My wife entered US on spousal visa

[lswote]

Friday I brought my wife to the US.  She stood with me in the "US citizens/residents only" line.  When we got to the window, she gave the person at the window the visa packet she had gotten from the American embassy in Bogota.  The person then directed us to this room where another person processed her paperwork and put an entry visa in her passport good for 2 years.  We were told her green card will be mailed to us.  There were 2 or 3 other people in front of us and our total wait time in this room was about 30 minutes.

Next time she enters US she will not have any wait.

[Celt]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

Congratulations. I wish you many happy years together,
and open skies the whole voyage!

Celt

[colman]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

I hope you both the best--colman

[Hiker]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

congratulations!!  This time next week I will be a married man.  Everytime you post I read it. You have been a good source of info. Your posts are meaty instead of being filled with B.S.  I hope to follow suite with some good informational posts when I complete this phase of the process.

[Brazilophile]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

Congratulations on finally being together in the US.  

Could you please tell us the port of entry you two used?  I hear stories that the ease or difficulty of entry into the US depends on the gateway a couple uses.

[lswote]

... in response to Re: My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by Brazilophile on Mar 23, 2003

I apologize for not mentioning that in my original message.  I came into the US at Miami.

[wizard]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

Let me be the second to congratulate you Bruce... You HAVE to be relieved that the process is complete... I wish you and yours much happiness in the future...

Mark

[lswote]

... in response to Re: My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by wizard on Mar 23, 2003

I am EXTREMELY relieved to be through the process.  In retrospect the reality of the matter is that there really weren't that many be reasons to be stressed out.  Things did get cut close when we went to apply for the spousal visa, as we were late arriving for our appointment because the notary was late signing our wedding certificate.  And I only got the necessary documents Fedexed from my wife (when she was still my fiancee) to get the Colombian marriage visa the day before the Colombian consulate appointment.

But other than that, things actually went quite smooth.  It was the concern that I was dealing with various government agencies I had no control over that made it so difficult not to get worried.

Good luck to you too Mark.  Please email me if you have any questions about the process when your time comes.

[Michael B]

... in response to My wife entered US on spousal visa, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

to congradulate you. Best wishes for happiness for you all. She has one child, if I remember right, did the child come also?

[lswote]

... in response to Looks like I'm going to be first, posted by Michael B on Mar 23, 2003

Sorry, she has never been married and has no children.

[Michael B]

... in response to Re: Looks like I'm going to be first, posted by lswote on Mar 23, 2003

Opps, my bad, guess I was thinking about somebody else.  Oh well, tell her we all said "welcome, glad you're here".