Anybody whose NOA2 took 5 months or less?

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Make sure to gather up all the patience you can get. It seems to be quite the norm for petitions to be adjudicated in 5 - 6 months nowadays. Long ago are the days that NOA2s took 2 or 3 months. Things may change again though, maybe there was a rush during the 2nd half of the year in 2010...

Best wishes!

Edited January 15, 2011 by Aztec&Taino

[missyouhoney 1]

Make sure to gather up all the patience you can get. It seems to be quite the norm for petitions to be adjudicated in 5 - 6 months nowadays. Long ago are the days that NOA2s took 2 or 3 months. Things may change again though, maybe there was a rush during the 2nd half of the year in 2010...

Best wishes!

Thank you for your answer. It´s just that it doesn´t make any sense for me to have to wait for 9 months to b with the man i love.

[Becky&Steven 1]

Since it is so difficult to plan a wedding, giving the uncertainty of dates, my fiance and I are going to have our civil marriage at the courthouse as soon as he can enter the US, and then our actualy "wedding wedding" in 2012, so we can plan for it properly, book the venue we want, and give everyone enough notice to attend!

that's what we plan on doing too. I won't be rushed into planning my wedding.

see my timeline for length of noa2 wait

[brightskte 18]

There's a big difference between now and when I filed for K-1. In September 2009 I filed, and we got NOA2 almost exactly a month later. It went that way for a lot of petitions, and some of us took the leap and planned weddings. I was one of those and everything worked out fine, we got married on June 26th of this year, and while I'd like to say that it all went smoothly, it didn't and I wish I had been more prepared(Montreal lost his visa for a little bit).

BUT, with the way things are going now I don't think I would have made that same choice. Since petitions are taking almost 5 months at the fastest, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I would at least wait until NOA2 before thinking about making any concrete plans about your wedding. Buying decorations, dress, and researching venues is a great way to pass the time, but don't put any deposits down that you wouldn't be able to get back if things were to go wrong.

Good luck!

[Nicole-N-Nattoy 24]

Hi,

My NOA2 got approved in a little less than 5 mnths, but we got delayed a little over a month at packet 3 stage becuase someone at the embassy gave up false information. Told us to mail all forms. Which we only needed DS-230pt.1. Then gave us the wrong address to mail the papers.(maybe it was her first day. ) So after the confusion was all figured out...We lost time. I have started to do things like pick colors, think of people to invite, pick arrangment ideas, pick flowers, write vows, found somwone to marry us. That way I can get someone prepared, but am not setting a date becuase "it aint over till the fat lady sings." Even though I got my NOA2 approval in good time, there are still many things that could slow the process. We also try to focus on one thing at a time...Such as getting him here is top priority right now. We are taking the first month of him being here to get settled and then we are marrying in the second mnth. Also our weeding won't be big as we can't afford it, but it will be nice

[Nicole-N-Nattoy 24]

Thank you for your answer. It´s just that it doesn´t make any sense for me to have to wait for 9 months to b with the man i love.

If you can change your thinking or it could dirve you crazy. Try to tell yourself I'm thanful I was ever able to meet him, and am able to bring him here period. People from my fiance's country can't just get a passport and fly to America. Yet we American's can just go to Jamacia with a passport. Think how Jamaicans must feel when they see so many Americanss in their country (tourism is the second largest money maker for Jamaica) and know that they can't even come to our country for a visit without a visa.

Edited January 16, 2011 by Nicole-N-Nattoy

[warayakoh 1]

We are now in 5months and 2 weeks process still we didnt get the NOa2..wE nver know when NOa2 will come..We are planning Simple Civil Wedding with his Family after 1 month arrival in US and we will have Churh Wedding in Phil in 2012 so still have plenty of time to plan the church wedding ..Its fair for our both Family

Edited January 16, 2011 by Angelforever07

[missyouhoney 1]

There's a big difference between now and when I filed for K-1. In September 2009 I filed, and we got NOA2 almost exactly a month later. It went that way for a lot of petitions, and some of us took the leap and planned weddings. I was one of those and everything worked out fine, we got married on June 26th of this year, and while I'd like to say that it all went smoothly, it didn't and I wish I had been more prepared(Montreal lost his visa for a little bit).

BUT, with the way things are going now I don't think I would have made that same choice. Since petitions are taking almost 5 months at the fastest, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I would at least wait until NOA2 before thinking about making any concrete plans about your wedding. Buying decorations, dress, and researching venues is a great way to pass the time, but don't put any deposits down that you wouldn't be able to get back if things were to go wrong.

Good luck!

9 monhts to be together is too much. My fiancé is going to get bored and he get involved with a local. It will have been a huge waste of time and money, especially for me ( my age, the trips to America, paper work, etc). I guess he could´ve married me before, when I was leggally working there, and we could´ve saved lot of money and time, but he didn´t, he fell in love with me when I left....

He´s having a lot of fun and doesn´t care about any of this, while here I am trying to figure out the times and everything. I don´t think these kind of relationships work for me. 2 who love each other should be together, not separated for 9 months, What a waste of time!

I´m sorry, it´s justa that I´m very frustrated.

Good luck to all of you!

[missyouhoney 1]

If you can change your thinking or it could dirve you crazy. Try to tell yourself I'm thanful I was ever able to meet him, and am able to bring him here period. People from my fiance's country can't just get a passport and fly to America. Yet we American's can just go to Jamacia with a passport. Think how Jamaicans must feel when they see so many Americanss in their country (tourism is the second largest money maker for Jamaica) and know that they can't even come to our country for a visit without a visa.

Yours is a very sensible point of view. Unfortunately I´m not tnat patient, and I don´t know if I will ever be. Patience is one of my pending subjects.

On the other hand, I´m very worried he will get bored and find a local and dump me. If that happens, that will b such a waste of time and money. I´m putting all my eggs in one basket, you know, and I´m not 20 anymore.

K1 is driving crazy so I´ll stop thinking about it.

Thanx.