Help: US Citizen mother died, how to acquire expedited Visa when I already submitted renewal of b1/b2 (qualified for waiver mail-in/no interview)

[winsse 2]

So I'm writing this in behalf of my filipino 71yo mother who wants to attend her mother's funeral next week. Grandma died just this Christmas.

 

My parents have an existing tourist visa thats expiring by the end of the year. So were processing the renewal but cannot seem to find a way to get it expedited.

 

We just ended up with a confirmation that the waiver is completed, and an email that gives the instruction how she needs to submit all the necessary documents for the renewal to proceed. There is no scheduled interview. The fee is already paid, ds160 is already filled.

 

Does anybody have any sound advice what to do, where to go, who to contact to ask for help so my mother can make it on time to attend her mother's funeral, please? 

[Mike E 11,739]

I am sorry for your loss.
 

If the previous visa is still valid, try to get the passport back today and go fly to USA before it expires. 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Mike E

[Verrou 1,962]

she can enter US anytime before her current visa expired

[winsse 2]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

I am sorry for your loss.
 

If the previous visa is still valid, try to get the passport back today and go fly to USA before it expires. 

I apologize, my parents visa both expired December 13 2022. I honestly thought it was still valid. 

 

How it wouldve made it so much easier. Thank you for responding! And for the condolences..

[powerpuff 6,697]

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12 minutes ago, winsse said:

So I'm writing this in behalf of my filipino 71yo mother who wants to attend her mother's funeral next week. Grandma died just this Christmas.

 

My parents have a tourist visa that expired December 13, 2022. So were processing the renewal but cannot seem to find a way to get it expedited.

 

We just ended up with a confirmation that the waiver is completed, and an email that gives the instruction how she needs to submit all the necessary documents for the renewal to proceed. There is no scheduled interview. The fee is already paid, ds160 is already filled.

 

Does anybody have any sound advice what to do, where to go, who to contact to ask for help so my mother can make it on time to attend her mother's funeral, please? 

 

This is the link we followed:

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-expeditedappointment.asp

 

Thank you for reading!

 

[Apologies for the edit because im in america, and its my nephew whos inputting all the details for the renewal back home in the philippines to help his grandma/my mom be able to attend the funeral, because they cant do it by themselves, the nephew and mom have the paperwork and i just assumed wrong—their visa is actually expired now, i thought it was still valid for 2 more days]

 

[winsse 2]

46 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

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Is there a way to edit a comment? I wanted to clarify that the visa my mother has IS expired..

 

I was under the impression they told me that it wouldnt expire until 2 days from now.

 

Thank you. I honestly dont know where to go to to ask for help. 

[powerpuff 6,697]

There is no way to edit the original post but you can post all follow up comments and questions in this thread. 
 

I think it’s best for you to contact the consulate and explain the need for an expedite. 

this page has several ways to contact, I would start here:

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-main-contactus.asp