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Hey everyone, I am Jess from Christchurch, NZ and my USC fiance is Ben. We met online (in a game!) a few years ago, and after being friends for a while we started dating in 2009. We decided to meet in person so I went to Iowa where he lives in June last year for a couple of weeks and it went really well! I just wish I could have stayed longer.

Then Ben came here to NZ for Christmas and we got engaged just before he flew back home.

We sent in our petition for the K1 (& K2 for my daughter) visa a couple of weeks ago, so I guess the waiting game starts now :)

Just thought I'd say hi since I may post here if I have any questions later. I've found this place wonderful so far, did a lot of reading before sending everything away - it has helped me heaps already! :D

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

04-13-2011 - I-129F Sent

04-19-2011 - I-129F NOA1

07-08-2011 - NOA2 Email Notification Received

09-26-2011 - Medical

11-08-2011 - Interview at Auckland Consulate (Approved)

02-16-2012 - Arrived in the US (POE San Francisco)

04-14-2012 - Married

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Hey everyone, I am Jess from Christchurch, NZ and my USC fiance is Ben. We met online (in a game!) a few years ago, and after being friends for a while we started dating in 2009. We decided to meet in person so I went to Iowa where he lives in June last year for a couple of weeks and it went really well! I just wish I could have stayed longer.

Then Ben came here to NZ for Christmas and we got engaged just before he flew back home.

We sent in our petition for the K1 (& K2 for my daughter) visa a couple of weeks ago, so I guess the waiting game starts now :)

Just thought I'd say hi since I may post here if I have any questions later. I've found this place wonderful so far, did a lot of reading before sending everything away - it has helped me heaps already! :D

Hi Jess!

Welcome to VJ and to your own immigration journey! You will find that this website is a really great community of support for people undergoing a visa process. Make sure to befriend other members with beneficiaries from New Zealand since you will find more consulate-specific advice from these members.

Best wishes! (F)

August 23, 2010 - I-129 F package sent via USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.

August 30, 2010 - Per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) e-mail, petition received and routed to California Service Center for processing. Check cashed. I-797C Notice of Action by mail (NOA 1) - Received date 08/25/2010. Notice date 08/27/2010.

After 150 days of imposed anxious patience...

January 24, 2011 - Per USCIS website, petition approved and notice mailed.

January 31, 2011 - Approval receipt notice (NOA 2) received by mail. Called NVC, given Santo Domingo case number, and informed that petition was sent same day to consulate.

Called Visa Specialist at the Department of State every day for a case update. Informed of interview date on February, 16 2011. Informed that packet was mailed to fiance on February, 15 2011.

February 21, 2011 - Fiance has not yet received packet. Called 1-877-804-5402 (Visa Information Center of the United States Embassy) to request a duplicate packet in person pick-up at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. Packet can be picked-up by fiance on 02/28.

March 1, 2011 - Medical exam completed at Consultorios de Visa in Santo Domingo.

March 9, 2011 at 6 AM - Interview, approved!

March 18, 2011 - POE together. JFK and O'Hare airports. Legal wedding: May 16, 2011.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

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thanks! and hi :)

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

04-13-2011 - I-129F Sent

04-19-2011 - I-129F NOA1

07-08-2011 - NOA2 Email Notification Received

09-26-2011 - Medical

11-08-2011 - Interview at Auckland Consulate (Approved)

02-16-2012 - Arrived in the US (POE San Francisco)

04-14-2012 - Married

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