How can I request an expedite on our K1 Visa - 129F ?

[audaud 62]

I won't go into details, but due to unforeseen circumstances my fiance and I are going to attempt to have our petition expedited. I've been searching online and haven't found much information about it - I've seen posts from 2008 and 2010, but things from that long ago probably are no longer relevant. 

 

Does anyone have any insight on who to email or call, or what forms we can fill out? Thanks so much.  

[EandH0904 1,184]

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter12.html

 

[kris&me 572]

most cases are denied/ even the poor man from Morocco who wrote his wife had returned to get treatment for cancer here and all he wanted to do was come to see her before she died/ denied CR1 and tourist even with documents from a hospital

don't remember his ID here but it was about 3 years ago

you can try to expediate it but chances are slim

good luck

[yuini 29]

4 hours ago, kris&me said:

most cases are denied/ even the poor man from Morocco who wrote his wife had returned to get treatment for cancer here and all he wanted to do was come to see her before she died/ denied CR1 and tourist even with documents from a hospital

don't remember his ID here but it was about 3 years ago

you can try to expediate it but chances are slim

good luck

I heard a similar story from my MIL in the US. 

 

6 hours ago, audaud said:

I won't go into details, but due to unforeseen circumstances my fiance and I are going to attempt to have our petition expedited. I've been searching online and haven't found much information about it - I've seen posts from 2008 and 2010, but things from that long ago probably are no longer relevant. 

 

Does anyone have any insight on who to email or call, or what forms we can fill out? Thanks so much.  

Good luck on yours! Even though the chances are slim, what you gotta lose anyway for trying?

[geowrian 22,336]

You call the USCIS customer service line and ask for an expedite. They will read of the reasons for expedite and you pick the one that applies to you. Hopefully they get back to you a few days later with information on how to send additional evidence showing the need for an expedite. Then you wait...it could be days, weeks, or even months (although that's usually a denial from what I've noticed).

 

Expedite criteria: https://www.uscis.gov/forms/expedite-criteria

 

Edit: Note that you will need to expedite at the embassy/consulate level as well.

Edited February 26, 2018 by geowrian