My updated timeline...
3/12/2003 - I-120F Application received by CSC (although the website says 3/13/2003)
7/14/2003 - Request for additional information/Evidence.
(Needed a copy of Wilma's Birth Certificate or Passport for DOB verification)
7/22/2003 - CSC received our additional information/Evidence.
7/29/2003 - CSC approved our Petition and forwarded to NVC.
8/8/2003 - NVC forwarded our approved petition to US Embassy in Santiago, Chile. (Stating that my fiancée, Wilma, will be getting her packet within a couple of weeks)
8/24/2004 - Wilma received her packet. Instructions (DSL-1076), Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration (DS-230) and Nonimmigrant Fiancé(e) Visa Application (DS-156K).
8/26/2003 - Wilma sent DS-156, DS-156K and Bottom of DSL-1076 to US Embassy in Santiago.
8/28/2003 - Wilma received a call from a gentleman at the US Embassy asking when she would be a available for her interview and stated he would get her the information on her Medical Exam details on Monday (9/1/2003).
9/4/2003 - We sent an email to the Embassy because we expected to have some news based on the gentleman's comments about calling on Monday. No one called, as Monday was a US holiday (celebrated at the Embassy also).
9/6/2003 - Wilma received a response to our email. Her appoinment has been set for 10/2/2003. Boooooo hooooo. We expected it to be much sooner. At least we now have a date. The gentleman also went on to state that the Medical Exam Instructions have been sent via courier.
9/8/2003 - Wilma received her Medical Exam Instructions. There are only two physicians she can see, they are both in Santiago, which is about an hour and a half drive. Luckily, she has family members there. The normal fee is $100 US. There are some guidelines about vision, deseases, vacinations, etc. The instructions go on to say that the Medical Exam results will be couriered from the physician's office to the Embassy. We also are led to believe that the Visa will be couriered to Wilma 2-3 days after the interview. We have decided not to make any travel plans until we have the visa in-hand.
9/22/2003 - Wilma went for her Medical Exam. Even though she already had all the necesary vaccinations, they gave them again. They took some blood for other tests, charged her $100 US and said everything was normal and they will call with the blood test results in a couple of days.
9/25/2003 - Blood test was negative of any diseases (thank God, you never know).
10/02/2003 - Wilma had her interview. They asked where she will live (with me). They asked her if I have any children (yes, four) and will they live with us (they come over every other weekend). They asked if she will work (she plans on not working right away, but the possiblity is open). They asked why she wants to come to the US (to marry me, we love one-another and due to my children, it makes more sense for her to come here). They asked her what kind of work I do (I work with computers in a school district). They asked her to be more specific (I am the database administrator for the student records system). They asked her for copies of the last three months of my paystubs and a certified copy or original of my divorce degree.
(As Timothy has stated they are the only ones who know the rules to this game, and they change them as we go)
10/07/2003 - I sent the documents today via Fed-Ex. She should get them Friday. She will courier them to the embassy.
11/05/2003 - Visa was issued and couriered to Wilma.
11/07/2003 - Wilma recieved Visa and packet.
11/13/2003 - Wilma left Santiago Chile enroute to Tucson , AZ.
11/14/2003 - Wilma encountered weather problems and was layed over in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
11/15/2003 - Wilma arrived in Tucson! And Saffi, her dog, too! Her entry interview was very short, virtually non-existent. Entry issued, vaild until 02/15/2003.
12/01/2003 - We went down to get her EAD, as it wasn't issued ar POE. We were told to return on 12/03/2003.
12/03/2003 - Wilma got her EAD.
12/23/2003 - Applied for SSN.
01/17/2004 - Planned wedding date.
Good Luck to all.
