Successful reasons to expedite in London

[sanjaybb 0]

I am currently dq’d waiting for a London embassy appointment.  I have heard the London embassy is particularly difficult with expedite requests.  What are some of the successful reasons that have lead to an expedited interview? 

[SalishSea 16,795]

10 minutes ago, sanjaybb said:

I am currently dq’d waiting for a London embassy appointment.  I have heard the London embassy is particularly difficult with expedite requests.  What are some of the successful reasons that have lead to an expedited interview? 

You're shopping for a reason that has worked for others, in hopes of getting an expedite?  Sounds legit.

[igoyougoduke 1,605]

15 minutes ago, sanjaybb said:

I am currently dq’d waiting for a London embassy appointment.  I have heard the London embassy is particularly difficult with expedite requests.  What are some of the successful reasons that have lead to an expedited interview? 

 So you have no reason to expedite ? Bad idea to fish for a reason 

[sanjaybb 0]

Just now, James120383 said:

 So you have no reason to expedite ? Bad idea to fish for a reason 

I have 2 reasons to expedite .  1) financial hardship and 2) medical . However I want to  submit the reason that is likely to be most successful.  Or is it best to submit both at the same time?

[SalishSea 16,795]

Just now, sanjaybb said:

I have 2 reasons to expedite .  1) financial hardship and 2) medical . However I want to  submit the reason that is likely to be most successful.  Or is it best to submit both at the same time?

That isn't a thing.  Each individual request is evaluated based on its merits.  Good luck.

[igoyougoduke 1,605]

1 minute ago, sanjaybb said:

I have 2 reasons to expedite .  1) financial hardship and 2) medical . However I want to  submit the reason that is likely to be most successful.  Or is it best to submit both at the same time?

Its clear here is plain English.  Expedited Request can be anything that you can justify . It isnt SAT where you need to get the right answer

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/how-to-make-an-expedite-request

 

 

[sanjaybb 0]

4 minutes ago, James120383 said:

Its clear here is plain English.  Expedited Request can be anything that you can justify . It isnt SAT where you need to get the right answer

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/how-to-make-an-expedite-request

 

 

Thanks 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Just be aware either of these reasons depending if it the beneficiary or petitioner can hurt you as well.

[pushbrk 12,133]

16 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

Just be aware either of these reasons depending if it the beneficiary or petitioner can hurt you as well.

Correct, and also note the OP has mentioned two categories of reasons for expedite, not the actual reasons.  Both categories carry the danger of negative impact on approval, depending on the details.

[JFH 12,189]

One of the reasons you don’t see many expedites at the London embassy is that traditionally there is almost no wait for an interview. Obviously COVID has changed a lot of things, including embassy interview timelines, but under normal circumstances you have your interview in London within 6 weeks of completing the NVC stage. 

[Ann Blair 39]

I cited the NVC processing error where they overlooked our case because “unfortunately, that just happens sometimes” and my anxiety. I waited a week for them to confirm that they had received my expedite request and another week for them to deny it. If you have multiple reasons, I’d recommend providing both and including whatever details and proof that you have, if any. Good luck with yours.  

[*Snowdrop* 603]

London is fairly reasonable when they can be.

 

Back when I did my interview I had a flight booked for the 15th Dec (I know you should never do that) and they gave me an interview date of Dec 9th or 10th which I knew was going to be cutting it very close so I emailed (at that time you had to phone them, get a special code to get your email seen as a priority, don't know if that works now) and they rescheduled interview to 5 days earlier. It was still a tight timeline but I just managed it.

 

All you can do is ask - with whatever reasonable explanation you have. I think they will accomodate you IF they can BUT we're in the middle of a pandemic - it's very unlikely there is much flexibilty to be had as so many people are waiting for interviews.

Edited October 14, 2020 by Trellick

[Ryan H 3,791]

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