Category: Immigration

  • Day 10 – And now we play the waiting game

    Between 7 and 10 days seems an awfully short time when it’s really 4. They did take their sweet time sending the I-797 we were expecting. Apparently they received it on the 6th, the notice date is the 10th and the official notice arrived today. Ah well, I’m not complaining. At least things are moving :).…

  • Day 6 – The eagle has landed. And quickly moved on.

    Today we received an e-mail notification that our petition has arrived safely and has been forwarded to the Vermont Service Center for processing. In about 7-10 days we’ll receive a form “I-797”, which is basically a Notice of Action form. This will have our NOA1 date on it, with which we can take an educated…

  • Day 0 – The eagle has left the nest

    I have it on good authority that the eagle has, indeed, left the nest. Now to wait for the first NOA. This usually takes about 2 to 3 weeks. Scaryyyy!

  • Immigration! (Or should that be emigration?)

    So, it begins. We’re about to set the first step of a long and bureaucratic journey that is the K-1 Visa. That is to say, we’ve filled out the I-129F form as well as an G-325A form each. Before sending in these forms we’re going to ensure that everything is filled out correctly and that…