In Time for Wedding?

[Faith24 1]

Hello! I was just wondering if there is anyone who could offer me and my fiance some advice. We sent in our K-1 visa in September of 2010 (was received on the 13th) and are now past the 5 month average. I called on February 14th, and they said they were currently working on August 21st petitions. My fiance and I are becoming very anxious as we are planning an August 2011 wedding. We have spent thousands of dollars and have his family and friends coming from England to attend. As an educated guess, will we have the visa in time for our August wedding? Once approved in the states, typically how long does it take in the beneficiaries country to be schedule the medical and interview and be approved? We have enjoyed planning this wedding and cannot wait for our special day and would hate for it to be affected/ruined by not receiving the visa in time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

[John+Lourdelie 28]

As an educated guess you should have your visa by August. As a smart educated guess you should never make any major plans until you have your visa in your hand.

There are no guarantees on when you will have your visa. There are many factors involved that could delay it. I hope it all works out for both of you.

John

[jkelly07 120]

correct the post above, it looks like the you should have your approval in time for august 2011, we alway tell people don't make any big plans, there is no guarantee you will be approved or some other matter rfe, but for your sake i hope it all turns out smooth and you have your visa in time for your wedding, if you read some guides up top of this page you get an idea of the time and medical things to do. good luck.

[Messybrownhair 251]

Honestly, I think you're good.. gOOd luck and I wish you a speedy process!

[pushbrk 12,106]

Hello! I was just wondering if there is anyone who could offer me and my fiance some advice. We sent in our K-1 visa in September of 2010 (was received on the 13th) and are now past the 5 month average. I called on February 14th, and they said they were currently working on August 21st petitions. My fiance and I are becoming very anxious as we are planning an August 2011 wedding. We have spent thousands of dollars and have his family and friends coming from England to attend. As an educated guess, will we have the visa in time for our August wedding? Once approved in the states, typically how long does it take in the beneficiaries country to be schedule the medical and interview and be approved? We have enjoyed planning this wedding and cannot wait for our special day and would hate for it to be affected/ruined by not receiving the visa in time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

Priorities are all mixed up here. There will be no wedding without the visa. The question is did you make a big mistake spending thousands of dollars (non-refundable?) and asking others to schedule time off work and incur travel expenses when the visa isn't in hand yet?

My best guess is you're timing is probably OK though. Hopefully your biggest problem will be delaying the use of the visa so that the wedding date is within the 90 days from entry.

[kikip 12]

Hello! I was just wondering if there is anyone who could offer me and my fiance some advice. We sent in our K-1 visa in September of 2010 (was received on the 13th) and are now past the 5 month average. I called on February 14th, and they said they were currently working on August 21st petitions. My fiance and I are becoming very anxious as we are planning an August 2011 wedding. We have spent thousands of dollars and have his family and friends coming from England to attend. As an educated guess, will we have the visa in time for our August wedding? Once approved in the states, typically how long does it take in the beneficiaries country to be schedule the medical and interview and be approved? We have enjoyed planning this wedding and cannot wait for our special day and would hate for it to be affected/ruined by not receiving the visa in time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

My NOA 1 is after yours and I'm planning a May wedding ahahha. You should be fine. Honestly, the worst that could happen is you fly him out for the wedding, have it, but dont get a marriage certificate (so the wedding is ceremonial, not legal), and then fly him back for the interview, and have a legal town hall wedding when he comes back. that is my back up plan at least

[chimneygrl 0]

Start getting your other paperwork ready. That way when you get the go ahead you can send it in ASAP.

[ecce 20]

I am in a very similar boat. Though my wedding is small and not very pricey, we were planning on August too and had to put some deposits down. (Got the NOA Aug 7)

It keeps things in perspective though, right? I can't exactly get stressed out about the flower arrangements if I'm worried about whether the groom will make it.

I am still optimistic - but it will be tight. I am guessing/hoping it will take about 3-4 months from the NOA2 until the interview. Have you checked out Igor's list? "Working on the Aug 21st petitions" doesn't really tell you anything as they only update that info once a month, I hear.

In hind site, I never would have planned a wedding at all if I'd known it would be this close. But in our defense, when we started planning the wedding and getting the visa together, the average time for an NOA1 was about 6 weeks not 6 months!!

[Channah&Aaron 51]

; You'll make it before August!! As long if there arent any problems popping up..

Just make sure yall pass the interview

[Faith24 1]

Thank you to everyone for all the comments! We are pretty confident that we'll receive it as well, but always nice to hear from others and get that reassurance. And kikip that has been our back up plan all along as well. IF for some reason we don't get it in time, we will do the same...proceed with the ceremony and reception but not do the paperwork. Would just make it so much easier to have the visa and do the paperwork for marriage all at once! Good luck to you as well! Hopefully it works out for both of us

[SunDrop 59]

Just be careful, if you do need to rely on your back-up plan, not to arrive in the US for your worst case scenario and tell the IO that you're planning on getting married, and expect to just breeze through POE...

[*Yankee Love* 15]

Im a october 5th noa 1 reviever and have my wedding set and 100 ppl invited for the 19th of june .. Sooooo i bet you have more luck than me !