got expired then he applied for another one. Now that he got the other one, and recently gave fingerprints for it, is it possible to skip the fingerprints part? 

On 7/8/2020 at 6:26 PM, Quarknase said:

From my own experience (same situation - my spouses F2A case got expedited for humanitarian reasons, but visa is now banned) the expedite won't be approved. I asked for expedite of my N400 interview (did fingerprints in February) but the request was not accepted. I understand your sentiment, but they don't see this as an emergency.

Got it!! Thanks so much. 

[Sal11 5]

On 7/8/2020 at 8:47 PM, Scandi said:

You're in Pakistan so you likely have a looooong wait ahead of you anyway. An expedite likely won't help your visa anyway.

My interview letter was in my hand, it was scheduled for next week before lockdown so I’m in the front of the queue as soon as the things get back to normal or my husband gets his citizenship because our case was expedited under special circumstances. 

[Sal11 5]

On 7/8/2020 at 7:31 AM, Luckycuds said:

I’m not sure what you mean when you say he recently had his finger prints taken for another greencard ?? A person only receives one greencard.. You personally can’t chose to skip certain steps but sometimes USCIS will use biometrics from a previous encounter or waive an interview (AOS or ROC- NOT naturalization)  I’ve never seen a reason or heard of N400s being expedited other than military. This is your husbands petition (N400) and I realize your status will depend on his, however, USCIS doesn’t look at it this way as they are independent of each other. Once he is a citizen you can work on expediting your petition. Currently the processing time is 13-48.5 months for Chicago. 
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

also, he got extension stamp on the green card. Which I believe, will be expired in December. Can we put a request? 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

1 hour ago, Sal11 said:

also, he got extension stamp on the green card. Which I believe, will be expired in December. Can we put a request? 

The only way he can expedite his N400 is if he has military orders in hand. 
I am not completely sure if USCIS allows skipping of N400 biometrics if they were recently completed.

[Scandi 4,166]

4 hours ago, Sal11 said:

My interview letter was in my hand, it was scheduled for next week before lockdown so I’m in the front of the queue as soon as the things get back to normal or my husband gets his citizenship because our case was expedited under special circumstances. 

It's not about the interview, it's about the administrative processing after the interview. It's well-known that people from Pakistan more often than not end up in very lengthy AP, many for years.

[Quarknase 1,072]

12 hours ago, Sal11 said:

My interview letter was in my hand, it was scheduled for next week before lockdown so I’m in the front of the queue as soon as the things get back to normal or my husband gets his citizenship because our case was expedited under special circumstances. 

The spot in the queue was likely lost due to the ban. I understand that your case was expedited, but after the expedite your visa category was banned until end of the year. Besides the fact that (as other mentioned) you would have been likely to be in AP after the interview, there is currently no visa that can be issued for you. It's tough, I understand it. We're in the same spot. But there's really only one advise that I can give you, and that is to be patient... Can your husband visit you instead, so you can be together?

[Sal11 5]

On 7/10/2020 at 8:27 AM, Scandi said:

It's not about the interview, it's about the administrative processing after the interview. It's well-known that people from Pakistan more often than not end up in very lengthy AP, many for years.

It’s not the same for everyone, I see many people getting their visas approved without being putting in an AP, and they’re from Pakistan. It’s different for everyone.