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  1.    Wagoneer reacted to a post in a topic: Interview timeline at Guangzhou (China)
  2. gtrplayr
    CR1 visa, PD June 23 2023, DQ mid may 2024, IL July 2024 for early august interview. Check my timeline for the exact dates. Caveat we expedited the nvc stage so that might have helped
  3.    AJG_family reacted to a post in a topic: June 2023 I-130 Filers
  4. gtrplayr
    It was a medical-related expedite request, technically under the "humanitarian and emergency" category. I think the most important is explaining why your beneficiary must come to the US sooner than scheduled, like a critical surgery only available in the US. For me, I mentioned the need for acting as caretaker after my wife's surgery for which the recovery is on the scale of a year or longer.
  5. gtrplayr
    Most if not all congresspeople should have a section on their website for constituent requests and one option should be immigration help, USCIS expedites, something like that. I submitted a form through the website with basic information about my expedite request, then the office followed up asking for documentation of evidence to support the request and a signed form giving them access to my personal information for the purposes of the request. They then notified me they had submitted the request, and a month later they emailed me again saying the request was accepted by USCIS. A few days after that my application was approved.
  6.    garebear397 reacted to a post in a topic: June 2023 I-130 Filers
  7. gtrplayr
    Quick update - received another AR notice today, checked documents and I-130 approval PDF was hiding there. Caveat - I did expedite through my congressman and the request was approved yesterday. Hoping for approvals for yall soon!!
  8.    gtrplayr reacted to a post in a topic: June 2023 I-130 Filers
  9. gtrplayr
    June 23 filer here, no updates since Actively Reviewing update back in late June/early July (moved service centers). Filed K3 end of Feb 2024 just to see if it would do anything. The MyProgress tab says 4 weeks, but based on averages from what I've read I'd expect approval in about 2 months
  10.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: I-864 and Leave of Absence
  11. gtrplayr
    I had the same plan, taking a 6mo sabbatical to be with my spouse abroad. We optimistically hoped the visa process would be almost done by the end of it (we applied 3 months before the sabbatical started) but it does not look that way. I am going back to work, one of the reasons being I want to have current income so I do not have to get a joint sponsor. Like you I have sufficient assets so I could have used them instead of income had I quit my job to stay abroad, but I've read some mixed reviews on using assets alone so didn't want to take the risk. Luckily my work allows me to work remote so I can still be closer to my spouse rather than in the US for now. I understand wanting to not be away from your spouse for a potentially long time. Sounds like you've got enough assets so it should be fine
  12. gtrplayr
    No, only a translated diagnosis from the doctor in China with the recommendation to perform the surgery. I wrote a separate cover letter to explain the situation, but agree that having a doctor provide a written statement would be stronger.
  13. gtrplayr
    They responded on the 7th business day and the expedite request was rejected, unfortunately. I may reach out to Ask Emma to see how to strengthen the request, as the rejection email was fairly vague
  14.    LeroyJenkins reacted to a post in a topic: How To File i-130 Expedite in My Situation
  15.    pushbrk reacted to a post in a topic: How To File i-130 Expedite in My Situation
  16. gtrplayr
    This was my experience filing an expedite request recently for a somewhat similar reason (medical diagnosis that requires hospital treatment and a tough recovery that would be much better suited in the US than my wife's home country). It did not require any mailing docs (yet), I submitted the request online via their live chat. I have not yet heard back on the request decision, but here's what I have done so far: - uploaded supporting docs and a cover letter for the explanation of expedite request to my uscis online portal - Opened an Ask Emma chatbot and used Live Chat option to connect with a real agent - Asked them to submit an expedite request for me They gave me a reference number and some instructions on what's next (response usually 7 days, but can be longer) and that's where I'm at. Hope this helps
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