Make things sound dramatic to SS, like you're on the verge of starvation and need to buy essentials, my advice may not help but in a lot of case departments have access to methods to speed up your process that they are only allowed to use in various circumstances.
Sorry dude, that really sucks. I want to try to work in the U.S after graduation and i know i'll be in the exact same situation in less than a year.
Persistence and assertivness ususally help with red tape based departments.