Visa Journey

As you all can probably tell, I'm super excited to have a date set for the wedding! That means all of the other details of the wedding can start falling into place. I'll definitely be busy over the next several months!

Now the next step is getting Franchesco back to the United States! The process is supposed to take 5 months for our petition to be approved, and then there's another ~2 month waiting period for him to get an interview at the Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. The USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration) received our application on November 8, 2010 and so we are hoping to have the petition approved by April 8th. Then hopefully Franchesco can be back here around mid-June.

Unfortunately there's no guarantee that our papers will be approved within the 5 month average time frame. Franchesco found a website called http://www.visajourney.com/ where lots of other couples waiting for a K1 (fiance) Visa create a profile to track the process as they wait for an interview. We can create a timeline and then compare our timeline to other couples' to hopefully have a better idea of when our petition will be approved and Franchesco can get an interview for the Visa.

Our timeline looks something like this (below)...it's a long and complicated process! The I-129F is the petition we filled out. The NOA1 was our first "Notice of Action" that they received our paperwork, and now we are waiting for the NOA2, which takes an average of 5 months, but really could be at any time. Once we receive the NOA2 we will have a better idea when Franchesco will be able to interview and when he'll be able to plan his trip back to the U.S.

Please keep us and this process in your prayers!!

K1 Visa
Event	Date
Service Center :	California Service Center
Consulate :	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I-129F Sent :	2010-11-05
I-129F NOA1 :	2010-11-08
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 :
NVC Received :
NVC Left :
Consulate Received :
Packet 3 Received :
Packet 3 Sent :
Packet 4 Received :
Interview Date :
Interview Result :
Second Interview (If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received :
US Entry :
Marriage :	2012-02-04