Bachelor in Paradise couple Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile have shared a new update on Serena's "draining" journey to obtain her green card.

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Serena -- who was born in Ontario, Canada and married Joe in the United States in 2022 -- flew to Montreal, Canada on April 28 for her green card interview on April 29.

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After completing her interview, Serena took to Instagram on April 29 to announce that her visa was already approved.

"APPROVED," Serena captioned a carousel of photos that showed her celebrating her victory with a delicious breakfast in Montreal.

"After 2.5 years and many bumps along the way, this morning my US green card application was approved at my Interview in Montreal!"

In one of the pictures, Serena was smiling big while she was holding a black binder that read "green card" on the front.

"Anyone who has been through this process knows how draining and defeating it can be at times but we finallyyyy made it!" Serena concluded.

Members of Bachelor Nation congratulated Serena in the comments -- including Charity Lawson, Daisy Kent, and Kaity Biggar.

Joe reposted Serena's announcement on his own Instagram Stories and commented with a red-heart emoji.

Serena's journey to obtain her visa was certainly not an easy one.

Last week, Serena had posted a photo of herself looking deflated and disheartened via Instagram Stories.

"We came to Montreal specifically for my Green Card interview and it didn't go as we had hoped for today," Serena wrote at the time.

"I don't want to get into the details right now but we'll be back in Montreal soon to hopefully finish this process!"

The Bachelor alum added, "After a long 2.5 years of this, I'm very excited for the day it's done."

Joe, for his part, had provided more details about the situation in his own social media post.

"Okay, so today's been a bad day," Joe noted.

"We're out in Montreal, flew out here. It's actually a very pretty city... but unfortunately, we're missing a document for Serena's green card interview so gotta come back next week."

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The following day, Serena thanked everyone who had reached out to her with support.

Since she was already in Canada, Serena decided to spend a "fun weekend" with her friends in Toronto.

"I just landed in Toronto and will be flying BACK to Montreal for my green card interview (again) on Monday [April 28]," Serena said, adding how she anticipated her friends would "lift my spirits back up."

And then once April 28 came around, Serena shared via Instagram Stories that she successfully returned to Montreal.

"[It's] like I never left!" she wrote to her followers. "Going to grab a chill dinner and rest up for my green card interview tomorrow. Joe is in Chicago, so I brought my mom to keep me company."

Although Joe is from Chicago, he and Serena have called New York City home for a while now.

Serena told People in January that after almost three years in the Big Apple, she and her husband  aren't sure if New York is going to be their "forever place."

Serena therefore said it was "maybe" time to "make a hard decision" about where they should live.

Joe shared that the couple was tossing around a few cities as potential landing spots.

"The cons are I'm from Chicago, Serena's from Toronto, and we both are from cold cities," Joe noted with a laugh.

"So that is the biggest con. If we're going back and forth, it's like we travel from cold to cold."

Joe suggested that living somewhere warm would have its benefits, before joking, "I would love it if Serena was from Miami and then we did that!"

Serena agreed that moving to a state with a warmer climate would "make everything a lot easier."

However, the Bachelor in Paradise couple revealed that their top choice, at that time, was Chicago.

And Joe and Serena also hadn't ruled out the possibility of staying in New York.

"We're just trying to figure out where we're going to go next," Joe said.

In the meantime, the pair -- who got engaged on Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2021 -- are continuing to enjoy married life.

"Married life is great," Joe told the magazine.

Joe and Serena quietly tied the knot in a New York City courthouse in 2022 before having a bigger "magical" wedding for family and friends in South Carolina in September 2023.

Serena gushed about how her dynamic with Joe was "pretty easy," which she believed was "a good sign."

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Serena added how living together was "fun" and carefree since they "don't have a kid yet" and the responsibilities that come with raising a child.

Prior to their stint on Bachelor in Paradise, Serena had competed on Matt James' The Bachelor season and Joe was a Night 1 eliminee on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette.

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