Love and bureau"crass"y
On September 19, Luke and I got engaged. After some verifications, the plan is now that we'll get married in late Spring, the date is not determined yet as I have more details to check out first.
So, I have all the required paperwork (or will have it as soon as Luke's form gets here, it's in the mail). What I need now is to see with Luke what we want to do for our wedding. It won't be a religious wedding, considering the delays involved with this kind of wedding. These delay exceed what we're willing to wait. Our aim is for late Spring or early summer.
I'm starting from scratch. The wedding being at the end of June, that would leave me about 4 to 5 months, starting from right now, to prepare our wedding... Luke being still in the States, he can't help with getting the "field work" done.
Geez. I have got to be crazy. (Like it's a scoop?...)
If it wasn't that we can't start the immigration procedures before being married, it would be another story. But in Canada, contrary to the United States, "fiance" is not a valid status for immigration purposes. In a way though, it works out.
My family wouldn't be able to travel to the Southern US for a wedding, and the same applies to many on Luke's side if we'd hold a wedding up here. My family not being really hell bent on a traditional religious wedding, and Luke's family being much more attached to it, that makes our decision making a lot easier. Therefore, the civil ceremony will be held up here and the religious one, in the South. This will spare the trip for people who can't travel. Also, it will be an opportunity for me to experience this aspect of the Southern culture :-)
Funny... Not many women will get to wear their wedding dress again to marry the same man twice, and not for a remarriage either :D
So, it will be a small, intimate and warm wedding (or so is what we'd like to do). We have about 40 people on our guest list. The specifics need to be worked out, and that will have to wait after Birka.
Geez... Hehe.
So, I have all the required paperwork (or will have it as soon as Luke's form gets here, it's in the mail). What I need now is to see with Luke what we want to do for our wedding. It won't be a religious wedding, considering the delays involved with this kind of wedding. These delay exceed what we're willing to wait. Our aim is for late Spring or early summer.
I'm starting from scratch. The wedding being at the end of June, that would leave me about 4 to 5 months, starting from right now, to prepare our wedding... Luke being still in the States, he can't help with getting the "field work" done.
Geez. I have got to be crazy. (Like it's a scoop?...)
If it wasn't that we can't start the immigration procedures before being married, it would be another story. But in Canada, contrary to the United States, "fiance" is not a valid status for immigration purposes. In a way though, it works out.
My family wouldn't be able to travel to the Southern US for a wedding, and the same applies to many on Luke's side if we'd hold a wedding up here. My family not being really hell bent on a traditional religious wedding, and Luke's family being much more attached to it, that makes our decision making a lot easier. Therefore, the civil ceremony will be held up here and the religious one, in the South. This will spare the trip for people who can't travel. Also, it will be an opportunity for me to experience this aspect of the Southern culture :-)
Funny... Not many women will get to wear their wedding dress again to marry the same man twice, and not for a remarriage either :D
So, it will be a small, intimate and warm wedding (or so is what we'd like to do). We have about 40 people on our guest list. The specifics need to be worked out, and that will have to wait after Birka.
Geez... Hehe.