Sprigged,
If your situation was anything like mine, then NEVER FEAR!! Hopefully it will be as easy for you as it was for me(and maybe if I explain my situation now, I can eliminate a lot of worrying on your part!
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Here's my deal:
Hub's school begins 19th Sept, therefore we couldn't apply for the visas until 19th June--a Sunday.
I applied via the fasttrack on 20th June, around midnight. The next day(Mon, 20th June) we went to the bank to get our most recent bank statements to include with the application the I had already prepared. Part of that app was the fasttrack visa dept apps that I had printed the night before to which we attached our photos. So by the time we had done all of this prep work, it was around 3:00. We went to our neighborhood Fedex and sent it Extreme Overnight, or whatever--the fastest one. It was delivered to LA 10:15 Tues, 21st June. Then we waited.
Friday 24th, we received a "sorry we missed you" note from Fedex, saying we could pick up our package at the Fedex home office. I picked up the package of what I thought was just the important documents that I had sent. I thought they sent the marriage cert. and passports back for safe keeping and would be sending the visas at a later date. Lo and behold, I called the visa dept today and found out that the visas were pasted in our passports all along.... [smiley=blush.gif
So to sum up:
20/06--sent apps(from Austin, TX)
21/06--apps arrive(in LA)
22/06--apps processed and visas posted
24/06--visas arrive(in Austin, TX)
25/06--Samara picks up package, wonders when visas will arrive
27/06--Samara pulls her head out of her a** and finds the visas, which have been in her dad's fireproof box since 25/06
Sorry that's long-winded, I hope it helps!! BTW, I never received an email saying the visas were on their way--that probably was part of my confusion as to where the visas were. But I guess they just processed the visas so fast they thought it wasn't necessary.
Good luck, Sprigged! Keep us posted!
