Ack! So, Nick and I are tentatively planning on an August 2010 wedding, but this depends on when his “Fiancé visa” (K-1 Visa) comes through. We sent off the application for this back in mid-September, figuring that that would position us well for a summer 2010 wedding in terms of timing.
The problem is that USCIS is moving incredibly fast. They are supposed to issue two notices of action (“NOA”s). NOA1 is supposed to take a month to issue, and it just indicates that they have received your application. USCIS sent it out to me within a week, though. Then, there is supposed to be a gap of five months between the issuing of NOA1 and NOA2 (which indicates that USCIS has approved the application – although there are still many other hurdles that have to be gone through before the actual fiancé visa issues). However, our NOA2 came today – just under a month after NOA1 arrived.
This is a slight problem for several reasons. The visa is only good for a certain amount of time, and it’s a single-entry visa, which means that once it issues, Nick will no longer be able to enter the U.S. until it’s time for him to get married. So if it issues before he comes to visit in January, we’re going to have problems.
Also, as we move further along in the application process, he may face further hurdles in terms of entering the U.S. before the visa actually issues. I guess he’ll find out tomorrow whether he’s going to have any issues this time around – he flies to Nevada for work tomorrow. Stay tuned…
Oh well, I suppose an early approval is still a much better alternative than, say, an early rejection.
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