Hope & Love: Make Sure You Keep Both!

[J&N071213 57]

Thanks for your positivity and for reminding us there is light at the end of all this paperwork.

[topoftherock2013 23]

Great thought for the day!

I loved checking the little blue boxes too, who knew something so small could be so satisfying! (cue that's what she said joke)

All the best!

[cheesecake_A+J 7]

Thank you for this!

[lovelyluminosa 2]

Your post did exactly what you wanted, to give those of us in the K1 process hope! Never surrender never give up! lol Our interview date was set today for Nov 20 in Algiers, Algeria. I have been living with the family of my fiance' since July. If everything works out like it did for you, we could be home in Dec! Sigh sigh sigh It feels like we have been working on this forever! I am truly happy for you and your new wife!!! Thank you for that sweet post! We all need to hang on to the successes so we can keep on going! It is not over till it is over!!

[Melow 4]

A bit of a random post here but bear with me...

I came to the US on a K1 in July and i'm living blissfully happy with my wife here in California. This website helped me the whole way through the grueling process - I certainly could not have done it without all the support and advice this brilliant resource provides. US immigration can be unbearably drawn out and I remember toiling through days and weeks on my own wondering if it was ever going to end. It's a huge mountain of confusing paperwork and documentation and reference numbers and all kinds of strict administrative processes. It can also leach plenty of hard earned money out of your pocket, with no recourse to getting it back if it all falls through. Oh and on top of that I had further stress from minor historic offenses which could've cost me everything.

Its clearly long winded, hard work, and expensive. They don't make it easy.

So now I'm reflecting on this struggle, nine months after starting it all, from the privileged position of having successfully completed much of it. I'm living with my wonderful wife, I have permission to work, social security sorted and driver license on the way, and hopefully green card delivered in the not too distant future. I came from a position of disadvantage, I fought against it, I read hard and took advice, and I came through it.

This morning I updated my timeline and it felt great to be looking at all those blue boxes with green ticks. There's still plenty to do, I know, but I feel like a hill has been climbed and that feels good.

On the rare occasions I check back here at visajourney, I feel great sympathy for all the honest, well-meaning folks who are despairing at their current K1 circumstances. Its important to stay focused, keep your convictions, be honest, take advice from people who know better and be humble with Uncle Sam's way of doing things. I just want to let those people know that time falls away, things will move for you, and I wish you all the best in your struggle to get wherever you're going.

Keep the love and nothing can separate you from the person you've chosen to be with!

Peace,

D

x

Well said and congrats to you and your wonderful wife!