Desiree and I filed our first document toward acquiring K1 (fiancé) visa for her in December of 2019. At that time, a typical K1 visa applicant might expect to see the visa issued somewhere between six to eight months later.
Under optimum circumstances the
process can be mind-numbing. Thanks to
Covid-19, our application froze in place midway through the year 2020.
The final phase of the visa
process is triggered when a visa “packet” is sent from the National Visa Center
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the U.S. Embassy in the country from which the
K1 visa holder originates. In our case,
the embassy is in Manila.
Following the arrival of the
visa packet at the consulate, the person seeking the visa is required to pass a
medical examination and then sit for an interview with a consulate
representative. If the interview is
successful, the visa will be issued.
We are talking weeks, not months for this stage of the process.
Two days ago—well over two
years beyond filing our application—Desiree’s packet was finally sent to Manila. In simple terms, Miss Desiree will be
identifying some of Montana’s alpine wildflowers with me this spring.
—Mitchell Hegman
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