The K1 Experience

Ok it took 3 weeks from the receipt of our approval by the USCIS to the Consulate sending out the first packet. NVC processing 2-4 weeks was right on the money then. Now we are hopefully in the home stretch. We now hit another barrage of paperwork. Police Records for any place You established residence. Immunization records or a fresh round of shots. Regular ID stuff. Birth Cert, Passport etc... I have to fill out an I-864 affidavit of support DS-230-i biographic infor.... I hope that is what we already filled out cause we did it in quadruplicate by hand. And if they make us fill that information.... *deeeeep Breath* I HATE beauracracy. Anyway, Once the checklist is complete she must send a VISA application form certifying she is ready for her Interview (DS-2001) and then show up at the interview with all of this paperwork. The original and one copy. Sheesh. This whole experience is begining to strangely remind me of the electronics store rebate process. Its 500 dollars... after a 200 ...

We received our letter from the NVC stating that we had been entered into the system and that we now have a case number. The case is being forwarded to the Consulate and we should soon be receiving the 1st packet of forms for the actual visa application. When we get that I will take stock of the exact paperwork involved. It took about 2 weeks to receive this notification of processing and will probably take 2 more weeks to hear from the consulate. Fingers are crossed that the interview date and issuance of the visa will be swifter than the approach of early July. If it isn't it will not interfere with our plans for a ceremony. However it will mean that after our honeymoon I will be comming home alone while we continue to wait for the last of the visa paperwork to be completed.