The Home Stretch ?

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 rebate which requires you to do every thing except sacrifice your first born to proove you qualify for it. Well I guess the difference here is they might actually expect the sacrifice. This is getting rediculous. And we still have loads of crap to do after she actually gets here.

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