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USCIS Expedite Criteria

Friday, February 26th, 2010

All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The burden is on the applicant or petitioner to demonstrate that one or more of the expedite criteria have been met. The criteria are as follows:

  • Severe financial loss to company or individual
  • Extreme emergent situation
  • Humanitarian situation
  • Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States
  • Department of Defense or National Interest Situation (Note: Request must come from official United States Government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to our Government)
  • USCIS error
  • Compelling interest of USCIS

If you are filing your application or petition:

You must provide a written explanation as to why the application or petition needs to be expedited.  You may include supporting evidence with the request.  Write “EXPEDITE REQUEST” at the top of your letter.  When you file your application or petition, place your expedite request letter on the top of your documents.   

If you have already filed your application or petition:

You can contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283.  The NCSC will take a “service request” and forward your expedite request to the office with jurisdiction over the application or petition.  You also have the options of 1). visiting your local office by scheduling an InfoPass appointment or 2). writing a letter to the local office or service center.

If you have an attorney, it is always best to have the attorney handle this and all other communications with USCIS for you.

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Additional restrictions on Belarus that impact investors

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

On February 3, 2010, the Office of Foreign Assets Control added new part 548 to chapter V of 31 C.F.R. to implement Executive Order 13405 of June 26, 2006 (”E.O. 13405″), “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus.” In E.O. 13405, the President determined that the action and policies of certain members of the Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus democratic processes or institutions, to commit human rights abuses related to political repression, and to engage in public corruption constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and declared a national emergency and took additional steps to deal with that threat. E.O. 13405 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property in the United States, or within the possession or control of U.S. persons, of the persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13405 and any person determined to meet the designation criteria set forth in E.O. 13405.

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U.S. Embassy to Resume Visa Operations in Honduras

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

In support of the recent agreement reached in the political crisis in Honduras, Ambassador Hugo Llorens has instructed the Consular Section to re-open its Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) Section starting November 2, 2009.

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