My father-in-law is applying as a 2016 PR grandparent family class sponsorship. His file got moved from Canada to the US last year, after he paid RPRF. In October, they asked for official court records of his misdemeanor for possession of ~1 g of marijuana in 2012. He submitted a FOIA request but it is still being processed. Meanwhile, he's been responding by every deadline saying the request is still in process, so they've given us extensions. Recently they sent a letter that says "We will give you a final extension of 30 days. If no documents are received within a 30 days period, we will assess your application with the documents already on file." Is there anything we can do? He no longer has any records, in fact he can't remember them giving him any at the time of the charge. I'm guessing they'll deny him without the official record, and I don't know of any other avenues besides a FOIA request (I called US Customs & Border Protection, who made the charge, and that's what they said). There appears to be no way to speed up a FOIA request. The estimated time of completion of the request is Dec. 20, 2018, and this hasn't changed since November!
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