jaygregory

we finally got our nao2,only a few weeks over the 5 months, lucky for us.

anyway what should we expect to happen now?

and exactly what forms do we need to have ready for the embasy?

and what will they be sending me asking for?

thanks for any help

so our nao2 is a few weeks late now, probably not a suprise to most people who applied in july/august like we did.

last night we called and the woman said she had sent a 'service request' so our visa should get looked at soon.

we have the service number and things but was just wondering....this anything more than a delay tactic to keep us off the phone to them for a while longer while they eat cookies and coffee?

It gets harder and harder to find things to occupy me and make the distance easier. just spent 2 months with my fiance and my flight home leaves in 5 days,saying goodbye then is gonna kill me, but worth it for 2 months with the love of my life.

We sent outs off at the start of August which was as soon as we could scrape the money together to get it sent off, its kind of a kick in the face because we were hearing of all these couple of week processing times and now were over the 5 month mark and havent heard a single thing from Vermont about this.

We had a little freak out recently because the 'national average' time is something like 22 months, i have no idea how that works out but 15 mins work?really?

so at almost 2 grand an hour pay for work it takes them 6 months to get round to it.

Thanks for the posts back, they were very reassuring and helped us a load over the last few weeks when things got to us a little with the whole visa thing.

Now on our time line its giving us estimated dates that tie in pretty well with what you guys have said which is raising spirits a load too.....seems like the 20 month thing really is a total mess up.

We have a petition being processed at the Vermont centre at present.

Its only a week or two away from the 5 month mark and we were always told this was pretty much the maximum.

But today we checked and the 'National Average' was 20 months.

Just wanted to make sure this isnt the new waiting time for everyone? looked like it was pretty wrong when i checked with the vermont averages and also the ones for california.

recently moved house at short notice and clearly need to change address with the visa folk. how do you change the address of the alien fiance from one UK address to another UK address because the only online form we can find seems to assume that iv moved to the USA already?

really bothered about this because dont want any forms and appointments being sent to an address i no longer have any access to.

okay i simply want to know,do we have to include any information about the co-sponsor (my fiances mother) when we file the petition?

and does the UK embasy accept co-sponsors cus i know some dont.

help!!!

thanks......but i have,its of no help at all,its based on a country with STATES...we dont have adress states like that here and we never put england,wales or anything on our post so.....any ideas?

okay....on the i-129f form it asks for the address of the over seas person....im from the uk so do we put england as the state/province?

in like 9 months? but the visa says that if ur underage just provide proof. and her parents are co sponsoring so it shouldnt be to much of a problem i hope

shes in texas so all it would need is a signed letter. do we need to have any wittnesses or anything or just a simple written and signed letter? many thanks for the help

thanks for the help guys,i hope that luck with vermont holds out another few weeks,were sending ours off in a week ish.

any one have any idea about what 'proof of permission to marry' is? shes under 18 right now,just. and we cant for the life of us work out if its just a letter from her parents or what? any one have any idea?

okay,i dont want to get in to the morals of young couples and things and theres no reason for us marrying other than we love each other and we plan on marrying when shes 18 but the visa takes so long were starting now.

right now thats out the way....my finacee is from texas and is 17, the visa says we need proof of permission for her to marry as shes under age but her parents have agreed to it all and are happy to concent.

we know that we can get the wedding licence when im over there and things but that expires within 30 days.

so what on earth do they mean by proof of permission?

help,please

Some people have their petitions at the embassy in under 3 weeks from filing, others have waited more than a year. Unfortunately, there's really no way to give a firm answer to that question. The best thing that I can suggest is to keep your plans flexible and have a back up plan..

a backup plan?

We recently got engaged and were finding so many different people and places saying so many different times so i was wondering how long people here are finding things are taking?

im from the UK and shes from texas. wev seen some stuff saying itl take over a year and some people saying 4 months for it all to be over with?

whats the general thinking and experience on the time its taking people?