Whatever immigration application you have submitted, you can be sure of many, many delays, and a long period during which your application is pending. Lengthy waits are often an unavoidable part of the process. There is, however, such a thing as expedited processing, but only in urgent situations. The tricky issue is that there are no hard and fast guidelines as to which cases will be granted the expedited route, and which will not.

How Can I Get Expedited Processing for My Immigration Application?

First of all, you will need a compelling reason to ask for the expedited process, and you can talk to your lawyer about filing this request. It is not always worth it to file this request as there are simply some rules that cannot be circumvented, such as if green cards for your category have already been used up for this year. You will have to at least wait until next year for more green cards to be issued.

What are some of the reasons you can ask for urgent processing? There are various emergency reasons that you could bring to the attention of the USCIS. Perhaps a relative is ailing, even dying in an immigrant's native country, and he or she needs to leave the U.S. to go back home while a green card is being processed. In some cases, a member of the military is about to be moved overseas, but they want to marry an overseas fiancé in the U.S. before relocation or deployment. Perhaps you have a medical reason why you need your application to be processed faster, such as if you have a surgery that requires a long healing time, so long that you will miss an immigration appointment unless it can be scheduled for earlier.

Here is the process you can follow to request expedited processing:

• Write a detailed letter explaining your reason to the office that has your case
• Provide supporting documents, such as a doctor's letter or military papers
• Send the letter in certified mail
• Keep a copy of the request

If you do not get a response in the next four weeks, you may need to send another request in order to call attention to your case again.

Sometimes, a delay is a failure on the part of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) part, and you have ways you can speak up, requesting that the government follow through on what it needs to. An immigration lawyer can give you advice on how to proceed in your specific case.

There are many uncertainties and exceptions in this process, you do not want to go through this without the aid of an experienced immigration attorney. You can find the legal professional you need on our directory today!