Valid Expedite Request

[may5 0]

First, a thank you to the many folks on here who have provided wonderful advice, guides, tutorials, answers to questions, jokes, and general inspiration for what-was-at-first a very stressful and very ambiguous immigration process.

 

My mother has terminal cancer and the doctors are saying she does not have long at all.

I partially act as a caretaker for my mother and it does affect my own effort and ability at my workplace.

I did not initially plan for my wife to be a caretaker in my stead, as the job is especially taxing physically and mentally, but we might reconsider if we have to.

My mom might be able to make it to our expected immigration arrival date of late next year.

 

My mother-in-law, in the Philippines who the rest of my side of the family has not met, recently fell very ill right after I returned to the US from a trip to the Philippines.

Unfortunately, before the doctors there were even able to determine her biopsy of what appeared to be a cancerous tumor, she fell asleep in Christ surrounded by her family.

From feeling sick enough to go to the hospital to her passing was all of two and a half weeks.

 

It's left us feeling dazed and stunned and we even stopped obsessively looking at our not-accurate-at-all myUSCIS timeline countdown for a month or so.

My mother-in-law never had the chance to meet the rest of her family in the States.

My beautiful wife has never met the rest of my side of the family either.

We were content with waiting in line before anyone died, but with this recent death, instead of our previous optimism, we fear my wife would not be able to meet my mother in person.

 

Is terminal cancer of my wife's mother-in-law a valid reason for an expedite request?

[Boiler 45,468]

You essentially have to show the relationship between your Mother and your wife and if I read it correctly they have never met.

 

Free to try but it is going to be a long shot.

[OldUser 6,636]

10 minutes ago, may5 said:

Is terminal cancer of my wife's mother-in-law a valid reason for an expedite request?

I'm really sorry to hear about your mother. This is very sad situation.

 

Are you going through AOS?

 

You can certainly try to expedite. It's free and won't hurt your case.

 

USCIS is known to deny expedite requests even for emergencies like yours, so I wouldn't count on it too much.

 

<s>I'd consult with a lawyer today to see what the plan would be if you left the US without getting approved I-131. You may have a bar and issues coming back. At the same time, it's your mother, so it would be a tough choice to make.</s>

 

 

Update: do you mean expedite CR-1 / IR-1 for your wife overseas to come to the US sooner to meet her mother in law?

 

I doubt this would be granted, unfortunately.

 

Edited November 9, 2023 by OldUser

[Boiler 45,468]

I may have read it wrong but thought he wants his wife to come from PI to USA faster.

[Crazy Cat 41,837]

4 minutes ago, OldUser said:

I'm really sorry to hear about your mother. This is very sad situation.

 

Are you going through AOS?

 

You can certainly try to expedite. It's free and won't hurt your case.

 

USCIS is known to deny expedite requests even for emergencies like yours, so I wouldn't count on it too much.

 

I'd consult with a lawyer today to see what the plan would be if you left the US without getting approved I-131. You may have a bar and issues coming back. At the same time, it's your mother, so it would be a tough choice to make.

It seems, to me, that the OP is trying to expedite his wife's CR-1 visa to get her to the US.

[OldUser 6,636]

Just now, Crazy Cat said:

It seems, to me, that the OP is trying to expedite his wife's CR-1 visa to get her to the US.

Yes, thank you, I realized that after reading again. Even less of a chance...

[may5 0]

Crazy Cat is correct. Evaluating if a CR-1/IR-1 expedite request is valid in this case.

[Boiler 45,468]

Nobody here determines what is and is not valid. It is effectively subjective.

[Chancy 6,241]

1 hour ago, may5 said:

Evaluating if a CR-1/IR-1 expedite request is valid in this case.

 

No one here can tell you for sure whether your case qualifies for an expedite or not.  As others mentioned, it is unlikely that you will be approved for expedite, but it won't hurt your case to request anyway.

 

Note that even if your case is expedited at USCIS stage, the wait for a visa interview appointment at the US embassy in Manila is a separate matter and requires its own expedite request to be approved by the consulate.

 

[pushbrk 12,877]

4 hours ago, may5 said:

Crazy Cat is correct. Evaluating if a CR-1/IR-1 expedite request is valid in this case.

So, your wife having never met your mother is not going to work.  What might work, if true, is to use the hardship to YOU, that will be relieved by your wife being here to help take care of your mother.  They consider real things, not emotions.  Leave your emotions out of your request, and concentrate on the hardship to your daily life that having your wife here could relieve.

[Cathi 5,747]

Doubtful. The hardship must be on you, not her.

[may5 0]

Thank you all for your advice.

On an aligned topic (not sure if it warrants a new post), do I need to actively update anything for my I-130 or I-130A per my mother-in-law's passing or will it not matter until the NVC stage?

[Boiler 45,468]

No, it is not material, update at the interview

[pushbrk 12,877]

On 11/14/2023 at 7:53 AM, may5 said:

Thank you all for your advice.

On an aligned topic (not sure if it warrants a new post), do I need to actively update anything for my I-130 or I-130A per my mother-in-law's passing or will it not matter until the NVC stage?

It is not relevant to any part of the immigration process, once the petition is filed.  Nothing to update.