LStout

Thank you so much. She made it home about 12 hours ago... totally worth the effort.

I've been using 'Lost Receipt' for the last week, that still works.

Hello all, Thanks for the comments, tips, and help, it is greatly appreciated. We decided to go to the Denver field office and ask them directly. Everybody there, from Security to the Supervisor we spoke too were very helpful and understanding. For the update, we got an emergency AP letter as a discretionary benefit from the Supervisor and team there at the field office. There are no instructions on the website for this... Basically it was us going there in person, with our A# and documents, and telling them the story of why we are there and what we wanted to do. The process was standard from there for them and flowed quite well. The officer interviewed us and asked us some questions. We filled out another I131 in person and handed over a passport photo for the final letter. The letter did have an expiration date but at least my wife was allowed to travel to her mother's cremation. Kudos to all of you for the help and all the Denver field office staff we interacted with. Very happy with the result. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you! LStout

Hello VJ family! Unfortunately mother in law has passed away. We submitted for the emergency AP on the I131 whilst she was still alive but unfortunately the time has come and now things are set in motion. My wife has to get on a plane tonight to make the cremation and the long weekend did not help in this process. Any tips and tricks to get the letter quicker? We've called the USCIS this morning already and got through to talk to a person with the "lost receipt" trick, but they were unable to help more than just relaying the message on to our field office. Does a trip to the field office help move things along? Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you. EDIT: My first post here so please let me know if I need to do anything else.