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How long did you know your partner before getting married?

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  1. 1. How long did you know your partner before getting married?

    • Less than 6 months
      26
    • 6 months to 1 year
      54
    • 1 - 2 years
      90
    • 2 - 3 years
      83
    • 4 - 5 years
      46
    • 5 or more years
      65

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afoyoswa
afoyoswa

"Short" is completely relative, and some people might consider 4 years to be "a very short amount of time." Also, lengths of time are not directly comparable between one relationship and another, give

lucybelle
lucybelle

I think you're reading into this a little too much. I was just curious. Geeze louise

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I AM NOT THAT GUY

How do you define "know"? I don't think I will ever completely "know" my wife. I find out new and interesting things about her all the time, and we have been married close to five years. Do you mean "

mrettercap Explorer

mrettercap   24

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Met online 2000

Stayed close friends, e-dated (we were young).

Started dating online July 2011.

First meeting in UK Aug 2011-Oct 2011

First visit to US Dec 2011-Mar 2012

Second visit to US Apr 2012-July 2012

Proposed late May, we'd been dating 'officially' for 9 months.

By the time this visa process is done with us and we finally get around to getting married, it'll be over a year — probably closer to a year and a half.

Lincoln, UK to Dallas, TX

K-1 Journey!

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05/08/12 Sent package off
05/10/12 Package received by USCIS
05/14/12 NOA1 Received
05/15/12 Touch
11/08/12 NOA2 Received!!
11/29/12 Medical
11/29/12 Sent the forms and readiness for interview notice off
01/08/13 Forms finally processed, waiting for interview date
01/18/13 Received interview date letter
02/08/13 Interview
02/08/13 APPROVED!!!!!
02/15/13 Visa arrives
02/21/13 POE! ♥

AOS

06/19/13 Sent package off
06/24/13 Package received by USCIS
06/25/13 NOA1 Received
07/08/13 Biometrics
02/21/14 Approved!

ROC

12/15/15 Sent package off
12/21/15 NOA1 Received

01/14/16 Biometrics

05/25/16 Approved!

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pddp   240

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We're twins, soulmates- we've always known each other. In this life, on this earth? About 9 months since we first met in person till our wedding.

“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”


Jalal ad-Din Rumi

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Holly2234 Rising Star

Holly2234   66

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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Met online - June 2008

Got together - June 2009

Met in person - October 2009

Lived together in the UK - January 2011

Had a baby together - March 2011

Married - June 2011

So we knew each other 3 years. Had been in a relationship for 2 years.

CR-1
07-01-2011 : Married

05-10-2012 : I-130 Mailed to London (DCF)
05-11-2012 : I-130 Delivered and signed for at Embassy
05-18-2012 : NOA1 Email
07-26-2012 : NOA2 (69 days)
07-28-2012 : NOA2 hard copy received
08-10-2012 : LND Case number received. Letter dated 08-07-2012
08-15-2012 : DS-230 and DS-2001 mailed to Embassy
08-23-2012 : Medical
09-14-2012 : Emailed Embassy and confirmed DS forms have finally been logged (After 29 days)
09-22-2012 : Interview letter received. Dated September 19th.
10-03-2012 : Interview - Approved!
NOA1 to Interview - 138 days.
10-10-2012 : Passport with Visa delivered two hours late at 8pm.
10-22-2012 : POE Philadelphia
11-15-2012 : Green Card received in mail
12-11-2012 : Went to the Social Security office to apply for SSN after it did not arrive.
12-15-2012 : SSN Arrived in 4 days.

05-09-2013 : Left USC Husband.
11-28-2013: Filed for divorce.

05-01-2014: Divorced

05-08-2014: Sent I-751 petition to VSC

05-13-2014: NOA1 (was not postmarked until 5/22/14 and received on 5/24/14)
06-18-2014: Biometrics in St. Albans, VT

11-21-2014: RFE. Received on 11/24/14.

01-22-2015: Interview notice mailed out. Received 1/26/15

02-12-2015: Interview in St Albans, VT - Approved during interview!

CRBA
08-16-2012 : CRBA in London for our daughter - Approved!
09-11-2012 : CRBA and Passport arrived.
09-25-2012 : SSN Arrived. Mailed from MD on 09-17-2012

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Caryh Grand Master

Caryh   5,206

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Jan 2003 met her online

August 2005 met her in person

Sept 8, 2011 she came to the USA

Oct 15, 2012 we got married

Not exactly typical for Visa Journey I'm guessing. But who is really typical when you get down to the details of two people?

