Is having a small wedding (just the two of us) going to hurt our case? And all the other things that are not "ideal"?

[Tereza 27]

Me and my BF have been in a LDR for over 2 years now and we want to get married soon-ish so that I can immigrate not too long after I'll finish my school (we are proably going to do CR-1). Problem is - if we get married in either my/ his country, the other ones family will be offended as neither have the time/ resources to travel across the ocean (I'm Czech) and there's a few other reasons why it's not ideal. So now we're thinking of going somewhere nice (in the US, like a National Park or something similar; after the travel ban is lifted obviously) and getting married as only just the two of us. I'd be ok with it, except I'm worried we already have too many things that could potentionally hurt our case:

He has a decent salary for his area (Iowa), but its nothing compared to the rest of the country, I will have just finished bachelor's = very little savings and no job experience (but no debt), we don't want "traditional" lifestyle like getting a loan for a house, we'll rather built a small house ourselves with no debt and we don't really plan on having a joint account (even though I've been thinking we could open an account together and have it for groceries or something, for the sake of evidence) and he is considering quitting his job in about a year and moving to a different state (because of zoning laws and other things). I feel like being a long-distance couple puts us already at a disadvantage, because our proof will consist of pictures, flight tickets, Skype chat logs and letters from our friends/families, so I don't know if the lack of a "traditional" wedding (in the sense that we'll have both of our families there and a bunch of pictures from the event) is going to be a deal breaker or not...?

Thank you and have a good day

 

[payxibka 10,044]

5 minutes ago, Tereza said:

Me and my BF have been in a LDR for over 2 years now and we want to get married soon-ish so that I can immigrate not too long after I'll finish my school (we are proably going to do CR-1). Problem is - if we get married in either my/ his country, the other ones family will be offended as neither have the time/ resources to travel across the ocean (I'm Czech) and there's a few other reasons why it's not ideal. So now we're thinking of going somewhere nice (in the US, like a National Park or something similar; after the travel ban is lifted obviously) and getting married as only just the two of us. I'd be ok with it, except I'm worried we already have too many things that could potentionally hurt our case:

He has a decent salary for his area (Iowa), but its nothing compared to the rest of the country, I will have just finished bachelor's = very little savings and no job experience (but no debt), we don't want "traditional" lifestyle like getting a loan for a house, we'll rather built a small house ourselves with no debt and we don't really plan on having a joint account (even though I've been thinking we could open an account together and have it for groceries or something, for the sake of evidence) and he is considering quitting his job in about a year and moving to a different state (because of zoning laws and other things). I feel like being a long-distance couple puts us already at a disadvantage, because our proof will consist of pictures, flight tickets, Skype chat logs and letters from our friends/families, so I don't know if the lack of a "traditional" wedding (in the sense that we'll have both of our families there and a bunch of pictures from the event) is going to be a deal breaker or not...?

Thank you and have a good day

 

In this situation,  size doesn't matter.   

[Crazy Cat 39,317]

9 minutes ago, Tereza said:

Me and my BF have been in a LDR for over 2 years now and we want to get married soon-ish so that I can immigrate not too long after I'll finish my school (we are proably going to do CR-1). Problem is - if we get married in either my/ his country, the other ones family will be offended as neither have the time/ resources to travel across the ocean (I'm Czech) and there's a few other reasons why it's not ideal. So now we're thinking of going somewhere nice (in the US, like a National Park or something similar; after the travel ban is lifted obviously) and getting married as only just the two of us. I'd be ok with it, except I'm worried we already have too many things that could potentionally hurt our case:

He has a decent salary for his area (Iowa), but its nothing compared to the rest of the country, I will have just finished bachelor's = very little savings and no job experience (but no debt), we don't want "traditional" lifestyle like getting a loan for a house, we'll rather built a small house ourselves with no debt and we don't really plan on having a joint account (even though I've been thinking we could open an account together and have it for groceries or something, for the sake of evidence) and he is considering quitting his job in about a year and moving to a different state (because of zoning laws and other things). I feel like being a long-distance couple puts us already at a disadvantage, because our proof will consist of pictures, flight tickets, Skype chat logs and letters from our friends/families, so I don't know if the lack of a "traditional" wedding (in the sense that we'll have both of our families there and a bunch of pictures from the event) is going to be a deal breaker or not...?

Thank you and have a good day

 

The 1st requirement for a CR-1 is a LEGAL marriage.......location and size are irrelevant.

 

Edited May 18, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Just Paul 4,591]

Not a big deal. It was us and my parents (we needed two witness).  We submitted one photo of the ceremony.  Her mother didn't have a passport so we had a big party a week later in her hometown.

Edited May 18, 2020 by Paul & Mary

[CorinnaMichelle94 0]

Don’t worry about it, it was just us two at the courthouse and they approved our case within 78 days!!!

[Happy43 2]

On 5/20/2020 at 5:33 AM, CorinnaMichelle94 said:

Don’t worry about it, it was just us two at the courthouse and they approved our case within 78 days!!!

When you write that letter of how you met that’s what we being told to write . Do you write just we had a wedding at a small church with pastor name and Judy say two a witness ( no name) 

 

we did had a union gathering few days later with family and friends.