K1 NVC Expedite Process

[SalishSea 17,829]

4 hours ago, kev and julia said:

From what I gathered so far, it is pretty much pure luck.  If you can come up with a sad story, essential workers, mental distress, physical health distress, whatever, just try to submit the request.  The request itself is free.    

Great.  Make stuff up.  DOS loves it when people do that.

[kmk813 11]

I have seen that sending them a email to that is for expidiated gets a automatic response that k1s are already expidiated. The embassy is not the one that expidiates it. It is the nvc. And I had a successful expidiate in February from the nvc inquiry form. I explained my reason and within a week it was being expidiated. it was expidiated to Honduras. Just giving my experience. 

[kmk813 11]

10 hours ago, kev and julia said:

Specifically, I email my expedite request to this address with my documentations, right?

 

 NVCExpedite@state.gov 

 

 

I left a message at the end. That email will give you a automatic response about k1s being expidiated already. You need to fill out the nvc inquiry form. Honduras embassy said they are not the ones that expedite the file to the embassy that it is the nvc. 

[TiEy 69]

My fiance (the petitioner), contacted his congressman some few weeks ago. Congressman sent an expedite request to NVC. NVC replied that they have forwarded the request to the embassy. Today my case status changed to "in transit". We have not received any letter so i do not know if it is normal processing or if the request was granted.

 

NOA 2 : june 2020

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

3 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Great.  Make stuff up.  DOS loves it when people do that.

Yep.  There are people who have been waiting a lot longer than August.  Everyone thinks THEIR case should be moved to the front of the queue ahead of those who have been waiting patiently. 

[Beth & Achraf 328]

Even if expedited, still have to marry, file for AOS, and wait for 2 year green card before even working.

 

 

[Adventine 3,196]

11 hours ago, kev and julia said:

From what I gathered so far, it is pretty much pure luck.  If you can come up with a sad story, essential workers, mental distress, physical health distress, whatever, just try to submit the request.  The request itself is free.    

I'm sure many have submitted requests based on these reasons.

 

How many frivolous requests have been approved? Who knows? But USCIS / DOS have pretty good BS meters.

 

The only successful expedite requests I've seen are because the couple have a US citizen child together or the petitioner is active duty military and about to deploy to a different country.

[David and Anna 118]

4 minutes ago, Adventine said:

I'm sure many have submitted requests based on these reasons.

 

How many frivolous requests have been approved? Who knows? But USCIS / DOS have pretty good BS meters.

 

The only successful expedite requests I've seen are because the couple have a US citizen child together or the petitioner is active duty military and about to deploy to a different country.

and we have seen some approved for health reasons (both mental and physical).

[Adventine 3,196]

2 minutes ago, David and Anna said:

and we have seen some approved for health reasons (both mental and physical).

 

Thanks, you're right. If I recall correctly, the health reasons were backed up by solid documentation from medical providers.

[David and Anna 118]

5 minutes ago, Adventine said:

 

Thanks, you're right. If I recall correctly, the health reasons were backed up by solid documentation from medical providers.

actually, in the cases I know of, the person for obvious reasons didn't give us any insight into the medical issues and even if they alluded to it, they certainly didn't show us the documentation!  So of course we have no idea of the quality of the documentation. 

 

I think we all can presume the DoS and USCIS (if applicable) don't go granting these without reason that rises to a level they determine to be sufficient. 

 

Not pointing so much at you with this next comment, but there is in this thread - as always - a lot of bitterness and righteousness that come out of the humans here whenever anyone inquires about expedites.  Let people try, its no skin off of our backs. (because we can presume that the DoS and USCIS are going to check it out before granting it)

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

7 minutes ago, David and Anna said:

Let people try, its no skin off of our backs.

Tell that to the people who have been waiting in the K-1 process since early 2020.......They might have a different opinion.   But you are correct in that there is no cost in legally applying for an expedite.

Edited April 15, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[Adventine 3,196]

@David and Anna agreed, I should have clarified - certainly we don't know the details and can't judge how good their medical documentation is. I meant to say, I am sure that USCIS / DOS look at the quality of the documentation before granting expedites.

 

My opinion is, frivolous expedite requests hurt everybody because someone in USCIS / DOS has to spend time that could have been better spent processing legitimate expedite requests / otherwise normal workload. But I agree, if someone believes they have a valid reason to expedite, they should certainly try.

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

4 minutes ago, Adventine said:

@David and Anna agreed, I should have clarified - certainly we don't know the details and can't judge how good their medical documentation is. I meant to say, I am sure that USCIS / DOS look at the quality of the documentation before granting expedites.

 

My opinion is, frivolous expedite requests hurt everybody because someone in USCIS / DOS has to spend time that could have been better spent processing legitimate expedite requests / otherwise normal workload. But I agree, if someone believes they have a valid reason to expedite, they should certainly try.

I have seen many people request an expedite for various reason.  You just never know which ones will be approved or won't be approved.  Everyone is free to apply.  Hopefully, this case will add to our database of knowledge....

[David and Anna 118]

17 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Tell that to the people who have been waiting in the K-1 process since early 2020.......They might have a different opinion.   But you are correct in that there is no cost in legally applying for an expedite.

yup, there are many points along the immigration journey where pettiness, jealous and bitterness can come out...in some people.  Especially in these covid restriction times with the DoS acting illegally to delay visas, etc and some applicants having the resources to sue (and win) for their visa, and others not.  And some getting expedites and/or NIE's and some not. 

 

Its an oppty to live your life as a "be happy for what others can do" and not "be jealous of what others can do" kinda person... 

 

(for us, my wife is a licensed doctor in the UK and her native Poland and we were denied any sort of NIE or expedite despite us quoting actual DoS publications stating that such applicants would get those - without the DoS even considering it, they quickly said "no that won't work".  And yet I watched others get NIE's this past year.  I'm no saint, but I was happy for those people, even whilst having to pay thousands for my then fiance to spend two weeks in mexico on top of paying for the lawsuit.  When Biden finally did the right thing and exempted Fiances from the travel bans, I was the first to post on relevant sites (FB immigration sites, maybe here, can't recall) how happy I was for everyone to finally get movement and be reunited.  I wasn't bitter that I had to pay a lot of money for the lawsuit nor the mexico diversion, rather I had joy knowing how happy all those couples would be.)

Edited April 15, 2021 by David and Anna

[Boiler 45,516]

I know I am an essential worker but then 70% of the US workforce is.

 

In Colorado that includes Pot workers.

 

Have a go, you never know and no downside.