1: If your case is at California Service Center, you are the luckiest.
2: If your case is at Potomac Service Center, you are in for a long ride unfortunately just like me.
3: Filing K3 petition like i did is just another way to throw your money away for overnight delivery fees and a amusement letter week later.
Why do i say what i say? Here’s why...
I might have filed few too many expedites that led to USCIS to completely ignore me as it was my first time encountering immigration like a toddler learning to walk.
My initial expedites were declined due to insufficient evidence, September is why i met the criteria for an Expedite and upon speaking to a Tier 2 officer, i received an email ‘based on the information and evidence bla bla bla you meet the criteria for expedited processing’ well since that day and today Jan 17, 2025… I have gotten no response from the final reviewing office at Potomac Service Center. Allthough i filed multiple expedite requests multiple times and met the criteria for expedite multiple times… Yet i got no response.
So I filed I-129F due to an emergency, my wife with a high risk pregnancy and multiple other issues that made my situation convincing and Tier 2 sent my expedite to servicing center and they declined it! So how come i met the criteria for an expedited processing and still get declined? That’s something called ‘mighty discretion of the agency based on case by case situation’.
Since then i have filed multiple expedites and another I-130 so i can land at California Service Center, i know it is crazy but i hoped for the long shot… Guess what? I got assigned to Texas Service Center… They declined my expedite requests...
I-129F is hard to get approved with one rejection can affect all your future benefits which makes no sense but i heard alot about it and i recommend not to complicate your journey like i had. I sent a letter to withdraw my I-129F petition and i explained my reason with common sense ‘ it defeats the purpose of this petition as my requests been denied and timeframe is same or more than my primary petition' I have even filed for a I-131 emergency travel parole and this is at Washington, so we will see.