Please help!!! Newbie B-2/K-1 questions

[helpme21 0]

Well we are officially getting married in Mexico sometime in between May 10th and May 16th, and then applying for his CR-1. You would think he would be here by Christmas then right? I already have my dress and rings now (i work fast haha) and have been talking to a wedding planner down there about the actual ceremony and all of the ridiculous paperwork you have to fill out to marry a national. So hopefully it will be smooth sailing until may, and then we'll jump into his visa application.

[Boiler 45,659]

Christmas this year would be pushing it.

[helpme21 0]

Hmmm. Someone else said on here too that it takes like a year but every chart i've seen online says the processing time is only 5 months. I have no experience in this at all so is there something im missing when i'm reading about the processing times?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

THe processing time that you see online is just for the petition, which is the first step. After that there is a month or two at NVC, then some time (1-3 months perhaps) waiting for an interview in Mexico.

[C_María 6]

I thought the same thing when I started this but it's true there are other steps and unknown factors so they say to never set a date until the visa's in hand! Check out these timelines:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/filterlist.php

It says the average total time right now is 316 days. So maybe winter IS pushing it a little, or you might get lucky!