US military personnel Expediated

[shenaaz 5]

Can someone help me,I read somewhere on this forum that U.S. Military can benefit from expedited approval on petitions.Does this apply also I-129F( Petition for Alien Fiance) and if yes how can he go about getting the petition to be expedited?

[xxxwabbiexxx 70]

Ring the military helpline (don't know the number but it's on the USCIS website)

You need orders for deployment, PCS, deployment window - basically something that justifies a expedite.

We got an approved military expedite in April because my fiance had a deployment window of march - september (he didn't get sent thank the Lord) but we got a letter from his commander and he wrote a heart felt letter explaining everything and we got approved (financial implication of supporting me while deployed, time after deployment will increase our time apart etc) If you can get something from a high ranking officer or something like that then there's no harm trying - even without orders because my fiance didn't have actual orders - all they can say is no.

Also my husband is ex South African

[shenaaz 5]

Ring the military helpline (don't know the number but it's on the USCIS website)

You need orders for deployment, PCS, deployment window - basically something that justifies a expedite.

We got an approved military expedite in April because my fiance had a deployment window of march - september (he didn't get sent thank the Lord) but we got a letter from his commander and he wrote a heart felt letter explaining everything and we got approved (financial implication of supporting me while deployed, time after deployment will increase our time apart etc) If you can get something from a high ranking officer or something like that then there's no harm trying - even without orders because my fiance didn't have actual orders - all they can say is no.

Also my husband is ex South African

Thank you for your reply (having to wait is not easy especially since we are continents apart).Are there any forms that I would need to get.I heard that I need a PCC (Police Clearance Certificate) and a Unabridged birth certificate (I want to get all my documents ready).

[xxxwabbiexxx 70]

I know its horrible. Just so you know an expedite doesn't speed the whole process up just the USCIS stage - we still had to wait another 3 months till the visa was in my had because of the NVC processing stage, the embassy processing stage, interview and visa delivery - but when I sent my paperwork off to the embassy for the interview I included all the expedite stuff and a letter requesting an early interview because of this and my interview was about 10 days after I got the letter whereas other interview were 4-6 weeks after, don't know how Johannesburg are with interview waiting times.

http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html

There's what you need for a UK interview, I looked on the South African one but couldn't find a list. When the embassy starts sending you things they'll tell you what you need to send them prior to the interview and what to bring to the interview (probably similar to London) maybe try posting on the South Africa region page or looking on here to see if anyone from South Africa has asked before.

No harm getting ready early so start applying for an external things like police clearance now aslong as the won't have expired by the interview.