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it seems that vermont is 'on a roll' these days - oh well, vermont style. it's better than it was last week so i can't complain we got our noa1 on november 23rd and i'm thinking beginning of may, maybe end of april if they keep going like this...

For those of you doing the legal part first and the "wedding" later, has anyone gotten any flack from naysayers? I have gotten a few people who say I am commiting fraud if I get legally married and do not consider it my wedding. It is not like I am going to hide the fact from anyone, although I probably will not go out of my way to tell people outside of close friends and family. For me, even though we will be legally married, it will not feel real until our religious ceremony when we say vows in front of all our family and friends. I do not think it is fair to let the government control when and how I chose to do my wedding, or how doing the two events separately ccould be construed as fraud. Thoughts?

I don't think that not having a religious ceremony and/or a reception the same date when u go to the courthouse to sign the papers is a fraud. Matt and I decided that we are going to have a reception when we will feel ready. A wedding means spending money - no matter if it's big or small. And we are already spending lots of money on the K1 visa - as u all already know. I think getting married at the courthouse first and then having the religious ceremony later on is perfectly fine. All that matters is that you are with the one you love.

We are planning to go down to the courthouse and sign the legal papers for our marriage ASAP once my FI´s visa is approved and he enters into the US. It is too stressful to plan a real wedding when we do not know for sure if we will even be able to make the date, and since we will have family and friends traveling from all over, we want to give them lots of notice, and not just plan something on the fly once the visa gets approved. Plus, FI does not like the idea of having a big wedding while not employed.

Our "Wedding Wedding" is scheduled for June 9, 2012! Is anyone else doing this? legal ceremony first, religious ceremony and reception at a later date!

Yes, we are doing the same. We are actually planning an American wedding and a Romanian one, because it would be really hard for all my relatives and friends to fly to the States or the other way around. So we will plan a real wedding later on. We wanna have time to finally enjoy ourselves and have some time just the two of us, no relatives, no friends, just us two - we will need it after all this time apart. There is time for everything

Well, I'm not a 100% positive on this because I haven't been through it yet - still waiting for our NOA2 But as far as I know, it's better if he has all these vaccinations before the medical exam - or proof that he had them done in the past. Good luck!

"United States immigration law requires immigrant visa applicants to obtain certain vaccinations (listed below) prior to the issuance of an immigrant visa. Panel physicians who conduct medical examinations of immigrant visa applicants are required to verify that immigrant visa applicants have met the vaccination requirements, or that it is medically inappropriate for the visa applicant to receive one or more of the listed vaccinations:

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Influenza

Influenza type b (Hib)

Measles

Meningococcal

Mumps

Pneumococcal

Pertussis

Polio

Rotavirus

Rubella

Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids

Varicella

In order to assist the panel physican, and to avoid delays in the processing of an immigrant visa, all immigrant visa applicants should have their vaccination records available for the panel physician's review at the time of the immigrant medical examination. Visa applicants should consult with their regular health care provider to obtain a copy of their immunization record, if one is available. If you do not have a vaccination record, the panel physician will work with you to determine which vaccinations you may need to meet the requirement. Certain waivers of the vaccination requirement are available upon the recommendation of the panel physician."

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1331.html

i don't think it really matters under what name the bill is. u just highlight her phone number, as well as yours. maybe u guys can take some skype snapshots or a print screen of both of u on skype also, if u sent her any gifts/if she sent u and u still have the receipts, money transfers, facebook conversations and skype conversations. if i can think of something else, i will post it here - the more u have, the better!

What's a typical waiting time for the first NOA from the VSC? It's been almost a month

it's been almost 2 months for us...but we have the electronic one, so that should be enough. i guess it got lost in the mail somewhere