How long from noa2 to actual visa?

[Catarina 0]

I know this has been asked a couple hundred times, but I can't find it :/ so here it goes, we got NOA1 on June 5th , so if all goes according to timelines we should get our NOA2 in December. How long to the actual visa? Cause we are making plans for the weeding to be early April, that's 5 months from now, is there enough time to have the visa ready? Thank you ! And good luck to everybody

[SweetDelish 38]

There are a lot of factors that can determine how long, and its a case by case basis, partly to do with how organised you are to send your packet 3 info into your consulate, how quickly your local consulate schedules appointments, when you can get your medical done, police checks done etc. There are other unknowns aswell to consider, You could receive an RFE, or you could be delayed at the consulate aswell.

It is advisable to request caterers/venue etc to be flexible with your dates in case you need to move it, find out at least when they need final details and what penalties would apply should you need to move the date.

I was just having a look for one of the May filers who's fiance is from Portugal, his petition is being redirected to the consulate in Paris (common for Portugal apparently), it appears that Paris is scheduling around 3-4 weeks from receipt of packet 3 (based on the 2 most recent interview dates on VJ)

Best of luck, from receiving NOA2, 4 months could be plenty of time once NOA2 is received, if you have everything go well.

Edited November 26, 2012 by SweetDelish

[Novembro 1,763]

I'm actually in the same boat as you! We got our NOA1 on June 6th and we planned our wedding for April 7th (according to family member availability, etc). Hoping for the best, but am expecting little. Good luck with yours! Will be interesting to see how close together ours come.

[Catarina 0]

I'm actually in the same boat as you! We got our NOA1 on June 6th and we planned our wedding for April 7th (according to family member availability, etc). Hoping for the best, but am expecting little. Good luck with yours! Will be interesting to see how close together ours come.

Got NOA2 today! I'm so happy and thankful ! I guess we can keep our wedding plans :)

[Catarina 0]

There are a lot of factors that can determine how long, and its a case by case basis, partly to do with how organised you are to send your packet 3 info into your consulate, how quickly your local consulate schedules appointments, when you can get your medical done, police checks done etc. There are other unknowns aswell to consider, You could receive an RFE, or you could be delayed at the consulate aswell.

It is advisable to request caterers/venue etc to be flexible with your dates in case you need to move it, find out at least when they need final details and what penalties would apply should you need to move the date.

I was just having a look for one of the May filers who's fiance is from Portugal, his petition is being redirected to the consulate in Paris (common for Portugal apparently), it appears that Paris is scheduling around 3-4 weeks from receipt of packet 3 (based on the 2 most recent interview dates on VJ)

Best of luck, from receiving NOA2, 4 months could be plenty of time once NOA2 is received, if you have everything go well.

Hey! Got NOA2 today ! Say what?? Paris? Can you tell me who is this person so I can talk to him/her? I had no idea that the process is sent to Paris! Do I have to go there? Thank you!

[SweetDelish 38]

Congratulations on your NOA2.

Thats where he has to go for his Portugese fiance, look in the May 2012 filers K1 progress thread for Kassil&Tierce

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