So whats the deal with the fiance visa?!

Manu and I will be applying for a fiance visa, which will allow us to be legally married in the US. The visa will grant Manu 90 days to come to the US and marry me. Afterwards he can stay, work, and live with me here. No more long distance! I’ve heard that the process can take awhile (3 months to 1 year according to other bloggers), but hopefully Manu and I will be lucky and not have to wait too long.

Since its very difficult to know exactly when we’ll receive the visa, Manu and I will have a small wedding in Pittsburgh, Pa, with only our close family. However we would like to have a reception in France to celebrate with our extended family and friends later on. So the wedding will be in the US (sometime within the year), but the party will be in France. We are hoping to have the reception in summer of 2011, about 6 months after I will complete my degree at Carnegie Mellon (and at which point I will have had just a taste of the real world tehe). 

Perhaps we'll have to work a little harder to make this happen and maybe the ceremony and reception wont be traditional, but we're both hard workers and not really all that traditional ourselves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I hope I’ve clarified some of the confusion floating around.


            Please cross your fingers with us for a speedy visa!