Sorry to see that you're hurting man; but we tried to tell you that you were, in a sense, going to slaughter (meaning your meeting would only make you feel worse). We all tried so hard to warn you... This process takes MANY months, not just a few. This website, and the timelines therein are evidence of that. As painful as it may be, you just have to wait. There is NOTHING we can do. But good things come to those who wait... I'm in the VSC November group, and guess what? This morning I got my email that my petition was approved!! After only 5 months and 2 weeks. That is a miracle for VSC. Somehow, I got to be one of the Novembers that slipped through with the mid-Octobers they currently seem to be processing there.
Exactly... My fiance is also from a province. I have been to the Philippines, to her home. I can identify with EVERYTHING the OP has suggested as reasons for his expedite, except for the rebel fighting and the fishing village. But everything else, yeah... From what I witnessed there, all of that is pretty common outside of the bigger cities - heck, even within cities in some cases. I saw entire communities living under highways in Cebu City. And it has been that way forever there... Whenever I express concerns about some part of her way of life/standard of living, she always says, "Oh, don't you worry Kris, we're use to it". So what we are trying to understand is how is your case any more urgent than those of many other people petitioning a fiance from the Philippines or other developing/third-world country? It's an impoverished country... Many, many, many more people are in your fiance's same living situation. She is not the only one.
Good luck requesting your expedite... I will tell you this though. I also wanted to expedite my case AFTER I hit the 5-month mark. When I called in, they told me that I didn't really have a good case for an expedite. All they would do was take a service request; but even then, they told me I was still "within normal processing time, because 5-months is just an estimate" and that I would need to give them 30 days for a response. All we are saying is, you just described the situation of millions of Filipinos over there. However deserving of an expedite you believe your case to be, it just isn't likely. So yeah, go in with high hopes! But also prepare yourself for a "please wait in line sir". It's incredibly difficult, waiting. However, you may need to accept at some point that you have no choice. Good luck...
Kris & Liezl got a reaction from Cheezees in After ROC approved and 10 year Green Card Received
Kris & Liezl got a reaction from Shawn & Emi in meeting wit hLocal USCIS office