K1 from the Philippines
Arrival : 2011-09-08
Married : 2011-10-15
AOS
Date Card Received : 2012-07-13
EAD
Date Card Received : 2012-02-04

Sent ROC : 4-1-2014
Noa1 : 4-2-2014
Bio Complete : 4-18-2014
Approved : 6-24-2014

N-400 sent 2-13-2016
Bio Complete 3-14-2016
Interview
Oath Taking

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lierre   224

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Met online - July 2010

Really started talking - October 2010

Met in person - April 2011

Engaged unofficially - Sept 2011

Engaged officially - Nov 2011

Marrying each other this June 2012! :star:

“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

Audre Lorde

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alex and astrid Rising Star

alex and astrid   38

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Knew each other online from about 2003/2004

Met in person in 2005, began dating July 2005

Engaged April 2009

Married February 2010

So we have been a couple for almost seven years, married for two, but have known each other for about nine years.

Married February 20, 2010

Permanent Resident April 22, 2010

Naturalized Citizen January 14, 2014

Proud Dual Citizen of Australia and the USA!

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Moomin   292

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1 - 2 years.

Met online February 2010

Met IRL March 2010

Engaged July 2010

Married September 2011

I don't get why it's important to have been together for 4 years before marrying. I tend to keep my promises regardless of a marriage or piece of paper. My very first promise to my then-boyfriend was to return soon. I don't need to be married to stay committed and loyal to someone, or to have endured 4 years of longdistance relationship to determine that this is the real thing. 1½ years were about enough of the visiting - you don't get to settle down throughout those visits anyways however they did help to determine whether or not I could do my best and live with my husband in the US.

K1 process, October 2010 > POE, July 2011

I-129F approved in 180 days from NOA1 date. (195 days from filing to NOA2 in hand)

Interview took 224 days from I-129F NOA1 date. (241 days from filing petition until visa in hand)

From filing I-129F petition until POE: 285 days

Click timeline or "about me" for all details.

AOS process, December 2011 > July 2012

EAD/AP Approval took 51 days from NOA1 date to email update. (77 days from filing until EAD/AP in hand)

AOS Approval took 206 days from NOA1 date to email update. (231 days from filing until greencard in hand)

From filing I-129F petition until greencard in hand: 655 days

Click timeline or "about me" for all details.

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Miss M   54

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Zimbabwe
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Met in Zimbabwe in June/July of 2003

Started dating 6 months later

Moved in together March 2006

Married June 2011

Definitely more than 5 years!

Consulate: South Africa
Married: 2011-06-25
I-130 Sent: 2011-07-22
I-130 NOA1: 2011-07-25
I-130 Approved: 2011-07-27
Receive I-864 Package: 2011-11-10
Return Completed I-864: 2011-11-14
Packet 3 Received: 2011-11-10
Packet 3 Sent: 2011-11-10
Packet 4 Received: 2011-11-15
Interview Date: 2011-11-30
Interview Result: Approved
Visa Received: 2011-12-06
US Entry: 2012-01-11
Port of Entry: San Francisco

ROC I-751 Filed: 2013-12-19

NOA1: 2013-12-23

Biometrics: 2014-01-16

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X Factor   1,112

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in VJ you might want to distinguish time of knowing from time of meeting. or not.

I've known my husband since the day we met :P

:thumbs:

Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

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BenAna Explorer

BenAna   0

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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Met online February 2008

Met in person December 2008

Filled for my K1 August 2009

Hubby came to Brazil and proposed November 2009

K1 interview January 2010

Married February 2010

2 years!!

Church wedding July 2011

3 years and 5 months!

BenAna's Full Timeline

Removal of Conditions

05/06/2012 - Window opens

05/22/2012 - Mailed I-751 via USPS with delivery confirmation

05/23/2012 - Arrived @ CSC

06/06/2012 - Check cashed

06/07/2012 - NOA1 dated 5/23/2012

06/27/2012 - Biometrics Letter (dated 6/25/2012) for 7/12/2012

07/12/2012 - Biometrics taken

08/06/2012 - Conditional Green Card expired

12/28/2012 - Green Card APPROVED!!!!

01/02/2013 - Approval email received

01/07/2013 - GC received!

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kawaiiakurei06   2

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We met in Nov. 2007 and became a couple shortly after on Dec.13. Since then we have been happily together in a relationship, separating by distance every other year. Hopefully soon our k-1 visa will be processed and we can get married early 2013 ^^

Our Journey
2007: Met at the University of Florida at a Japanese Language table session.
Dec 13 2007: Officially became a couple
May 27, 2012: Engaged

The K-1 Visa Journey
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
I-129F Sent : 2012-05-31
I-129F NOA1 : 2012-06-07
I-129F NOA2 : 2013-02-06
Packet 3 received: 2013-04-28

Interview Date: 2013-05-07

K-1 Visa recieved from Japan: 2013-05-14

US POE: 2013-10-07

Wedding: 2013-12-13

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