Time Question

[bucknutt76 0]

Hello everyone,

I am currently depolyed far east until mid March. I have sent the I-129F package back in August and still have not recieved the notice of action the second time. I have called the military help line and requested a priority look. They were suppposed to send me an email yesterday to give me there decision on that but I never recieved one. My question is if in fact I do get the speedy look or what have you, will it be possible for my finace to recieve her Visa to enter the U.S. by Mid March when I return. Obviously that has been the plan all along but I am starting to realize we are running out of time very quickly and as you can imagine I dont have a whole lot of time to dedicate to this. Would it help if I were to call again? What do you think I should do? Thank you kindly, your help is much appreicated.

[Vera & Levi 0]

Hello everyone,

I am currently depolyed far east until mid March. I have sent the I-129F package back in August and still have not recieved the notice of action the second time. I have called the military help line and requested a priority look. They were suppposed to send me an email yesterday to give me there decision on that but I never recieved one. My question is if in fact I do get the speedy look or what have you, will it be possible for my finace to recieve her Visa to enter the U.S. by Mid March when I return. Obviously that has been the plan all along but I am starting to realize we are running out of time very quickly and as you can imagine I dont have a whole lot of time to dedicate to this. Would it help if I were to call again? What do you think I should do? Thank you kindly, your help is much appreicated.

My fiance is in Active duty and deployed too. You should call them by the end of 5 months waiting mark again. We waited for ours for 6 months and 15 days, until my fiance called and we got our NOA2 the next day. Military helpline wasn't helpful to us at all. I am not sure though that your fiancee will be able to get her visa in March. After approved, USCIS sends everything to NVC and everything sits there for approximately 1 month and after that it is forwarded to the Embassy and it depends how long Embassy takes before it interviews each applicant. I don't think you should count on March, as it is approaching really fast. (If this is your R&R maybe you can ask your Commander to schedule it to a later date) Stay safe and good luck!

[bucknutt76 0]

Did you request the expedited process being as your fiance is deployed? I am going to call them again tonight I have been told the whole process can be expedited you just have to call for each step of the process. Im hoping that helps and makes it happen. Its not my R&R its my final return from deployment.

[Filipinawife0210 15]

Hello everyone,

I am currently depolyed far east until mid March. I have sent the I-129F package back in August and still have not recieved the notice of action the second time. I have called the military help line and requested a priority look. They were suppposed to send me an email yesterday to give me there decision on that but I never recieved one. My question is if in fact I do get the speedy look or what have you, will it be possible for my finace to recieve her Visa to enter the U.S. by Mid March when I return. Obviously that has been the plan all along but I am starting to realize we are running out of time very quickly and as you can imagine I dont have a whole lot of time to dedicate to this. Would it help if I were to call again? What do you think I should do? Thank you kindly, your help is much appreicated.

Did you know you were deploying when you applied? You could have filed for an emergency expedite based on your deployment. You should still be able to expedite, but it's not guaranteed because you are already deployed. Most expedite requests for military are approved due to imminent deployment. To expedite, you have to request it in writing, and provide justification as such. Your deployment orders may suffice...but expediting at this stage just to have her here when you return may not work.

Good luck!

[Vera & Levi 0]

Did you know you were deploying when you applied? You could have filed for an emergency expedite based on your deployment. You should still be able to expedite, but it's not guaranteed because you are already deployed. Most expedite requests for military are approved due to imminent deployment. To expedite, you have to request it in writing, and provide justification as such. Your deployment orders may suffice...but expediting at this stage just to have her here when you return may not work.

Good luck!

Oh yes, we did! We provided orders and everything else. We had whole 1 and half months before he got deployed. Embassy said they were too busy to except me any earlier.

[bucknutt76 0]

Did you know you were deploying when you applied? You could have filed for an emergency expedite based on your deployment. You should still be able to expedite, but it's not guaranteed because you are already deployed. Most expedite requests for military are approved due to imminent deployment. To expedite, you have to request it in writing, and provide justification as such. Your deployment orders may suffice...but expediting at this stage just to have her here when you return may not work.

Good luck!

I did know that I was deploying. At the time I didnt know the expedited process was available. However, I did call the military helpling the beggining of this month and they said they still would send a request for it. Which Im hoping the did. I suppose we will see. Im just hoping for the best at this time.

