Immigration Update: The waiting game

Well everybody, the real waiting game has begun! I was notified today by the lawyer that the government received our "Petition for an Alien Fiance". (Actually, according to the online system it says the government received in on June 4.)

The current processing timeline says that its taking 8 months at the USCIS-United States Center for Immigration Services. After that, it goes somewhere else for a month, then hangs out in Turkey for a few months. So I guess this could take a awhile longer than we originally planned. But we're on our way...

Step towards progress

So the first real step of progress has come about today... I just checked my email and got a message from the lawyer and it said that she sent our petition (or application) to the government in the 1st step of the approval process....

...next, we wait for a receipt to say the government received it...

I will update