Pee&Eee

What a beautiful story!! I love it!
 
Congratulations on your marriage! And best wishes on your new life together!

Oh...another note. I understand him not wanting to take on the responsibility of contacting the parish... however, I hope he realizes that he will be required to participate in the marriage preparation courses. I'm sure you knew that but I wanted to make sure
 
Good luck!

Also, if you decide to marry outside the Church, first, most priests will require you to go through Pre-Cana before convalidating your marriage. FYI - there are considerations concerning state of grace and reception of the Holy Eucharist, until you have your marriage regularized. 
We just completed our Pre-Cana for the convalidation of our marriage - Again, you can PM me if you wish.

My husband and I were married in a civil ceremony, last September, in Nigeria. I came home to the U.S. in October and met with my pastor. The first order of business was receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Since we are still awaiting my husband's CR1 visa, we began pre-Cana prep via FaceTime with my pastor, while my husband has been studying the Catechism in Nigeria. I have been able to receive the Holy Eucharist, as we have been living as brother and sister (i.e. apart) all this time.

I will be returning to Nigeria for Holy Week - my husband will be received into the Church at Easter Vigil, and we'll have our marriage convalidated on Easter Monday. ?

I wonder, OP, has your husband ever been to Mass with you? Might he consider becoming Catholic? My husband grew up attending several evangelical churches in Nigeria - and he said, not long into his study of the catechism, "This is the very doctrine and tradition I have been searching for, for a long time!" I cannot wait for that day when I am able to kneel beside my husband and receive holy communion! That is going to be a blessed day, for sure. 

May God bless you, and may He always be at the center of your marriages. 

Update on our process post NOA2
 
our NOA2 date was 30th January
NVC case number issued (by phone) 16th February (16 days) - booked medical
Case status set to 'ready' 22nd January
Packet 3 recieved (letter from embassy) 3rd March - all paperwork already submitted (DS-160, readiness) - and other paperwork in hand for interview (i-134 etc)
interview booked online 4th March
 
Medical - 6th March
Interview 17th March
 
45 days NOA2 to interview
 
 
So even if you are still hanging on for your NOA2 - it could all go really quickly after that!  If you have all your other paperwork ready you could be lucky and get an early date.

Hello November and December filers. Day "95", I wake up to text my fiance a good morning only to get "CASE IS APPROVED" in return. She was crying, i didn't know how to react. I just congratulated her. You guys are the immediate next set of people who I am sharing this with. A constant source of support, strength, information and most of all hope is what this group is.
 
I sincerely pray all those remaining get quickly approved.
 
Happy weekend folks!!!!

Geo, you are heaven sent, seriously. I thank God for u on my knees (I am a very religious person). You help me look forward to each morning coz its always morning time on my end. After u post ur report, I send it to my fiance. You have helped us stay sane, and to us thats a blessing from God.

?Wow your totally right I just looked at the paperwork your a heaven sent @geowrian it was right there like you said... now I can only keep my fingers crossed I'm going to update my timeline right now @PrisEri thank you for the info I just looked over our packet again and I don't really see any reason for a rfe so I just hope we get our noa2 ??❤️

@amillimo Hi, CSC is the acronym for Carlifonia Service Center. Hope your NOA2 comes soon. 

Congrats!!!

Pure rip off?? I paid over £53 for it, couldn't believe i was paying for the same thing when I got the Spanish one done ?

Hi pov5,
You sure need a police report from Spain and its pretty easy to get. It cost 3.70€. You can find all that you need to get it via this link.
https://madrid.usembassy.gov/mobile//visas/immigrant/spanishpolice.html
If you have any further questions just let me know.
All the best!