Ours was earlier...and only the location was different. I would have wanted it in the states, ideally, but the size was just right.

Im just glad we got married i didnt care where it was, who was there or when it was as long as it was before i died

Our civil marriage was just us and a notary. But, we didn't really consider ourselves married until we had the big ceremony in front of family and friends. We ended up having to do that later on because we had no idea of the timeline as to when the visa would be issued. However, our wedding was absolutely perfect except for the fact that his family couldn't come.

We had to have it sooner so that we could file for Sujeet's EAD asap, instead of having more time to plan the wedding/reception. Under normal circumstances there would have been around 200 ppl there instead of the 80.

The major issue was having none of Sujeet's family at our wedding for many reasons. If we had both been from the same country I doubt we would have had that problem. And even if they had wanted to come, I doubt they'd all be able to get tourist visas.

But I still loved our wedding and thought it was great for only having a smaller amount of time to plan it and not that much money. We didn't start planning the wedding or pick the date until Sujeet's visa was approved.

Well…

In our case, we just planned it around our immigration process. We sorta knew when I was moving to the US, and we knew that we HAD to get married to get the rest of the paperwork going (not that we didn’t want to get married, but it was required to before the 90 days). So, we just planned to have it more or less a month after I moved. I had bought my dress in Venezuela, and I SO totally trusted my Mother in Law with getting everything together. I have a VERY large family, so I would’ve loved to have them all there. Specially my Grandfather, who unfortunately passed away this last October, but my parents and sister came, also two of my great-aunts, one cousin and my best friend. So I had family, people whom I knew loved me, were there for me. But, the greatest surprise of all was that all of Rob’s friends, and all of the family friends that came to the wedding and of course his mom and two brothers, made me feel so welcomed, so loved … that it really couldn’t have been any better. I just love my wedding, and every time I see the pictures I just feel so warm inside.

Would it have been different if we had gotten married in Venezuela?? Hell yes! It would’ve been a HUGE party, with LOTS of people, and LOTS of music. We thought we’d celebrate the wedding the first time we went to Venezuela, and Rob’s family would come down with us to celebrate and get a taste of the Caribbean, but, things don’t always happen the way we plan. There are a lot of good things going on for us right now, and even though we will be going to Venezuela, we wont celebrate another wedding there. Now it’s a 5 year goal. Renew our vows, and celebrate in Venezuela…

I really think that it wouldn’t have mattered how we did it, as long as we had done it. I would’ve still be happy with him cause when you are totally certain you love your SO, you could get married under a palm tree and it would still be the most perfect day.

didnt really affect us since we had been ready to get married for quite awhile before the visa was issued, and we planned to get married alone anyway.

We had our wedding overseas it was just my wife and I and two friends. Prior to the wedding we had the photographer take pictures at various locations. The reception later that evening was a very large family gathering. I would not have wanted it any other way.

We had hoped to get married sooner than we did, but the visa didn't get into his hands when we wanted it to. Eh, that's ok...it happened. As for the wedding itself, it was just what we wanted. Small and intimate.

MMmn, this is tricky. I don't know. I've never been a fan of marriage. Never wanted it, tended to just be in long term relationships.

I know I DO want to marry Larry (ha ha rhymes) but whether or not it would have been asked or discussed without the immigration process is unknown to me. If we want to be together we HAVE to be married. So it isn't as if we have a choice really. There isn't such thing as a "co-habiting visa" after all.....

With regards to the actual wedding. It'll be very small. I can't stand huge weddings. So, the immigration process hasn't affected that bit at all.

Ours was sooner than we thought it would be.

We had planned to get married for quite some time when we started to look into the immigration process. When we found out about DCF we decided to get married this last summer instead of next- and I am so very happy about this decision.

We had a lovely little wedding ceremony and will celebrate with family and friends next September in the US- with a big casual bbq- reception.

Looking back: I would not change a thing

No. We did it exactly when we wanted. - we wantred to get married on our 2nd anniversary and we did.
Yes. It was much smaller/different than we wanted - yes for the reason being I would prefer to have some family and friends (close ones), not about being smaller, it was the way I wanted with that exception.

