Expedite request facts. I want to talk with all of you about what is an expedite request
when is it used and basically clarify or clear up rumors that we've seen. We know with COVID,
so many people are waiting and separated. You've been waiting for a long time. We know
that that's painful and we know that you're looking for creative ways to be able to be
together and also to get that immigration process moving so you can be together and
start your life together. We have had a lot of people ask, "What is an expedite request? Can I
apply for an expedite request? What is a list of situations that qualify for an expedite request?"
I want to break it down first by explaining what an expedite request is.
There's many different kinds of applications. There's different phases in
the case, there's different players involved in terms of whether it's USCIS or the National Visa
Center or the Department of State. There's different types of expedite requests depending
on the case type and where your case is located. Expedite request is an option
to speed up your case. To get a decision faster, to get an interview faster.
It's a tool that can be used but I also want to clarify that expedites or expedite requests are
reserved for very limited extreme situations. It's not something that anybody can apply for
just because you've been waiting a long time. We wish that's the way that it was.
We wish that things would move faster and we hope that things do but expedite
request it's not something you can do in every single case. It's very fact-specific, case-specific.
We do help individuals with expedite requests and we have to have a very
detailed conversation with our clients about whether or not they're eligible, whether or not
it's possible and what evidence we would even have to support the expedite request.
As I mentioned, it'll depend on where the case is at. I know a lot of members in
our Facebook group, a lot of questions we get from potential clients and from individuals on
our YouTube channel is that they see a lot of people
are reading on the USCIS website about expedite requests. That some of the bases are
severe financial loss and urgent humanitarian reasons are our bases for an expedite request.
Yes, that's true. Those are some possible reasons. There is not an official long
list of every possible scenario because every case is different. Severe financial loss
and urgent humanitarian reasons. That means a situation that's really unique
really extreme, very dire, life or death, and you have to prove to immigration, not only
is this a situation extreme and dire and goes well beyond the normal
pain and suffering of just the long wait. The financial strain has to go beyond that
and we have to prove it. We have to have evidence and we have to tie that evidence to why that means
that the immigrant should be granted this expedite request. Why this immigrant should be allowed to
circumvent the line or jump the line and get a decision sooner. It's
very case-specific, very evidence-based and it's just a matter of
talking with an immigration attorney. If you have an extreme situation. I don't want
to give any examples because every expedite we do is so unique and just because it works for
one person doesn't necessarily mean it will work for another. The best
thing to do if you are experiencing an urgent, a dire situation is talk to an immigration attorney
and see depending on what type of case you have and where your case is at if an expedite request
is viable. If it's possible for you to file and just because you have an extreme
and dire situation doesn't necessarily mean that immigration will approve it.
Hopefully that clarifies some of the rumors and gives you a little bit of background.
A little bit more understanding about the expedite request. It's a tool
but in very limited circumstances is what I'd like to say. Hopefully that helps clarify