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… for 131 days! Our fiance visa petition has been APPROVED!! And… what does this mean? Well, in about 4 weeks, our papers will be at the embassy here in Chile, and then we will have about 5 more weeks for interviews, medical, and all the rest of the papers. After that I can fly to California to marry Mr. Poodle!! Yay!!!!

I’ve been praying for so long! This approval is a huge first step towards reaching our final goal of being together forever. I was jumping all over the apartment when I read the email sent from USCIS. I knew Mr. Poodle was at work, so I couldn’t call him (he almost never gets service at the station), so I texted him the news!!! I just can’t erase the smile off my face. I’m sooo happy!!

{ The week the Poodles met (the first and last pic) - the center pic is from after we started dating }

I lost hope for several days, when the whole wedding planning process seemed to be a dream that started to fade away as the days passed. We talk about it every day, and Mr. Poodle was extremely awesome at the “Cheering Miss Poodle Up” task. Now I’m full of hope again!

The visa process has been an emotional roller coaster for me. After we sent our I-129F package, my hopes started rising when I saw we got our NOA1 (notice of action number 1) the next day! And the process time for those who sent their packages before us was between 30 and 60 days. I thought, ‘Woo hoo! This is going to be a piece of cake, and maybe we can get married around September.’ But, boy I was wrong. Sadly, our process wasn’t as smooth as the ones I saw back then, and even though I manage to stay busy, the waiting started to affect me. That’s why I decided to focus a little more on the wedding planning process and not so much on our immigration process.

With this amazing news, we could finally set our timeline and start planning our February wedding!

I know it’s not so common to wait for an email before you can start the wedding planning process, but have you found yourself waiting for a specific event - besides the proposal - to start your planning?