MarticaIda

UPDATE: today my father's case status changed to Card being produced and he's getting a combo card. So beyond the initial expedite request where we just stated the reason for his expedite, he never received a request for evidence etc. We are beyond happy of course, and wishing everyone else who needs an expedite the same success.

Thank you for a supportive message. I did ask a lawyer, he came highly recommended, but turned out to be useless. I submitted a request on his behalf last Thursday, received a notice that it was being reviewed on Friday, and now we are just keeping our fingers and toes crossed. I will update here of the result. Oh, and I decided to go with just one reason (financial) because I always think that one strong reason is always more convincing than a number of disjointed ones, even if in reality they are all true and valid.

Update: I did clear the previous convo as suggested in the video, typed in Infopass and eventually got in queue! (i am 49th , oh well). Just changed to 50th (smh)

Has anyone lately experienced a situation where you seemingly get to the point where Emma would connect you to a live agent but then it says "I'm sorry, all of our Service Representatives are currently helping other customers. Please try again later. Is there something else I can help you with? And it doesn't put you in a queue or anything. Is there a magic word to get on hold or do people now just have to try anew over and over again? Any suggestions? (I don't want to call USCIS because I am trying to solve an issue for my father who doesn't speak English)

Financial hardship is one of the reasons for expedite, even for an emergency one, which we are not requesting. He's had his biometrics, he can ask for a simple expedite. He is not going there to STAY and WORK, but he has pending contracts that he needs to fulfill. It is equal to an employee of a foreign company that requires his periodic presence at meetings or going on business trips, so that the company can function and not suffer a devastating financial loss. There are three reasons to expedite and financial loss is the second one.

To your first remark : it was quite problematic and costly to get visitor visas for my parents. Russia de facto didn't have US consular presence even before the war so people had to go to other countries for interview, visitors and immigrants alike. I spent a year trying to get them an appointment somewhere after covid restrictions began to be lifted, starting with island countries by the coast of South Africa and ending with European countries. Yes, in that order, because Europe only began to accept visitors in November 2021. Let's not forget about covid vaccine - Russian one doesn't work for entry into the US, and there are only a few places in the world a person can get an approved one. So once my parents got their 3 year long B2s is Poland this January we were overjoyed and thought we were done for 3 years. They were not ready to immigrate exactly because my father is still actively working in Russia. Maybe in a few years we would have started the i130 process and they would still be able to use their visitor visas for entry meanwhile. Then the war started. To your second question: they were thinking of eventually renting our their flat in Moscow, or selling it to buy some investment properties in the states. Obviously none of it was done and the flat is not ready to be let without one of them going there and taking their personal belongings away. To your last bit: it has been successfully done even by members of this forum despite the usual doom and gloom proffered by the other members of this forum. People have different circumstances in life and there might be different legitimate solutions. I respectfully asked for no judgment and now that I honestly related our whole story I would be very grateful if someone came up with ideas how to help in the present situation.

Unfortunately, not. His mental health is at risk, but I didn't want to touch on that.

I'm sorry? What should he have done in the circumstances? Go back and live in the country which attacked his homeland like nothing happened? Being ethnical Ukrainian? He needs to go there, finish his cases, grab some of his and my mom's personal belongings and get the hell out (against my advice).

Hi folks, I searched hi and low and even sent private messages to people who came before me but never got an answer, so I figured I have to ask here. My father is in AOS process right now, he just had his biometrics done last week (walk in in Houston FO btw). He needs to travel back home soon for a number of reasons (he didn't intend to immigrate when he came to visit me in January, but he lives in Russia, while our whole extended family is in Ukraine, so going back to live in Moscow is a very very big question, therefore... Lots of unfinished business in Moscow). Anyways, he actually has pending contracts with clients and court hearing dates that he needs to attend (he's an attorney), and we need to expedite his AP. Could you please (as non-judgmentally as possible) give me an advice how to craft his expedite request? I understand that we don't have anything that qualifies as a true emergency (and thankful for that) but he also can't wait 9ish months for AP cause he'll lose his income.

Does AOS from K1 go faster than other family based AOS? Like for parents of a USC?