One year ago today Stephen and I got engaged!
And America celebrated us with a fireworks show.
No big deal.
AND as fate would have it, yesterday America officially made Stephen a legal Alien.
We had his interview at the US embassy in London, a nerve wrecking experience for both of us.
But after exchanging paperwork, answering some questions, and taking an oath, Stephen was told his visa to live and work in the USA was approved.
The whole process has taken us exactly four months from start to finish, which in hindsight is very fast, except it feels like a lifetime when you are going through it.
Our immigration officer at the interview was pretty impressed with how fast we managed to go through the process.
I think the trick is to be really prepared and always one step ahead.
I have a whole post in the works for those who are going to embark on the journey themselves, or for anyone who is just curious.
But today we are FINALLY going to bust out the champagne and celebrate the anniversary of our engagement and this huge accomplishment.
USA here we come!
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Yay! Congratulations! And that picture of you two is absolutely STUNNING! Probably should be in a magazine somewhere.
Happy fourth of July to you two!
The process is so hard – I hated going through it with Fergal – congrats on getting through it!!! 🙂
Awesome! Congrats–have a wonderful day!
YIPPEE YAY!!! So so exciting!! Celebrate away x
Just when I’ve started to read your posts in a very slight British accent.
Yay! Congrats 🙂 that’s so exciting!
I’m so happy for you!
Congratulations!! Engagements, visa and so many more things of happiness!
Yay! Congratulations, so happy for you and that everything is working out as planned 🙂
Congratulations to you both! So glad everything worked out for y’all!!
P.S. LOVE that pic too 🙂 Such a beautiful dress 🙂
Boop boop boop yeah!!!! Congrats on all counts – looks like July 4th is one heckuva lucky day for you guys 🙂
Congratulations!! So exciting! You guys are such a beautiful couple…
That is SO exciting, congrats! Now you can sit back and really enjoy yourselves..happy celebrating:)
Congratulations to you both! So glad everything worked out for y’all!!
woop woop! congratulations!
nevertheless… sad day for europe.
Congratulations!! …and Happy Engagement Anniversary! Enjoy the bubbles! xx
Fate. You both deserve a fresh new start in sunny California yay!! x
Yay!! So happy for you guys and happy one year engagement anniversary!
Lulu x
Wow! Congratulations! That is so exciting. Happy 4th xo Heidi
Yah! the USA will celebrate again! How ironic!
I am so ridiculously excited for y’all!! I’m also just all about foreign lovers coming to live in the US. Looking forward to your post about how it was all done because I definitely have some questions!
Congratulations!!! xx
congratulations, that is super good news! a little berlin firework too 😉 I have been there and know so well, how nervwrecking the process feels and how you want to fly, when you’ve passed it. wohoo!
Congratulations! What amazing news, what an enormous relief, and such a huge milestone! And on the Fourth of July, no less (…almost). So happy for you guys… and look forward to the details on the journey, past and moving forward!
Yay! That’s great news! Congrats to you both!
Congratulations love! Happy Engagement Anniversary! Have fun (:
YAY!!! 🙂 Happy 4th of July to u both and happy engagement anniversary too 🙂 My Husband and I are finally looking at our own place to stay (he’s only been back from Luxembourg for 1 month so we are staying with my parents at the mo), but hold thumbs… we may have found “the one” 😉 Going to look again tomorrow to make up our minds and hopefully put in an offerfor our very OWN and FIRST home together 🙂 XXX Robyn (Sunny SA) hee hee
So many congrats on everything!! And you can tell Stephen welcome to the States… we lit some fireworks for you both again tonight 😉
thaaaat is awesome news!!!!! congrats to you and happy fourth 🙂 🙂
Yay congrats, so happy for you! You are so lucky it only took 4 months -I’ve been waiting since October, but last week I finally had my interview and I should be moving to the US next week hopefully! So yeah, no matter how many months it takes, it really does feel like a lifetime!
Man I bet that is suuuch a relief! Happy Engagement Anniversary!