We got our license and found a Minister. Mel's mom was coming in from Houston one weekend and we surprised her. It was me and Mel, his mom and a few friends and we got married in Jackson Square. We didn't look at any Immigration stuff until after we got married. When my parents got married they had a JP and did it and my dad went to work. The whole big wedding was something I never wanted. We did have a big Crab boil a few weeks after and had people over to celebrate. It was fun and casual and exactly what I wanted.

we changed our dates a few times not because of immigration but because of where people would be at the time...our bestman was going to navada so it had to before...my attendent from canada didnt worry her and we had an australian friend who gave me away was in the states so we organised it around them....

it was smaller than i wanted i didnt have my family here ...just one of those things we didnt have time in oz to have a wedding with closing the house down and finishing work going to the embassey in syd saying goodbye to everyone..

if i had my time over i would of done the DCF way and got married in australia with all my friends and family there..dont get me wrong my wedding over here was perfect ...my husband arranged everything before he came to oz to get me...i couldnt of asked for a better day he did such a good job right down to cooking for the guests...

kath

Couldn't really vote because we didn't want to get married, but did so to follow the rules and to get the fricking health insurance. We don't particularly agree with the idea of marriage and would have rather shacked up. I even remember when I was a kid just detesting the thought of it. When I was 13 I said if I was ever mad enough to get married I would do it in Vegas (because it seemed the most ridiculous place at the time). Sure enough that's where we ended up getting hitched.

We basically obeyed Bro. Joe's approach of having it at Easter. Unfortunately (due to high consulate load), Pras' mum was not able to get a visa in time to come for the wedding--we're now hoping she can get one in time to visit us for our first anniversary.

We got married in Jordan, without my family, they were sad but got over it....and now that I look back at it, I wouldnt have changed a thing about it

We wanted to get married earlier than we did, but we had to wait for the visa (we didn't like being apart.).. But it did give me a great excuse to have a small wedding! It was tiny and we loved it.. His mom didn't, and i think my mom wished it was bigger, but I really enjoyed it.. and he did too.. My whole family came, his family came, and we 2 friends of ours (we were living in their basement at the time..) And it was nice and small.. hard to find a caterer.. but oh well..

we had a small wedding up in Canada so we could start the visa process but I had always wanted a small wedding....

if we had gotten married in the United States, I probably would have had a big wedding, even if I didn't want one .... his sister would have planned the whole thing... I probably wouldn't have had any say in how I wanted things done

sometimes, maybe it's a blessing then

It was completely different than what we wanted to do, starting with the fact that we first had planned to live in Brasil.

why why why why Effected?!?!?!>! why?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

its AFFECTED!! A A A A A A A!!! where do you get the E?!

goshh

That was like scratching an itch.

But it's ok! Just a typo! (I'm trying to get over my grammar hang-ups here.)

sorry, i know we all have mistakes, but effected is my pet peeve.. and other words people use e instead of a

If there were a co-habitation visa, there would be a lot less denials!

Haven't had it yet... but I know the answers..

the main thing is I have to save for the wedding as the Interview travel and Flight here will kill my savings.. and with only roughly 2 months... to save...the wedding will be smaller...much smaller.. but we will be more concerned with how we feel then the guest.... So she will have the gown of her choice and I'll have a tux ...The place is free to me... My Sister is paying for the catering as a Wedding gift.... So we should still be able to have a nice..small beautiful wedding....But sooner then we want..
But I'm more then happy .....

Lose and loose. Arrrrgghhh!

Hmmm, after all this K-1 process and all its expenses, I am not sure how our wedding is going to be. But I already know it's going to be very small and familiar, nothing big.

In the beginning, we thought about doing it on the Netherlands because of his family but since this immigration process is so complicated and he will move here, we changed our plans to marry here to be sure everything was OK.

Let's see how it goes, interview is this month...

ours would be late and moved 2x. First planned was Nov. moved to February 2007 but cant make it because my interview will be last week of February. So we are looking for a March date.

It is especially true for us.
My wife does not like big wedding at all. Her sister's wedding was huge and she remembered that it was like organizing for a big show. The fact that I live on the other side of the planet gave her excuse to have small wedding.

We got married 1 day after her birthday. She wanted to have it on her birthday, but it was weekday. We agreed to have it the next day so people can come to our wedding. It was a small wedding with 100 people.

We had wanted to do it as soon as I got here...but we have to put up with 72 hours waiting time from filing of marriage license and then who will do it. We are just so glad we were able to find a Minister to solemnize our wedding just the day before we got married. We have to get married as soon as possible not only because my daughter is age-ing out and immigration clock is running out on her but because we wanted to. It was a simple but emotional wedding...with my daughters as witnesses. I brought my wedding dress all the way from the Philippines. It is just the matter of when to do it. It is just there ready for the occasion. Both of us are very happy. Anyways, it was a long overdue wedding...if things had gone smoother, we would have been wed earlier. We are just glad we are done with it. We are now happily married.

Jo

No.. We did it exactly when we wanted..

We did it A LOT sooner than we wanted to and none of my family was able to attend due to the short notice. However, 2 years and 4.5 months later, it has all worked out great anyway.

Your, you're....egads!

I hate that too. Never forget that "effected" is correct in the instance of "effected change." I hate "affected change"!!!!!

We had planned our marriage out. But for me it was too big, for my husband too small...