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CONRATS!!!

How long is the Lima embassy making you wait for the actual Visa to be processed?

My wife's interview was last Wednesday the 10th, She just pick it up from DHL in San Isidro today Monday the 15th. It went like clockwork where they told her it would be ready in 3-4 business days.

Visa approved! Thank you all, couldn't of done it without the help of this site and its bloggers...THANKS!

Congrats! same here, she got approved yesterday.

If anyone's dealth with spouse emmigrating from Peru...do birth/marriage certificates need to have "stamps" from Interior and Foreign ministries? As well as having been translated by them only? What a pain, There is no mention of this in the NVC site from the US embassy.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/pk3_supplements/LMA-PK3-ENGL-0001-1003.pdf

Hello,

I received my NOA1 on 3/4/2010 (still waiting on NOA2) but I can't find it so I'm not able to check status. Anyone know who I can call or what to do?

On a seperate note, my wife changed her address in Peru. How would I go about changing it at this stage when they mail her documents? Any advise would be VERY MUCH appreciated. Best of luck to all!

I like to piggy back on this discussion with a question, so whatever name appears on the petitionee's foreign passport will appear on the visa and GC? Is that correct?

My foreing wife, who I started an I-130 petition last month, does not have a passport yet and just changed her name on her peruvian ID card to Jane Doe-Smith...I'm guessing it would read as such on her passport as well and thus on visa and GC I'm guessing.

It sounds like getting married in Peru is complicated. I know you have to get an AIDS test, birth certificate, certificate for being single, all legalized, translated, legalized again, ect. Does anyone know if I have to physically be in Peru for the city to legalize my documents? Can I mail them ahead of time (after having them notarized by the Peruvian consulate where they were issued) to my fiancee and have her translate and legalize them? Reason why I ask is that I can't take that much time off work and I'm starting to think one week won't be enough to get all this stuff done.

Also, we need a wedding announcement in the paper with the date of our ceremony. Again, does anyone know if I have to be physically present for this part?

Anyone with experience with any of this, please help. Thanks.

I had my civil ceremony in San Luis, LIma last month. My now wife over there did all the paperwork, which is not that bad but that just me since I didn't do much except for producing the cert of being single.

-We had to produce birth certificates (have it translated if its in english).

-Cert of being single. This was tricky for me since i had no idea how to produce a doc like this. What i did was write a letter with my info attesting that I'm single. I then had it notorized. Then I went to the Peruvian counselate in Hartford CT, where they charge 30 bucks to have them stamp it. Then I mailed it to my then fiancee and she had to take it to some ministry to have it "approve" and then it was done.

-No blood/physical proof needed. If you get in good with the municipal clerk and explain your situation they might just let it slide, which is what they did in our case.

Thats basically all I did on my end here in the US. I arrived the day before the wedding and all went smooth since my wife had set up everything pretty well. Didn't do anything more then to sign doc at the time of the ceremony.

quique

Hello,

I originally posted this on K-3 forum but from previous feedback it seems the best way to go is just with the I-130. I'm a US citizen (originally born in Lima Peru) living in the NY area and I'm marrying my fiancee next week (Jan 15th 2010) in Lima Peru. I wanted to get feedback on what I'm looking at in terms whats the process like and more importantly how long it takes before she's able to come to the US. I've not seek legal counsel yet but its an option I'm considering.

I figure my case its pretty standard, both of us are in our 30's and have never been married or have any children. We have a clean criminal/immigration record. But after going through the I-130 guide website I see some issues with "Evidence" of marriage. We don't have any kids together and we haven't lived or co-mingle our finances yet since we're living apart. All I can think of is generating affidavits from relatives attesting to of our engagement and our marital intentions. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again and best of luck to all.

Quique

CT, USA

Hello All,

I'm a US citizen living (originally born in Lima Peru) in the NY area and I'm marrying my fiancee next week (Jan 15th 2010) and I just wanted to get feedback on what I'm looking at in terms whats the process like and more importantly how long it takes before she's able to come to the US. I've not seek legal counsel yet but its an option I'm considering.

I figure my case its pretty standard, both of us are in our 30's and have never been married or have any children. We have a clean criminal/immigration record. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again and best of luck to all.

Quique

CT, USA