[Vera & Levi 0]

Did you request the expedited process being as your fiance is deployed? I am going to call them again tonight I have been told the whole process can be expedited you just have to call for each step of the process. Im hoping that helps and makes it happen. Its not my R&R its my final return from deployment.

Yes, We knew he will be deploying already in January 2010. We even wrote a letter and enclosed everything to Congressman. Nobody cared. LOL So we just gave up asking anybody for help and just suck it up, and wait.

[Messybrownhair 251]

That is very strange since they were very helpful to us throughout the entire process, and expedited us not for deployment but for training. In any case, I am sure if you send in a request along with a letter from your CO you could still somehow expedite. But then again you are already deployed, but it certainly won't hurt to try. I wish you luck and congrats on being at the end of your deployment, ours is just about to start!

[bucknutt76 0]

That is very strange since they were very helpful to us throughout the entire process, and expedited us not for deployment but for training. In any case, I am sure if you send in a request along with a letter from your CO you could still somehow expedite. But then again you are already deployed, but it certainly won't hurt to try. I wish you luck and congrats on being at the end of your deployment, ours is just about to start!

I believe i put in a request with the original I-129F package that stated I was going to be on deployment and what not. Hopefully this still can apply now. I wont know untill the open today as I am going to call them again. When the were helpful to you was everything expedtited very quickly? Dont worry the deployment goes by surprisngly very quick. Just keep yourself bussy. Thanks alot

[thelastpetitioner 218]

military helpline can not file an expedition request on your behalf.what i suggest is you contact USCIS,by email so you can be sure that you speak to an immigration officer,ask them if the additional information you put in your I-129f package qualifies you for military expedite,if not,ask them if you can do it now ( im like 90% sure you can request an expedite in the middle of receiving your noa 2,you just have to fax them your evidence).good luck

[bucknutt76 0]

military helpline can not file an expedition request on your behalf.what i suggest is you contact USCIS,by email so you can be sure that you speak to an immigration officer,ask them if the additional information you put in your I-129f package qualifies you for military expedite,if not,ask them if you can do it now ( im like 90% sure you can request an expedite in the middle of receiving your noa 2,you just have to fax them your evidence).good luck

I wonder what the guy on the phone thought he was doing then? Thats strange, seems to me like this whole process innt very organized. Guess I should expect that by now after all I work for the goverenment. Anways do you know of a good email address so that I coudl do that? Thank you very much for your time.

[bucknutt76 0]

military helpline can not file an expedition request on your behalf.what i suggest is you contact USCIS,by email so you can be sure that you speak to an immigration officer,ask them if the additional information you put in your I-129f package qualifies you for military expedite,if not,ask them if you can do it now ( im like 90% sure you can request an expedite in the middle of receiving your noa 2,you just have to fax them your evidence).good luck

I wonder what the guy on the phone thought he was doing then? Thats strange, seems to me like this whole process innt very organized. Guess I should expect that by now after all I work for the goverenment. Anways do you know of a good email address so that I coudl do that? Thank you very much for your time.

[bucknutt76 0]

military helpline can not file an expedition request on your behalf.what i suggest is you contact USCIS,by email so you can be sure that you speak to an immigration officer,ask them if the additional information you put in your I-129f package qualifies you for military expedite,if not,ask them if you can do it now ( im like 90% sure you can request an expedite in the middle of receiving your noa 2,you just have to fax them your evidence).good luck

I wonder what the guy on the phone thought he was doing then? Thats strange, seems to me like this whole process innt very organized. Guess I should expect that by now after all I work for the goverenment. Anways do you know of a good email address so that I coudl do that? Thank you very much for your time.

[Messybrownhair 251]

militaryinfo.nsc@dhs.gov

Edited January 13, 2011 by messybrownhair

[Messybrownhair 251]

Hmmm for us, we sent in the forms with an expedite request and the cover letter stating why and it had my fiance and his CO's signature. then after we received noa1 we called and ask if they approved our expedite request or not (we were expecting they wouldn't because it wasn't for a deployment, he would just be away and out of reach for three months making it hard to receive any notices especially for RFEs) and they looked it up and said that it was indeed expedited and we should get it soon. they did however send the noa2 to the wrong address as expected (we filed from Fort Benning, GA and put PA as the address on all forms) the noa1 was sent to GA and the noa2 in PA so we were in a panic as we thought the noa2 was lost!!! and it would $350 to replace it. turns out they sent it to his parent's house. so anyway i hope it works out for you guys the way you want it to and Goodluck