SUCCESS !!!!

Ok after all that prep work the interview took all of 5 minutes apparently. And its done. The visa was approved and her Passport should come back with it in the next couple of days.

I don't know whether to jump for joy or be suspicious of it being 'too easy'? After all the horror stories I have heard of it was alsmot a let down for it to go so swiftly. Ironic considering if ever there were a simple open and shut case it is ours so perhaps just for once the process worked the way it should. Relatively painlessly and almost swiftly (still took an awful long time to get to the point where we could have an interview).

So time from submital of I-129f to interview approval of visa was a shade under 6 months. December 21st acceptance of paperwork - June 9th approval.

Of course this is just the first leg in the process. We will continue to document our experience as we go through the entrance process and application for change of status, awarding of the PRC with temporary conditions and hopefully will keep it going on through the removal of conditional status in two years.

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Paul said…
I was the same! The interview feels almost like an anti-climax! I was expecting something much more formal and tough, rather like a job interview! The reality was more like trying to claim unemployment money, or something equally dreary! I was still pleased to come through it though!

Paul
http://myk1fiancevisaexperience.blogspot.com/2011/04/7-tips-for-dealing-with-fiance-visa.html
4/15/2011 1:00 PM
Anonymous said…
A very post-congratulations, and indeed, you are so very lucky! My partner and I filed beginning of December, and are about to hit the 10-month mark of being apart during processing, plus the 3 months we were apart before we filed. Good times...I guess things have slowed down over the years...
10/01/2012 11:22 AM
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