Whhaaaa!!!! I got married in Floripa in November last year, and 5 months later we are still waiting for the home visit... wonder where they hid our file?? Any one got any ideas on what I should do?

I guess I was thinking that since I applied in the same place as Sara, 2 months before she did, and have been waiting for another 3 months after she received her visit, that I might have had a visit by now too; and since I haven't, that something might be wrong, or the file might be being used as a paperweight somewhere, and I should try to 'do' something to make sure there isn't anything holding it up that I can fix.
But I guess that's probably too logical, right? What would be the appropriate amount of time that I should wait before becoming concerned that it's not going to happen?
When I lodged the paperwork, they told us 3 months, but that our area usually doesn't take that long. I know from reading lots of posts here that it's taken a lot longer for some people, but since Sara here mentioned it only took 10 days for her, and I lodged my application in the same place, and before she did, I guess I thought that maybe there was something else going on with mine.

Originally posted by Aussie Gringa When I lodged the paperwork, they told us 3 months, but that our area usually doesn't take that long

Give it another month and then go visit them.  Be prepared to find that they lost your paperwork.  It's Brazil, you're going to make yourself nuts if you expect things to happen "as planned", even here in the south.  (meant kindly)

Originally posted by Aussie Gringa I know from reading lots of posts here that it's taken a lot longer for some people, but since Sara here mentioned it only took 10 days for her, and I lodged my application in the same place, and before she did, I guess I thought that maybe there was something else going on with mine.

While this can never be proved, I have a hunch that Sara's address just happened to be close by to someone else they needed to visit, so they just went ahead and included her in the same trip.  When I provided a list of references, they wanted to know exactly which part of the island each person lived, and they then crossed out the ones which would be out of their way/too far to travel to.... 



Edited by Gringo.Floripa - 29 March 2012 at 12:43

Thanks for the advice everyone - think I will do just that, wait another month and then go see them again to ask if they need anything else (politely, of course!)